Paris, Dec. 7.
Climaxing four days of incessant patrol action on the frontier from Lauterburg to the Moselle Valley. the Germars launched six raids at separate points yesterday but were repulsed with heavy losses, French Army reports claimed today French advance posts, French military dispatches said, broke the attacks at close quartes by resorting to a deadly hail of hand grenades and by using powerful automatic rifles.
Aerial activity was diminished because of adverse weather conditions. The Germars made observation raids over Eastern Frarce, French scout planes also soared over German li to observe immediate Ger movements. There were no clashes in the air—United Press, The Commonwealth Minister of External Affairs, Sir Henry Gullett, in a statement to the press today, said that the Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, would inaugurate a worldwide Australian short-wave broadcast service on Deesmber 20. Mr. Gullett added that the service would provide an opportunity for replying to the frequent sneering references in German short-wave broadcasts to the war effort of the Dominions.—Reuter.
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