Simultaneous Failure Of Nazi Thrust
MORE FREQUENT AERIAL ENCOUNTERS Pr&etitation Of Decorations By M. Lebrun (Tjjlee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) 1 ' (Reed. Sept. 30, 2.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 2!). The Paris .correspondent of The Times states that a local 'aithejh olithe Western Front, resulted in the French capturing 1 -the fort in the triangle between the Saar and the ffoselle. . A battalion of infantry with tank support achieved '’tills purely tactical success, taking many prisoners. The Gentians. simultaneously made an unsuccessful attack along the Saar hr ucken front. Aerial encounters are more frequent. German inter, cepfor planes attacking returning Allied reconnaissance machines wer'e attacked in turn by French and British escort machines to the advantage of the latter. . Tlie .President of France, M. Lebrun, to-day visited the north-eastern sector, where he awarded three decorations.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20057, 2 October 1939, Page 11
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