The Archive · 1939

German Concentrations

Paris, Oct. 29.

A short communique issued here today on military operations stated there was "very reduced activity during the night."

"There were encounters between reconnaissance parties at different points," said the communique issued yesterday. At sea, it adds, patrol boats picked up bodies of German officers and sailors belonging to a sunken submarine.

Information received in Paris confirms reports that the Germans are concentrating troops on the North Sea coast between Bremen and Hamburg, according to a radio announcement today.

German troops concentrations on the Swiss frontier continue, according to well-informed French circles. The Swiss military authorities are reported to have taken precautionary measures,—Reuter.

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