THE LURE OF CALAIS
FEVERISH GERMAN PREPARATIONS. FRESH OFFENSIVE FORECASTED. AMBITIOUS PLANS AGAINST ENGLAND. BIG SCHEME FOR INVASION. POSITIONS IN ALSACE BEING STRENGTHENED.
(Times and Sydney Sun Services.) (Received July 7, 7.40 p.rn.) PARIS, July 7. The Germans are reported to l>e constructing immense defensive works in Upper Alsace, apparently designed to render their positions practically impregnable, thus liberating troops for the offensive elsewhere. New heavy guns have been brought to Alt-•k-irclt and HairzbacTi.
An Alsatian declares that the Germans have a second line of fortifications midway between the Vosges and! the Rhine, running the entire length of Alsace, and defended by 250.000 of the Landsturm. “Le Matin” believes that the closing of the Swiss frontier and the rushing up of fresh. German troops in Belgium heralds another try to capture Calais and bombard Dover with long range guns in order to send, troops in aluminium boats to invade England. A series l of attacks have been made recently by the Germans upon the Allied front, apparently without any particular object. These efforts are interpreted as a preparation, for a severe offensive.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3976, 8 July 1915, Page 5
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