Bordeaux, June 19.
"Enemy elements today pushed deep into Normandy and Brittany after having launched violent action against the defence," this morning's official communique announced.
"There was violent fighting South of Chateaudun," the communique added. "The enemy succeeded in establishing some bridge-heads in the Middle Loire between Orleans and Nevers, Between the Loire and the Vosges mountains, the enemy continued to advance towards the Jura. Fighting is still going on in Alsace and Lorraine, where our troops are checking the en Hav
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.