QUIET ON FRONT

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20955, 7 November 1939, Page 7

QUIET ON FRONT

FRENCH HOLD POSITIONS GERMAN BOMBARDMENT CONSTANT AIR PATROLS (United Press Assn.—Elec. tel. Copyrlgnij LONDON, Nov. 6 The French official war communique last night was the shortest of the war. it was merely two words: “ Quiet day.” The whole front is quiet, even at the points in the Moselle sector where the Germans have tried repeatedly to dislodge the French outposts. The French to-day maintained a firm grip of Forbach and Sarreguemines, five miles in advance of the Maginot Line, against which German howitzers have tired 300 shells in the past four days. Children in the Alsation towns cf Mulhouse and Colmar, which are within range of the German guns, have returned to school owing to the enemy’s inactivity in this sector. Both towns are humming with military activity. The Allied Air Forces have established constant air patrols across the German lines from Switzerland to Luxembourg, says Reuter’s correspondent with the British Expeditionary Force. The airmen are chiefly watching for reconnoitring aircraft which are increasingly active. They also form the first line of defence against raids on Paris and even London.