LARGE SCALE ACTION
HEAVY BLOW EXPECTED SAARBRYJCKEN SECTOR (Reed. Sept. 18, 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 15. The New York Times correspondent at Paris says that Western Front activity is of a nature heralding largescale action. The ■ German reaction suggests they are expecting a heavy blow.
Activity is greatest on the 12-mile sectop facing Saarbrucken, where the French have continued to progress, taking two more %'illages. The chief work continues to be the preparation of positions from which they can initiate “ulterior operations,” which is being done along the entire front. The French have never relaxed the pressure and have never lost the initiative. The concentration of forces is being completed. The armies are nearly all in position. The British troops are fitting into Die plan as they arrive although it is believed that only the Royal Air Force has been in action so far.
German activity might presage a blow' on their part, but a more general offensive will be difficult when the opponent has been steadily imposing his will. Moreover, the Germans continue to evacuate populations of the Saarland and Palatinate.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 18 September 1939, Page 7
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