London, Dec. 11.
The mine-sweeping drifter, H.M.S. Ray of Hope, was sunk by a mine yesterday afternoon and four mem-
With BEF, Dec. 1l.
For the frst time since the war began, British troops are face 46 face with German forces. A part of the British Expeditionary Force now under French command, is occupying a portion of the Maginot Line outside the British zone. There has been some patrol activity and occusional mutual shelling in this part of the Western Front, There have been no casualties among the British troops.
The first major accident involving the British Forces in France today when a lorry filled. with Afmy signallers was dashed to pieces at a level-crossing by an express train. Six men were killed and seven were injured—Reuter.
"Rea Indian" Warfare so, To THE "mea Paris, Dec. 11.
The war on the Western Front is likened to a war of Red Indians by M. Charles Morico writing today in "Petit Parisien." He says the activities resemble certain aspects of the Spanish civil war. When official communiques say, "nothing important to report," it does not mean no fighting is occurring. "The fighting is different from the last time," M. Morico writes, "Daily, from one end of the battle front to the other, some forty sections, totalling between 1,600 to 2000 men, are in contact. Fighting develops in unoccupied territory between two advanced lines of defence, which at some places, are separated by four to five miles. On a strip of land, both sides fight with the aid of machine-guns, hand-grenades and artillery."—Reuter,
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