Paris, June 5.
As a result of this mornings air raid over a district of the Ariege Department near the Franco-Spanish, border by several unknown planes, the Premier, M. Edouard Daladier, has ordered the local aviation authorities to give chase to any planes flying over the Franco-Spanish border irrespective of their nationality, The Prefect and Commander of ihe Gendarmerie of the "Ariege Department immediately ordered an investigation, during which the propeller of an air torpedo was found the letter "U" written in the centre.
Witnesses stated that the machines were three engined planes painted in grey and bearing no distinctive signs.
Neither the anti-aircraft guns on the French border nor the batteries on the other side of the frontier at Puigcerda. opened fire, probably because of the poor visibility. The planes seemed to follow the. cour of the Ariege river and. then flew away also taking the river ds a
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