Vichy, June 29.
French officials pessimistically admitted yesterday that only one battalion of French defenders was still holding out in the Jehol Druze area, and because these forces were surrounded, the situation in the mountains of Syria was considered critical.
The battalion continued to fight under the protection of its fortified positions, but liaison with other forces to the north has been cut off and surrender was only a question of time,—United Press, Flying Priest Missing London, June 29.
Brother Lawrence Francis, 27, a Monk at the Buckfast Abbey who joined the R.A.F. Bomber Command as a pilot-officer, was reported missing yesterday. Brother Lawrence; was a noted scholar.—United Press, The Japanese raided Chungking in two waves, one of which concentrated on the western section of the city and the other on the eastern. The Japanese claimed that heavy oarage had been done to military objectives in the two areas. When questioned as to the reported injuries to members of the British Fmbassy staff, they had no reports.
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