The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-18
Bliizlsrieg RACES Unabaisd
Over Belgium and France;
Defense Lines Collapsing
Invading Army Enters DeIgi0n Copitoi
Alter Government Flsss; Lille
Moginot nompurss Foil 10 Hold
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BERLIN-The German hish eommand declared
tonight German troops have marched Into nvus-
sels German sourees clamed the whoie dulenae
line in Belgium has cracked. and that powerful
German forcss sweeping through naps n the
French fortified lines and into France.
LONDON The British air ministry sonlsht .sid shs
Germans had lost more than 1000 planes 10 The past
seven days.
BERLIN-Sasi source. rspsri.a ssalrhi thas G<vmsn
troop. m.s.. .ea'awsss ..m tie a,sssa q ~ ps'sA
L0NDoN-oermans are ivsrsag iesard Lasm smd Marie.
and about 70 mss northeast ef Pars ras reported
reliably tonight
loMDoM-Ths sriisIs. psixs ss~lshe ~ hsine
prepared Tor bad news sreM M MwGolng nmoo.
The British Press association dIsert69ood -
patch 10 Hundreds 81 British nswspnpera, 6oe1nr.
Ing ths press must Iufsvm ths paboe inst 'stDs
present situation must b rsssrisd . enc q =.
treme gravity"
rHE WESTERN POWERS rAII MACH
Flying German columns driving northwest toward
the English channel from the French border. was
reported today. toTsiug Allied withdrawal from the
defense lines which protect Brussels,
The German threat was that Belgium would be cot of
from France. soatlng Allied armies in Belgium from their
Communications and supplies.
moved to 0~tsnd on the shsDaei
The British public being prepared through ts
newspapers apparently 81 government arssf fer Ssd
The gravity Of the s,aa,ea vas emphasized In
The German thrust toward the channel ports was being
made appeared By heavy armored columns which plunged
through the cash IN the Magnot ns extension ffDm
Mezeres Sedan These columns cut through The breseh
and dashed northwest
Official statements In Berlin-partly confirmed
by allied dispatches said the Nazi blitzkreg
toward the English channel had broken the main
British defense lines along Dyle river in front Of
Brussels, captured the Belgian fortress Of Namur
and smashed westward down Samhre river into tia
French Magnot line defensss at Maubsuge
ON French soil according the German high command.
the Mani forces Sldsnsd thsr break into tina Magnet line
Nest 81 the Heuse river that they claim 6zmie
front from ManbeuKs 10 Cargnan south of Sedan. fro
which flying mechanzed columns have stabbed deeply INTO
French territory.
In Paris Il was admitted these ihru-is had reached
RsihsI 100 miles the French capital. and that
tremendous German pewsF being thrswn nta
the main offensive IN n attempt 10 sin The ~
quick and devastating blow.
The Allies fought back with everything they could throw
fAd Allied planes and hurting tons 0 high sxpo
IN. German positions around Esle effort
to collapse the AAxi salient.
The German bltzkfieg offensive mskbods appeared
the surface at least % that Adolf Hitler had shot
the works In Offensive that might wiH Dss tbs
In Berlin however Nazs insisted that that
Aary although they expressed condolences the German
offensive would clear the Allied forees from Belgium ard
establish bases for attack England short route
Neutral ~ the Naxi capital aise said thai
while the German break through into Francs
staggering triumph n I'D not necessarily
decisive action since ths Naz# face the problem %
pouring more and more men into N. breach and of
probable French eounisr- attsTk.
Both London and Paris admitted tbs military siu-
alton grave. result Of the bg bulge erestsd By
the Germans in their main defense lines. but both
expressed confidence II you'd be-
The bltzkreg methods Of tins German attack made Il
On D Cosmn