"The third German enterprise, and the most decisive one, is the one we witnessed today. It is the battle for France; it is an attack in the grand style, preceded by a proclamation by Hitler to his troops. All the means of which we know have been put into operation. Aircraft and armoured divisions are once more attempting an infiltration, and a breakthrough of our front. The battle has already commenced, and I shall tell you nothing but what General Wey-and has told: 'I am satisfied with the manner in which the battle has begun, and the manner in which my orders for resistance at any price are being executed.'
"On the ground on which we are forced to-improvise resistance, our army is showing that it is adapting itself to new conditions of warfare. Since the beginning of the battle, hundreds of enemy tanks have been destroyed, and Allied aviation is supporting the action of our troops. All the world watches breathlessly the development of this battle, because the battle of June 1940 will decide its fate, as Hitler has said, for centuries.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.