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FIERCE FIGHTING OUTPOST LINE SHORT ENCOUNTERS BRITISH PATROL WORK VALUED INFORMATION ARTILLERY ACTIONS (Elec. Tel. Copyri gilt—Unite A .Press Assn.) (Reed. Dec. 14, 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 13. French commentators state that intense fighting has been raging for 24 hours along the line of advance outposts in territory which is about six miles wide, forming a salient into the general enemy line on the Western Front. A statement issued by British Expeditionary Force headquarters in France says that the British front-line troops made a second night patrol in rain and mist in no-man’s-land and obtained valuable information. A French official morning communique issued this morning stated that patrol activity had been experienced on the central part of the Western Front. The night communique stated that there were short encounters throughout the night between the Saar and the Warndt Forest. Another engagement and artillery actions occurred in the day time in the same region. The Allied outpost lines everywhere remained intact.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20120, 14 December 1939, Page 5
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