London, Sept. 30. the Soviet Government promised Berlin, Oct, 1.
The German High Command reports that, "In the West artillery fire of the enemy was heavier in the region of Saarbruecken, but otherwise there were no activities worth mentioning. Two French aeroplanes and ten British machines were brought down over the North Sea. The German Air Force lost two aeroplanes."—Reuter.
Big British Losses Claimed Berlin, Oct. 1.
German pursuit planes slot down two British bombers over the North Sea yesterday morning, the German High Command announced last-night.
German pursuit planes yesterday also were said to have shot down five British platies near Saarbruecken and one French plane near Bitché.
The High Command said that in. the first month of the war, German pursuit planes and anti-aircraft batteries shot down 37 French planes and 27 British planes—United Press, German Artillery Active Paris, Sept. 30.
"There was German artillery action in the region directly east of the Moselle," slates a communique issued here today. "Artillery reprisals on our part took place. Great activity in aviation on both sides was seen." The recent French push east of the Moselle achied considerably to German territory now in French hands. The general tendency of the operations is becoming more like a siege which is getting closer to the central salient of the Siegfried Line, While the Germans are reacting doggedly to French pressure, the French command has not lost the initiative for a single day and Frencn bites at the Siegfried Line give the impression that the operations are worked out before hand on the drawing board as they are carried through with such precision and minimum casualties. When the Germans attempt to react, they encounter positions rapidly prepared for defence and meet an intense volume of fire with the result that their counter-attacks have not succeeded in delaying French progress. Sree:
The last 24 hours have seen no big operations on either side, French troops consolidating newly won postions east of Apach and Pel, while the Germans are sending out reconnaissance patrols in weaker numbers than usual.—Reuter.
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