Paris, May 16. The battle of the Meuse from Namur to Sedan has been raging furiously all day. A spokesman of the French War Office last night described it as "a great hurricane."
The Germans are using relatively little artillery, but are pushing forward at great speed with armoured and motorized columns and employing an enormous mass of planes, which are bombing and machinegunning the French infantry. The French resisted admirably, but faced, at certain points, with an overwhelming mass of tanks they had to give way.
As French tanks counter-attacked, he explained, French infantry, after the German armoured columns had passed, closed in on supporting enemy troops. In the ensuing struggle, there was furious hand-to-hand fighting.
All day, new dispositions have been taken to stem the advance of certain German columns, consolidate positions and fill the breach in the new line. The Germans have massed a formidable amount of forces and material between Sedan and Namur.—Reuter.
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