Somewhere in France, June 15.
EVERE fighting in Champagne was reported in this morning's official General Staff Communique.
"In Normandy," the communique said "the struggle is continuing in the region West of Louviers and Evreux. Below Paris, our armies completed the movements prescribed by the High Command in the most complete order."
"In Champagne," it added, "the enemy increased pressure still further in the direction of Troyes and St. Dizier.
Violent battles are under way.
Ju Alsace and Lorraine, the enemy violently bombarded our front and our communication lines."
The French Army lett Paris to German occupation tonight and withdrew in good order toward the Loire River, late night reports from Spanish Troops Occupy Havas war correspondents sated yer Port of Tangiers fighting off German attempts to harry lia Soler ce Sane communication to check the closely Pea Tangiers, June 14.
Tangiers; seaportof Morocco, 38 miles south-west of Gibraltar, was occupied at 8 o'clock this morning 1,200 Spanish Moroccan troops agreement with France 'Tangiers is the largest commercial city of Morocco, and Is the centre international zone, which is permanently neutralized' and demilitarized "under a convention between Britain, France and Spain-Reuter. arse ment in's are greece ces room even when the latter were supported sg are Soe ces Jarge-scale mechanized onslaught, the first to be launched against it Madrid, June, 14.
'The Spanish Government " today announced that it was taking over! the policing of the international zone' of Tangiers to ensure its neutrality, Tangiers, a seaport of 60,000 inhabitants, which occupies the extreme north-west corner of Africa on the! Atlantic, was temporarily inter. nationalized by the chief Mediterranean powers (1011-1912), with a hinterland of 440 square miles, making a total of 225 square miles, 'A convention was signed (Decem~ ber 18, 1923) and a protocol (July, 1925) by Great Britain, France and Spain, providing for ils. permanent] neutrality, security and internation alization, Spain, however, reopened. the question (1926) by a demand for full control and the incorporation of Tangiers within the Sphnish pro~ tectorate, "A new accord was signed, uly 25, 1928) giving Spain control of policing. A committee eight consular ottoers and an inter national legislative assembly of 25 members, form the United Press, region West of the Saar with a
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