Germmans Near ge Defences; Allies Engage Vanguards; Dutch Recapture Airports London, May 11. (Tee military situation in Luxembourg is reported to be in Allied hands. German forces are reported to have reached the outer defences of Liege, and to have crossed the Albert canal at. Maastricht, and are making a strong drive towards Roermond. The main German advance appears to be north of the Rhine, towards Almelo, Hengelo and Arnhem, where a fight is proceeding. German troops are reported to have penetrated as near north as Groningen, As far as is known, the Germans have not marched southwards from the Luxemboui frontier, The Allied advance is proceeding according to plan, and yesterday's operations are regarded as satisfactory, During. their advance, British troops were bombed, but without serious casual~ ties, The Allied air forces rotal lated by bombing German troop concentrations, and columns on the move.
Military circles state that the essential feature in yesterday's operations was the war in the air, while land fighting does not appear to be developing on the scale anticipated.
It is suggested that, the German blitzkrieg taches today have been frustrated by swift action of the Dutch in destroying the bridges on the Maas, all of which were blown up, excepting the one at Gennel, which ig over 15 miles south of the Rhine.
Information reaching London indigps that all the parachutists which dropped round The Hague on Friday were dealt. with, but more dropped this morning, and there is no infor motion yet regarding their talc.
Parachutists also dropped between Brussels and Louvain.
Belgians, Dutch Hotd Lines Military position, ax reported tro Brussels, remained unchanged. Bel slum ig holding her "lines of destruc lon which are considerably in a vance of her main ines of defence, land have contacted the Germans, The Dutch have invented a new sport of hunting German parachutists behind the fines with rifles, revolvers and bayonets. Dutch troops at the front appear to be holding the Ger mans well along the line, due to swift action In destroying bridges ucross rivers, Very severe fighting occurred around the Rotterdam aerodrome, taken by German parachute troops, bhut after heavy bombardment by the Royal Air Force, and attacks by Dutch troops, which "cost us a great {oll of life," according to the Dutch Foreign Minister, the aerodrome was Reuler's correspondent in Holland states that itis obvious that the spirit of the Army and other forces is high. Members of Holland small, but been' con-the war began, chasing off German bombers, and bombing German troop concen-
Nazly Strike Communications "The Germans are atiompting to Paris, May. hamper the movements of Allied troops heading for the front in Bel sium by bombing and machine-gun-ming communication lines," the High 'Command of the British Army apers ing' in France announced in a communique today. "The Germans raid-fed these lines of communication eight times during the past 24 hours," the communique added. "The Allied alr force replied vigorously as well as the various anti-aircraft units which are accompanying convoys, protecting open towns, and defending engineer. ing works.
The communique then stated that the enemy attempted operations by means of parachutists and. stressed that there. is no panic cither In France of Belgium where the popula. lions are remaining admirably calm.
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