The Archive · 1940

French Retake Villages

The latest French communique states: "The battle continues in the same region with the same intensity. During the night our aviation continued bombing the enemy rear lines."

All day yesterday a battle of exireme violence occurred between Guise and Landrecies in the northwestern part of the "bulge," and the battle was resumed this morning, according to a French military spokesman. The French made local attacks and retook some villages west of Rethel and between Rethel and Sedan.

In northern Belgium the Allies continued to develop their strategic movements of withdrawal—Reuter,

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