The Archive · 1940

German Villages Bombarded

Paris, Jan. 6.

Prench heavy artillery" pounded German villages on a wide front yes terday, according to. M. Chale Moriee, writing in "Lo Polit Parisien.' The villages were the billeting quarters of large German units, from Which patrols were despatched. They were ten to fourteen miles from the French front. M. Morice adds. that French ariilicry came into action on the entire front to facilitate the work of French reconnaissance patrols. The Tatest French war communique' says "there was. the. usual patrol and artillery" activity."—Reuter, German Centralization

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