QUIET CHRISTMAS
NOT A SINGLE SHOT FIRED ON WESTERN FRONT TROOPS BUSY OPENING PARCELS. THREE MILLIION DISTRIBUTED. Not a single shot was exchanged on the Western Front on Christmas Day, stated a Daventry broadcast last night. Perhaps the Germans were quiet because of the presence of the Fuehrer, who distributed Iron Crosses and Christmas presents. In the British and French lines the troops were well occupied in dealing with the contents of the 3,000,000 parcels they received. GERMANS DISTURBED BY ALLIES’ OPERATIONS. . FORCED TO TAKE OFFENSIVE. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) BERLIN, December 27. The official news agency complains that the Allies’ military operations frequently disturbed Christmas peace, “upsetting the Christmas mood of German troops, who made every effort to keep the peace, and avoided activity conducive to fighting, but enemy patrols repeatedly forced the adoption of the offensive.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1939, Page 5
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139QUIET CHRISTMAS Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1939, Page 5
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