LATEST WAR NEWS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 160, 15 May 1940, Page 5

LATEST WAR NEWS

VIOLENT GERMAN ATTACK ACTION ON ALL FRONTS SUSPICION IN SWITZERLAND? [ The Germans are pressing heavy attacks against the French and Belgian positions. Around Liege and Namur the battle con tinues fiercely and it is stated} to be developing with increase ing violence. The enemy at pre:sent hold a line, from just) ; north of Amsterdam to LiegeJ and Namur. At borne points the are fighting on French soil, al-t though the French Command points out that in all cases they are still in front of the Maginot Line. There have been two second-t ary attacks in the Saar area. m as at ur Belgian and French mechanised units have inflicted lieavjf losses on German forces endeav- 1 curing to force their passage! through Belgium. It is not yet clear whether the enemy has taken the outposts around Liege, although the German High Con* mand claims to have done so. Several parachutists landed 111 and around Brussels yesterday but they were quickly rounded up. One was lynched by theJ civilian population when he tried to shoot his way out. * » * m The U.S.A. has expressed will-* ingness to join with other Amew rican States in a joint protest to Germany over the invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands. 8 « 9 « It is reported that the Germans have taken This is not confirmed. e * • a Allied estimate of German air losses in the last three days is 400 'planes. The Royal Air Force accounted for another 40 yesterday in addition to bombing the Rotterdam aerodrome. The German advance into Hoi land is being hampered by thej magnificent work of the R.A.F., in bombing troop concentrations A French communique statesf that the Germans are making some progress and French for-» ces have fallen back on the Meuse. A heavy attack in the Moselle area was repulsed with large enemy losses, c * * » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands has reached Eng-» land, where she is the guest of His Majesty the King. The reason given for Her Majesty's go-* ing to England is that it was 1 learned that the Germans plan-* ned to capture her. Majesty will return later. » *' « » Switzerland has protested against the German bombing ot the railway into Switzerland. The Swiss Ambassador to Ber-* tin has been instructed to ask for compensation. Many banking and business firms in Basle and Zurich have removed to the interior. m * m 9 More Allied troops have beert landed north of Narvik. man attempts to land troops ta the south of that town were frustrated. Transports were sunk and the enemy were rounded up immediately on Viscount Halifax informed the House of Lords that later developments had not lessened the Allies' intentions ©f assisting Norway and her gallant people. U.S.A. Secretary of State Cordell Hull says that he has not yet received replies to the American Government's representations to Germany regarding the bombing of open towns and civ* ilians. President Roosevelt is asking Congress for a further £125,000,000 for defence.