"Paris, May 17.
"A very marked improvement has taken place in the situation in regard to the penetration of the German armoured column," stated a spokes~ an of the Ministry of Information yesterday afternoon, Bombers of the Royal Air Force had surpassed overything it was thought possible for them. fo, do during the past 24 hours, he The spokesman explained that a short time had elapsed before measures were taken to deal.with this column, owing to the necessity of collating reports of their progress in order to make the counter blow as hard as. possible, "The battle, as a whole, contlines with the same intensity," states. the latest French war communique, dealing with operations on the Western front. "Very sharp encounters have taken place at certain points, Our bombers, protected by Aghters, successfully' carried out vigorously led attacks gri enemy columns of armour~ ed cars, which have been located by our" reconnaissance aeroplanes." Router.
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