New Troops, Equipment Rushed to Forges-les-Eaux To Destroy Nazi Armoured Raiders Bombed; Concentrations of Troops Machine-gunned Paris, June 9. HE French rushed new troops and equipment to Forges-les-
Eaux to stem the drive of 300 German tanks which had infil-
-trated into the French lines there, a spokesman for the War Office said today. German infantry did not accompany the tanks, he said, the French were using a new defence method whereby strong points were taken up at considerable depth in order to divide and divert the German units and then isólate and destroy them.
As a result of this manceuvre, the Germans have started throwing infantry into the battle, supported by powerful artillery "and tanks, the spokesman continued. The attacking waves yesterday were doing their utmost to submerge the defenders, he said. Allied strong points along the Bresle River were still holding at 9 p.m. yesterday, he declared.
The 300 German tanks, which, in one fierce thrust were carried by their own momentum half-way from the Somme to the Seine, were isolated last night in eastern Normandy, according to the War Office. The tanks were still grouped, but not intact, as the French hunted down the diminu tive panzer division with aviation and artillery, while holding back German infantry' trying to sweep across the Bresle Valley to provide the adventurous tanks with needed support and supplies, the French said.
The War Office said the destruction of German tanks continued yesterday as the German High Command continued to throw them against the French lines on several fronts, often as wide as five miles, with tanks spaced at 75 yards apart.
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