DEFENSIVE BATTLE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1940, Page 5

DEFENSIVE BATTLE

OUTCOME STILL UNCERTAIN

ALLIES NOT YET TAKING INITIATIVE. ENORMOUS ENEMY LOSSES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.0 a.m.) PARIS, May 27. A military spokesman stated that the Allies are fighting a great defensive battle, the outcome of which is still uncertain. The Allied offensive has not yet started. The Germans are using every possible weapon against the Allies. Their losses, in men, tanks and planes are enormous. German scouts have pushed northward from Boulogne but Calais was still in French hands at 9 a.m.

CURFEW IN MALTA AS DEFENCE AGAINST PARACHUTISTS. (Received This Day, 9.0 a.m.) MALTA, May 27. A curfew has been ordered between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. from tonight, as a defence against parachutists. GERMAN CLAIMS ALLIED SUBMARINE & BOAT SUNK. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) BERLIN, May 27. The High Command claims that speedboats sank a British destroyer during a push towards Ostend, also an Allied submarine off Helder.

FRONT INTACT BRITISH OFFICIAL REPORT. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 27. Tonight’s British Expeditionary Force communique states that the Germans violently attacked the French and Belgian forces on the flanks of the B.E.F. British infantry counterattacked successfully, in co-operation with French tanks. The British forces in Belgium fought side by side with the Belgian, army, meeting strong attacks. The British front is intact. In heavy bombing in rear areas a number of German plans were shot down.