ATTACK HELD UP

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 161, 7 June 1940, Page 7

ATTACK HELD UP

NAZIS FAIL TO PENETRATE / TANK DRIVE VITIATED j, INTENSE BATTLE CONTINUES (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.).; (British Official Wireless.) Received June 7, 9.40 a.m! ’ RUGBY, June 6. The information available in London this morning regarding the progress of the battle on the Somme and the Aisne is meagre, and adds little to that contained in the latest French communique. German attacks have been delivered on both sides \ of Amiens and in the. neighbourhood of the \ Chauny-Soissons area. / \ Armoured vehicles are reported in all of these areas, but \ it is not yet possible to estimate their strength, nor is it pos- \ sible to say whether this is the main attack. \ FAMILIAR NAZI , TACTICS. \ : The German tactics appear to be the same as before. | namely, trampling everything and trying to find a soft spot Un preparation for pushing everything through when it is found. : The Germans have made some progress, but the French cefehces are in great depth, and nothing has occurred that qh.be described as penetration. ' \ " THEATRE EXTENDED. \ In London the military spokesman stated that the battle hat been resumed this morning with the same intensity, and hadeven been extended on two wings. The Germans, in additionito yesterday’s three thrusts in the regions of Amiens, PercWe, and Ailette, had attacked on the Lower Somme and had lunched a heavy artillery bombardment on Champagne, which seems to be in preparation for an attack. \ tL new French system of anti-tank defence is on the v whole,'Successful. Nearly all the support points are being ' ,■ held. U ■