BRITISH ARTILLERY GIVES SUPPORT
Germans Continue Retirement in Saar-Vosges Area (Elec. Tel. Copyright.—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 19,11.15 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 18. Paris messages state that the French are strengthening their troops oil the Western Front as an answer to heavy German reinforcements. Authoritative military sources in Paris state that British artillery has been moved up in support oil the French forces in preparation for the next phase of the Western Front operations. The Germans are continuing to withdraw from the Saar, Vosges, Trier and Aachen areas. A French communique issued at 8 o’clock last night stated there was nothing important then to announce. Aerial activity had been reduced owing to unfavourable weather. A Luxemburg report states that heavy artillery was heard over the Moselle sector. German shells fell in the German village of Perl, which is in French hands. The French appeared to be concentrating their fire on the village of Borg to bring pressure presumably against Saarburg, 12 miles from the West Wall.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20046, 19 September 1939, Page 5
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