The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13

Beleaguered City Iighjsns;
Turkey Moves Toward War
A In 1914. Invaders Again Fight Woy
Down Historic Valley OF the Mome;
cloim 10000 Allies Surrender
tRuILgTiNs)
TOURS Frsne%-Ths Preach hisk command aid lssisht
that German ,rceps attacking Inc Marine Chateau
rhiery World battlefield -sareesded In moving
elements 10 The seaih hank"
TOURS. rraas.--rr.aeh aff,s.l -saes- admitted 10
night asrmsn forces within " sse. II Parts.
zuRicH--The s~,.~ arm, esmmssa MD IN esmmu.
nqus ieuish, that investigation II sdays hemhsHs ~
Geneva and Rennen. disclosed the hemhs a British
origin.
BUCHAREST - Al Rnmaalan merchant vessels we're
ordered oda, In return Immediately 10 Rumsssa psstss
nav ~ MATTE N NORTHERN vnAxex
German armies drew tight ssmLeirvIs around the he
eaguercd city Of Paris op saOooool to-day despite des
pcrae resistance By French aud fierce attacks by
allied aplanes ranging from the channel To the crowded
industrial ernters Of Italy.
Military ohIectl.ss In The north Italian city u
Turin tpop. ss7.00ol. center NJ Fs~est sutass-
bile and a'rplnns predue,'on and other target. q ne
big nalnn port of Gen0a tpop sli.DO0l we're beHee9
by The British aircraft II said In fsWasW.
Other British planes bombed the Cologne industrial
ter in Germany. and unoaded NJ bemb~ sometmss
at the rate OF 100 mnuteon the Germans ws.t of Paris.
hui the German armies. already repsvtsA Within
l2li miles Of Paris. continued 10 pound - Inc eitys
dsfenses and Indicated In Befiia they psehshty
would attempt 10 sweep around ,hs capital IL vsss
en.e'opnx movement. inssssd u makias fsssiat
attack nj huge eo~t.
The question Of whether tbs French would ehonse To
defend the city street by street. had hesn reported
planned not answered by dispatches GINNING through
the French censorship today and il was believed likely
the he In lbs II
their preaeni lines broken Otherwise. tbs capital
seemed certain 10 suffer terrbIr destruction
Virtually all Of Paris communications the northwest
north and eas were cut Of The Germans ssd In rpertsns
unocay that their armies continued To advance through
the defense lines around tbs capital
East of the smbaiisd and bsrriesdsd sapissl tks
German mechanical IsKions rolled over The bstts-
grounds Of the World war through the cathedral Town
Ut hsms tpop. $4,000 into ihs rolling esunsrysids
dotted With white crosses . II Two decades sss-sl
Chateau Thi~rr,. and through the histsss vslosy
Of the river Marns
West NJ Psri. The Germans toek Rossa tpsp.
122s0o) batilsd their way ihs Hstns II
several points and. The Nan high command rsgestsd
encireed allied iroops ON the coast hstwsss N<prs
and lie Hs.s tpop, $4,000.
The German high command said 10000 allied
troeps bad surrendered In The ~. vssry ss.canx
'poekst on ihs channel coast, where mssh hssiy
WAS captured.
In addition the sweep The channel coast. The
German again called attention to 81 The
German forces through the sthe sector Of northern France
The high command did dstals ths sector, but
Berlin said II provided Increasing Threat
that the French Magnot line would be- anked and turned
by attack from the
Paris itself prepared upsxeedy but with determination
for the advance Of the German armies Police squstionsd
food and other supplies If preparation for and
wat numbers evacuated the city while German bombers
roamed ths countryside far behind the allied lines
The German advance noi only closer 10 Paris
according 10 Berlin. than ~hsn fe~ German Uhtsns
reached Mssus in The World var. bal II closing
In without exposing th~ flank against whieh The allies
plunged sffseiiseI, at that time.
The battle u France in which both aides appeared 70
have suffered tremendous losses ds.efbed detail by
the German high command for the frat lime odays
conafaDnans
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