German motor-cycle troops who have shared with the tanks the dangerous role on the flanks of the Gevman "Panzer "Divisions, have been Found among the mourds of German ddoad dressed in now stool visors and bbreastplates, Those armoured jackets frst made their appearance on the Western Pront last winter on German patrols. They have a loosely. jointed Steel front and a meshed back. The fronts are made of steel and the backs of duraluminum. The front plate generally is one-twentieth of an neb thick. The chest plates were hot used generally by the German Patrols last winter after a brief period of testing.
Whether the tests proved successful Is not known here. French officials believe the armour would be too. heavy for infantry troops forced to cross No Man's Land in the mud and survive combat with shock. troops before reaching the enemy main lines. This problem is not present, however, for motor-cycle troops, It was pointed out.
Motorcyclists appear not to be exhausted by the weight of the armour because those who wore the London, May 24.
Despite the catastrophe our! people has had to suffer, my con-Adence in the future remains unshaken, declared Queen Wilhelmina of Holland in a moving message which she broadcast to the Nethei lands East Indies this morning. in the past," she said, "our people had gone through great' trials which trust in God and love of liberty
wish to tell you not to despair during had always been able to overcome. these dark days. Neither my people nor my Ministers nor 1 myself have hesitated one moment to follow the course of duly, and we shall thus continue calmly and courageously trust ing in the justice four cause. We shall know how to surmount all vieis~ situdes of the moment because we follow a determined line and a. great Drineiple worthy of a strong and [proud people which cannot but resist Raid Alarm Sounds In East Kent steel Jackets also carried an automatic rifle slung over their backs and 4 belt of spare cartridges, a gas mask in a steel tube, a steel helmet and a can of petrol hung across thelt shoulders. They also carried a baz filled wilh. grenades, one or. two Pistols, several daggers and trench tu East Kent early yesterday eve-ting, the. Air Ministry announced ast night, 'Streets in one town' were quickly cleared by wardens blowing whistles. Several RAP. machines were seen, but after 20 minutes no enemy air Jeratt were sighted, Allies Successful on Narvik Front Stockholm, May 24.
Despite strenuous resistance put up by the Germans, Allied and Norwegian troops carried out successful operations in the Narvik area. Tt is Believed that the Germans lost 600 men during yesterday's encounters: Havas.
In another town In East Kent, 2 warning was sounded at the sime {ime, and within a few minutes about 20 RAB. fighter planes were in the air, "There was no gunfire.
'A large number of planes were seen over the Channel last. night. People on cliffs saw that they were engaged by anti-aircraft batteries, firing apparently from the French coast. One machine is believed to have been brought down.—Reuter.
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