With British Army, Oct. 21.
There is no doubt that both the British and French troops would like nothing better than a big-scale German attack upon the Maginot Line, the United Press correspondent believed after. a tour of the front yesterday. This is perhaps at least cne reason why the Germans rosy net try it.
Military observers here are much interested in the tactics of Gen. Marie Gustave Gamelin, the Commander in Chief of the Allied Army, in fighting in the Western Front alea as revealed thus far. That is, irritat. ing attacks, carefully prepared and executed with extraordinarily small losses. Then, when the Germans retaliate, they find in the extreme outposts of the lines only small partes of determined machine-gunzc who inflict as heavy losses as possible ard then retire. German attack suddenly find themselves hitting into air, while Gen. Gamelin's artillery cuts them to bits, inflicting heavy losses and breaking up their formations.
According to official communiques and semi-official commentary, Gen. Gamelin has successfully executed this scheme time after time—United Japanese Attack on Szechuen Town Chungking, Oct. 21.
Nanchawn, a small highway town southeast of Chungking, with a population of 30,000, was completely wiped out as a result of a Japanese raid on October 13, according to travellers arriving here today from Nanchawn. Only one building a Confucius temple, they say, remains standing.
Japanese aeroplanes are said ta have dropped 117 bombs, many of them incendiary. Many heavy de-volition bombs of 500 pounds each
po ate also reported to have been drop-Buildings which were not immediately demolished by bombs, were quickly destroyed by fires, which rapidly spread to all parts of the city.
It is reported that 600 peasants were killed on the roads by machinegun fire.
A Catholic Church outside the city is also said to have been bombed and destroyed.—Reuter.
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