At certain points, it is pointed out. inch, while at other places were withdrawn in accordance with instructions, and everywhere troops are reported to have pun executed orders.
Meanwhile, the alleged menace of heavily-armoured German tanks carrying six-inch guns is not taken seriously.
It is pointed out that such tanks could carry little ammunition and must halt for aiming, thus enabling French guns, already in the areas where the tanks are likely to operate, easily to destroy them.
The suggested use of mass avi tion evokes the reply that the Maginot Line is a different proposition from Poland. The heaviest bombs, it is said, would barely dent the cupolas, and low-fying planes would be brought down with a machine-gun barrage.
The latest French communique says: "On the front there is no change on the whole. There is great activity by reconnoitring units, notably between the Moselle and the Saar."—Reuter.
British Airmen Standing By London, Oct. 19.
Picked crews are standing by this week to break the present lull in Royal Air Force operations on the Western Front should the order be given, telegraphs Reuters Special Correspondent with the R.A.F. in France.
No hint as to what form these operations will take has been allowed to leak out.
Possibly, the correspondent says, the potential German fighter plane menace will soon be tackled by the British.
In the meantime, eager as they are to play a vigorous part, the men are content to wait patiently, knowing that these matters of high policy must be settled elsewhere—Reuter.
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