NAZI COUNTERS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 233, 13 September 1939, Page 3

NAZI COUNTERS

'•f 9 V hand-to-hand fight: ii ;ffici fncy of french allmy BASES IN ENEMY 'TERRITORY LONDON, Sept. 11. ,It is reported!' in Baris that the Ereiieh smashed German counterattacks overnight in the battle on the Alagiuot frontier. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting occurred on open farmlands along the’ Sierok-Saarburg road in German territory; in which tlie Germans were thrust“baLk at the bayonetpoint. " The French also held all gains. Despite the ,German resistance the attack continued to make important progress over a 20-kiloinctre fronteast of Saar. It was unofficially stated that the French greatly consolidated their positions on German soil in tlie last 24 hours, causing heavy German casualties during tlie counteroffensive'. The French General Staff is stated to be conducting the operations with the maximum efficiency and .niinimuuf I'oss. Light and heavy motorised units anv clearing the-way for the infantry. 'The Petit. Barisien says that for more than 24 lioui's the Germans resisted energetically the whole of the northeast- front, especially by means ol: artillery which seems to indicate that that the French troops have bitten well into tlio Siegfried Li.no. 'The French artillery replied effectively, protecting a- series of actions 'planned with the greatest prudence. The- Petit Journal says that all the French bases for future movements are assured in ■German territory. Le Matin 'says, that- all attacks were brought about slowly with prudence and method. Alarshal save French blood, would not engage Ids divisions in badly-prepared! battles.