London, June 17.
The French High Command announced last night that German troops were continuing to make pro-ress in their drive toward the Swiss frontier behind the Maginot Line trid indicated that French troops in Alsace and Lorraine had been ordered to withdraw in an effort to avoid being trapped.
On the central front in France French troops were said to have halted the German advance "and Inunehed a counter-attack back. in the direction of Paris,
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