London, Oct. 1, OVAL Air Force reconnaissance flights over Northern Germany yesterday was reported today by the Air Ministry.
"The Royal Air Force," it said, "carried out further successful reconnaissauce over Northern Germany last night, All our machines returned safely.
It can now be stated that during yesterday's air battle high over the Western Front, in which a small formation of our reconnaissance aircraft were engaged by a small force of enemy fighting aeroplanes, two German fighter machines were shot down in flames.
One of the enemy losses was confirmed by French troops."
In the Saar region, the French have succeeded in creating dangerous German salient. The capture of Saarbruecken would enable the French to cross the Saar and to establish a favourable position for direct attack on the Siegfried Line. Reports regarding the French attack along the right bank of the Moselle in the direction of Treves indicate that General Marie Gustave Gamelift; Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces, has got his teeth right into this area, and that the railway, at least as far as Treves, is denied to the Germans, An official communique mentions that "fairly large numbers of prisoners? were taken. The prisoners concerned, says Reuter's Military Correspondent, are the complete garrisons and the manning power of a large number of advance posts in the Siegfried Line.
General Gamelin's "mopping up" is proceeding more speedily than his somewhat cryptic reports would. dicate, By advancing his positions on front of over 5% miles in the direction of Borg, his hold becorhes stronger to meet the Inevitable count attack, when it is launched, Political rather than military con siderations appear for the moment to govern the action of the German, High Command.
Neutral countries report all sorts of peace proposals which Herr Hitler expected to announce on 2 All agree that he feverishly desires: to prevent war. The contempt with. which German generals have always, spoken of Russian military ability, fand the added fear of communist propaganda, will deter. the German Command "fom inviting Russian forees on German soil—Reuter,
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