The French have admitted that the Germans have forced a passage between Amiens and the sea and south-west of Laou but the retreat of French troops in these areas was strategical and secondary defences were not penetrated. All other positions are being held in an unbroken line despite the fact that the Germdns are launching thousands of tanks, planes and powerful mechanized equipment into the battle, Rome, June 6.
'HE Italian Government ann jounced last night that the coasts of Italy, Albania and all Italian colonies have been mined. The announcement coincided with increased tension in the Mediterranean as Italy began preparing her citizens for war and the Italian press continued charging the Allies with the persecution of Italians.
The Italian announcement said that waters within twelve miles of the coasts of Italy, Albania and the Italian colonies are now "dangerous." Meanwhile, on the occasion of the 126th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Carabineers, Premier Benito Mussolini yesterday rec cived the commander-in-chief of the Carabineers, Gen. Riccardo Moizo, and other ranking officers of the organization.
He was reported to have given them orders connected with Italy's possible entry into the European war.
The announcement meant that Italy had mined all territorial waters and thus the operation was one of the most extensive of its kind ever undertaken, Since the communique mentioned that waters of all possessions as well as the peninsular were made "dangerous," it was assumed that all the coast line and the territorial waters of Sicily, Sardinia, Albania, Libya, the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Italian East Africa as well as numerous islands comprising the Dode-Canese possessions near the coast of
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