The Archive · 1940

Allies Inflict Heavy Losses and Hold Nazi Drives

The Belgian Government has removed from Brussels to Ostend although the British and Belgian forces have repulsed the renewed German drive at Louvain with heavy Although surrounded, the Liege and Namur forts are holding out and their guns are taking grim toll of the assaulting forces.

Further south, the French, remarkably supported by the R.A.F., have withstood great pressure by the Germans and have reduced the enemy pocket in the Sedan sector. Very heavy fighting is in progress at salients along the whole front.

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