Berne, June 16.
"The New Zurcher Zeitung" says that the German feat of progressing from the Somme and Aisne, and to lower Seine and Marne is amazing.
It is undeniable, however, paper continues, that the French Army rapidly adapted itself to a war of manceuvre forced upon it by the Germans.
General Weygand has shown skilful tact Hitler left him little time to organize a new front, yet the iront held until Weygand ordered a timely withdrawal The main forces are intact, without the German command being able to force them into an uneven combat, or destroy the armies and break through.
German assaults, the paper con-
States. ity Acknowledged While the Cabinet met unde: President Albert Lebrun in an er gency session with the heads of the French armed forces, the spokesman stated:
"The extreme gravity of the military situation cannot be concealed, Practically all our divisions are now in the line; our defence positions have pth "France no longer has reserves, and the whole world knows that she lacks the material which she most urgently needs," the spokesman asserted.
He repeated the statement of the General Staff evening communique that a few German detachments have crossed the Rhine near Neuf-Brisach, in Alsace. These detach-he stressed, however, had not d a breech in French lines.
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