Although there was no official confirmation, well-informed quarters in London understood at 1 p.m. yesterday that the gap in the Cambrai, Peronne and St. Quentin area, had been plugged by a junction of Allied forces, thereby cutting off the German Panzer divisions and motorized units driving towards the Channel ports. British warships were shelling coastal roads between Boulogne which has not been completely taken by the Nazis, and Calais, where the Nazis have not begun action. The French cleared up all German units south of the Somme and German assaults southward from Sedan failed. A report in "Paris-Soir" said Amiens was recaptured.
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