The Archive · 1940

Invaders Held in Luxembourg

Paris, May 13.

}In Holland and Belgium enemy attacks have been redoubled in violence, Particularly in the region north of Paris, May 13. out extending through the Nether-rare engaged in bitter warfare on a Vast masses of men and machines

Sear region along the Maginot Belgium and Luxembourg, to Line, the French General Staff announced last night.

The situation in the Netherlands for the defenders as the Air Force gave powerful sup-pressure in Belgium io be heavy, but Allied air inflicted vy losses on the T hea the wi Maastricht and in the it, "enemy pressure Con-

gion, but was considerably by the action of Allied air ages in the' Maastricht against troop columns, which Suffered heavy losses. The advance in central Belgium Ardennes region, where uriters occurred. Fighting on the Luxembourg Bubbling Well police station was only informed of the affair at 605 pin. when a foreign resident of Keswick Road reported that a Silver Taxi, licence No. 18258, had been parked almost opposite his home for some considerable time, and that it was believed that it had been used in connection with a kidnapping.

Detectives immediately went to the scene and on inspecting the car found that it contained a brown leather case with school books. Among them a sheet of paper bearing the name of Lee was discovered. Subsequent en. quiries revealed that the boy to whom these books belonged lived at the Avenue Haig address and that he had left the school at 445 p.m.

Relatives of the child recognized ihe objects found in the car, and when detectives arrived to make enquiries at the Avenue Haig address, the father of the kidnapped boy was already on his way to report the fact thet his son had not returned home from school, to the police.

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