Paris, Jan. 21.
Despite sub-zero weather on the: Western Front yesterday, violent Allied patrol and aerial activity was} reported.
French patrols staged a daring! night raid deep into German territory inthe Saar region and fought Gor~ man patrols miles behind the Nazi front and practically at the Siegfried Line, it was claimed. German patrols tempted to surround the French troops who fought a desperate, slow retreat and reached safely after suffering only a few losses, the French reports claim.
British observation planes flow: over northern Germany yesterday while "German planes concentrated fon northern France, chiefly round the Belgian border, it was reported. The. German planes were evidently photographing recent fortifications on the' border to ascertain if the Allies had shifted troops to the Belgian frontier, reports stated.
The French War Ofice announced that it had received confirmation the presence of German troops in. the Russian-occupied portions Poland.—United Press.
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