The Archive · 1939

Basle Population Roused

Basle, Sept. 26.

The teca! population was aroused shortly afler 4 am. today by. the sound of heavy shelling in the region Lorrach, on the left bank.of the Rhine. French air squadrons were sighted fying over the region Baden despite German anti-aircraft fire. The planes disappeared rapidly. towards the West and none was downed, according to eye witnesses station. "The allied Governments and. nations," it said, "should bear in mind that even a collapse of the German "Western wali" will probably bring the allied armies into contact with fresh Australia United German troops."—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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