Commenting on the latest French communique, a spokesman stated in [a French wireless broadcast that the situation is grave but there is no reason for any despondency. Allied troops are holding out firmly, he said.
"As it stands, the situation is still very serious," states Reuter's Military Correspondent, dealing with operations in France. He regards the fact that the Germans, who crossed the River Scheldt at Audenarde, in Belgium, have been flung back, and the positions securely consolidated, as of the utmost importance.
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