W ATTITUDE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1942, Page 4

W ATTITUDE

ATTRIBUTED TO PETAIN FRANCE FREE TO DEFEND HERSELF. DEPARTURE OF THE FLEET FROM TOULON. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.0 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 11. An Associated' Press of America French frontier correspondent says that, according to information from Vichy, Marshal Petain declared that the German armistice of 1940 had been broken by the German invasion and that this left France free to defend herself. Marshal Petain would remain in Vichy, feeling that he had performed the task of guiding -the nation as long as the armistice lasted. He would not interfere in any way with French resistance to Germany. Furthermore it was reliably reported that the French fleet, which is said to have left Toulon, is at present off Corsica, en route to join the Allies. An unconfirmed rumour says French Alpine troops are fighting the invading Italians. ATTACK ON TUNISIA REPORTED BY GERMANS. GARRISON SAID TO BE RESISTING. (Received This Day, 9.55 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 11. The German radio asserts that Allied troops hav ebeen attacking Tunisia since this morning and the garrison is resisting. GERMANS IN TUNISIA LANDINGS DURING NIGHT. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) RUGBY, November 11. It is officially stated that German fighter planes and some airborne troops have landed in Tunisia. Landings have been progressing during the night, but neither their location nor the if any, of French opposition, is known.