Nazis May Attack via Luxembourg, Swiss Flanks Parijs, Oct. 10." gma opérafions'on the Western Front appear to be steadily mounting toward an offensive. They have been concentrated on the sector between Moselle and Saarbruecken, where the German High Command is obviously uneasy under continued French pressure. Here, the Germans have made a number of raids in force, with the object: of securing information from prisoners.
No prisoners, however, have been taken. All attacks are withering under heavy French machine-gun fire.
It is believed that Herr Hitler's aim in the forthcoming western offensive is to drive the French off German soil, Intensive artillery duels along the whole front between Moselle and the Rhine are taken to"indicate-that the Germans will shortly make a great effort to free Saarbruecken. Such an attempt will meet stern resistance and any effort to maintain the. attack would be accompanied by a great loss of man-power, perhaps involving 500,000 to 1,000,000 lives, so well placed are.the French forces and so formidable the obstacles which confront the Germans.
If the Germans select the easier The machines went in pairs from toute through Luxembourg in an one of the secret British aerodromes attempt to reach Verdun, the French "somewhere behind the Maginot Line."
Reconnaissance Described ment with a drive more or parallel. with " the frontier and*an attack on the Swiss end of the Maginot line.
Facts pointing to the Possibility of the latter course being adopted are the simultaneous concentrations of German troops both in north and south Germany, "There was considerable enemy patrol activity between the Moselle and Saar Rivers," says a French communique'issued today.—Reuter,
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