The Archive · 1940

German Claims

Berlin, Apr. 17 German troops threw back "Allied scouting expeditions with reconnais ance shock troops onthe West Front yesterday, the D.NB. report declared here Lasi night, German gunate buttered an Allied advance against a German. observation. post, reported. One Allied amicer wa: ously' wounded and elevon were killed, the agency sald.—United Press.

The Havas correspondent at the front. reported a rather ironically amusing Incident today, revealing that a British patrol had returned from No-Man't-Land with a signboard beating the legend in German: "Ger~ man manguvres ground, strictly for-iden to British and French troops, Havas.

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