SUDDEN outbreak of hostlt where French Indo-China opened fire and Thailand guns re Bangkok, Jan. 6. jes yesterday in' the Aranya sector. artillery, machine-guns and rifles plied, was announced by the Thai High Command. Thai forces "advanced and captured strategical points," the High Command said, although it added no details.
Three French bombers ' attacked UWbol, but Thal planes engaged them und drove them off, the High Command: reported:
Thal planes carried out retaliatory: raids on Polpet and Noogsapan and the latter village, one French bomber was burned on the ground and "serious damage wax done the! enemy," the High Command deciare French machine-guns. fired frontier police near Chiengmal, starling a one-hour battle on Saturday.
Supplying greater dotalls on Satur day's French raids on Kamerastr and Charnumarn, "the High Command said six bombers dropped 14. bombs on the undefended cities, hut that all Lambs fell in-elds and woods and there were' no Thal casualties.
Six Thai planes in retaliation bombed enemy planes'on the ground, destroying four, the High Command said, Bombers also attacked "French barracks and all tankee and all planes returned from all raids with no Thal eusualties, the High Command de-
'Thai informed quarters were pessimlstie over peace mcosibiities og a result of the latest' Prench attacks vwnd predicted the outbreak of a "full dressy" war within a week.—United Press,
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