The Archive · 1940

Germans Unable (o Break Line

Paris, May 30.

Up to last night, the Germans were unable to break through the positions protecting the line of the British and French retreat towards the coast, it is authoritatively stated, Meanwhile, French sources claimed 2,000 of 5,000 German tanks engaged fin the fighting since the German invasion of the lowlands have been destroyed. "In addition, the Allies have destroyed 200 German planes—one-half of Germany's first-line combat bombers, they asserted, 'The German Army' was winded after the three-weeks of steady fighting, which gave them control of Holland, most of Belgium and a foothold on the feast coast of the English Channel United Press.

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