London, May 31, A German Army officer, wearing a steel helmet and field boots and escorted bya British officer, arrived at Victoria Station today where he was met by British officers una military police. Army officials refused to Identify the German or give his rank.—United Press. drive to cut off the line of Anglo French withdrawal to. the coast. Withdrawal operations are under the command of General Prioux, The Prioux army was abandoning the Lille district today, giving ground slowly, foreing the enemy to continue their exhausting, costly attack over every yard the spokesman At Dunkirk, toward which the Prioux arnly is now fighting its way, the War Ministry spokesman declared German air attacks were most violent throughout the day, at a high price to the raiders, He described the damage wreaked enemy ranks/as "veritable slaughter" Naval anti-aiveraft batteries were firing all day long, aided by "archie" guns ashore. French and British Mghter planes alco took to the air to ward off the raids.
German losses today were close on 100, while the results achieved by the raiders were comparatively _small, The number of British and French warships hit, the spokesman concluded, was Insignificant in relation to the number of ships engaged off Dunkirk today.
The evening French General Staff communique summed up the day's operations more briefly and. stated: "The armies of the north, in the midst of constant fighting and in good order, are vigorously continuing to execute movements decided upon by the High Command.
"Combats favourable to us take place on the greater part of the Somme front. There was no change fon the Aisne and on the eastern front, 'A group of French infantrymen under the command of Sergeant Guillet machine-gunned and shot down a Heinkel warplane the day before yesterday and a Junker yesterday." the communique concluded.
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