Germany, Oct. 5.
French troops bit off more chunks of German territory yesterday in a series of local operations only a few miles from the Reichs powerful Siegfried Line which is pouring a continuous stream of heavy shells on the French positions.
The French forces~thrust through the Borg Forest yesterday behind a battering line of tanks with which Nazi tanks battled in a vain attempt io halt the French advance.
In the Moselle sector, German and French troops, in an hour's engagement, hammered enemy lines with heavy shells at close range.
The French forces driving through the Borg Forest emerged on the stern edge of the heavy woods last ight after the Germans had evacuated all villages in the Borg-Perl triangle and had retired from the east bank of the Moselle River.
The French High Command announced last night that French patrols had been ambushed on various parts of the front, "The enemy tried to raid our lines south of Pirmasens, but the attack was repulsed," the announcement said. "United Press.
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