The Archive · 1940

French Asked to Join British

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More to the East there is another gap through which the German troops pressed and spread out in two columns, one toward Nevers and the other toward Dijon, Chalons-sur-Saone and the Swiss frontier. There are no reports regarding the German progress in this zone, The third French army is still intact. It is grouped compactly together and are at present carrying out a series of movements which are being kept secret, The fourth French army is situated along the Alps. It is being menaced by the German forces in the Saone valley and is taking the necessary steps to face this threat—Havas,

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