Bordeaux, June 19.
The French armies continued fighting as strongly as possible in their weakened condition yesterday as the Ministry of National Defence announced that "no armistice nor ssu pension of arms has been effected' and therefore "it is the duty of everyone to continue resistance."
Italian parachute troops were said to have been dropped on the Riviera. Two parachutists were disarmed near Sainte Maxime by a group of French women, the reports said.
Ten of 20 Italian pursuit planes escorting a flight of Italian bombers were shot down along the south coast between Toulon and Frejus, press reports said.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet was expected to act as soon as word w received of the result of the meeting of Premier Benito Mussolini and Chancellor Adolf Hitler at Munich.
The Ministry of National Defence communique issued last night charged the Germans with flying the white flag to gain important French defence positions.
"The French Government has been informed that German columns are flying the white flag, using this strategy to effect important advances without combat. It is recalled to all French Allied land, sea and air A combatants that no suspension o arms has been affected. We only envisage negotiation which have not yet begun. It is the duty of therefore, to continue
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