NEW BATTLE AREA
SWISS FRONTIER NAZI-FRENCH CLASH SHOTS ACROSS RHINE GERMAN MOVEMENTS LUXEMBERG ZONE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Dec. 12, 3 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 11. A message from Basle states that for the first time during the war, German and* French troops held a skirmish near the Swiss frontier. Advanced posts exchanged fire across the Rhine. A night communique issued in Paris states: “Very reduced activity was experienced on the Western Front throughout the day.” German troop movements are reported to be increasing on the left bank of the river Sure on the Luxemburg frontier. The German High Command visited the district from which villagers were ordered to be evacuated. ' Messages from the Belgian-German frontier report many cases of diphtheria among the German troops.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20119, 13 December 1939, Page 7
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