French circles said' they were puzzled over the sudden cessation of patrol activity in view of Chancellor Adolf Hitlers threat of a "real war" if his peace proposals were rejected. The German inacion, however, might be the calm before the storm, they declared.
French troops continued to re.
their new advance positions, the German frontier as the Command prepared to jor German. offensive, Good Work Being Done in Channel Zone E London, Oct. 14.
Three Polish - destroyers, which made the voyage from the Baltic to the North Sea, are now working with the British Fleet and are doing good work in the Channel, it is announced today. Their names in English are the Thunderbolt, Lithtning ana Squall.
Although built for calmer seas than [British waters. the crews have never: theless refused to sacrifice arrang for comfort, preferring to maintain fighting spirit of the crews is sai {o be remarkable—Reuter.
London, Oct, 14, Fully adequate supplies for the Royal Air Force are being rapidly accumulated in out-of-way villages as carefully concealed as the aerodromes ey serve, telegraphs Reuter's Special Correspondent with the British air force in France.
A new type of machine-gun, still on the secret list, is being assembled. It is calculated {o give increased strength' to - planes in attack and defence, and. will assist other methods of defence end in protecting depots and aerodromes from lowfying plane attacks.
The men participating in this aspect of the war.iake great pride in their achievements, The camouflaging of RAF. surroundings.and the cutting of new roadways from country byways have resulted in depots, like aerodromes, being completely hidden in the countryside, "The correspondent stumbled upon the billet of some Londoners, who, with Cockney humour, had labelled their retreat "Grosvenor House," It consisted of the corner of a courtyard, with a granite and flint floor, and wells and ceilings of interlaced branches with a tarpaulin covering. A great and a battery-fed lamp shed warmth and comfort, and to complete the homely touch the photograph of one of the men's "misses" hung above an: improvised mantelpiece—Reuter, fs
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