Engagements have begun on the Western Front, the French Army announced today' In a communique telephoned from the frontier.
The engagements, it was und Hood, were preliminary manoeuvring tu force the French or German troops to advance to a zone six miles wide fon each side of the frontier. The {oops moved into trenches between fortified ines.
The wild enthusiasm which greeted the opening of hostilities In 1914 Jacking today. A year of diplomatic upheavals, treaty revisions and the engulfment of Austria and Czocho~ slovakia by Germany. prepared the French for this war and they seem determined to, Aght.
Secrecy continues to surround the plan on which the British and French forces will operate. Tt is generally understood that Britain has been called upon to send a. minimum of twenty Tmotorized divisions a8 her first expeditionary force. Britain also will send fleets of planes to air~ pouts In France already prepared to receive them=United Press, At the close of the frst 24 hours of war between France and Germany, the General Headquarters, communtque yesterday evening stated: "Confacts are progressively made on the front. French naval forces have taken up their designated posts. Air forces are proceeding with necessary reconnaissance flights—Havas.
Parisians Applaud R. A. F. Feat Paris, Sept. 5.
'The sounding of the alarm, according to official circles here, shows how highly organized are the' precautions French Break Through Siegfried Line New York, Sept. 5.
French troops have broken through Germany's Siegfried line in a dozen places, according to a report broadcast from San Francisco, The claim was attributed by the announcer to French quarters, The Siegfried line was recently described by Herr Hiller as being impregnable—Reuter. other source Was obtainable fa No. confirmation, from any ight. taken against air raids. Air raid wardens went cheerfully from shelter to: shelter, giving. instructions, seeing that all was, well.
"The favourite topic in air raid shelters as the populace waited for the sound of exploding bombs, which, however, was not heard, was the Royal Air Force's feat of dropping 16,000,000 pamphlets in Germany. This.
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