The Archive · 1939

German Forces Massing

Paris, Oct. 19.

The German High Command were massing.800,000 troops along a 90- mile sector yesterday, after dislodge ing French advance forces along virtually the whole triangle sector bounded by the Saar and Moselle Rivers, French reports said.

Troops movements were clogging the railroads and highways behind the Siegfried Line, the reports said, indicating the Germans were making preparations for a new assault against the Allied lines.

"Tt was reported the British and French forces had shifted to offset the new German strength and the Allied *wtillery has been massed at vital points.

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