London, May 21. FARE French forces are believed to have penetrated into Syria, says a despatch from the Syrian frontier to the Independent French Agency.
It is believed that signs of lively reaction among French troops in Syria give the Free French reason to hope they may meet support.
It is unknown what effectives the troops comprise' or under what conditions they we entered Syria.
The presence of Gen. Bergeret, Vichy Air Minister, may sti fen resistance, It is possible, the despatch adds, that Gen: Dentz, Vichy High Commissioner for Syria, may be replaced.—Reuter, Cairo, May 21, About 50 German planes have ce for crossed Syria, it Is believed here, "The airport of Aleppo (Syria) has been ocetmpled by German staff, and all 20 oF more Syzian alr ports are available for German tse, Says the Ankara Correspondent of the Columbia Broadcasting System, certain number of French planes have been flown over the Syrian frontier by their pilots to join the Free French movement under General Charles de Gaulle, repens the Cairo Correspondent of' the Independent, French News Agency.
Importance of Fallujah The great strategic value of the Iraqi town. of Fallujah captured by the British fom the rebels fs stressed {in military, eireles here, 'Fallujah bridge is the only crossing of the Euphrates between. Habbantyah and Baghdad, Had this narrow one-way taille bridge been destroyed and it was thought that the rebels had' mined it—Habbaniyah would have been cut off from British land~ borne reinforcements and, since. the Euphrates is in full flood, would have cafized considerable embarrassment to British" operations in {his area.
Supplies For traq War materia, sent from Syria to Yeaq has not gone through Turkish territory, according to a usually rellable gouree here, which reveals that war material was sent by rail to Al-oppo, where it was unloaded and (ransferved to fect of Iraqi lorries which conveyed the material by road to Mosul—Router.
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