The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-13
FRENCH, NAILS
CLASH in BATTLE
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The French military spokesman
said that the Llege fortillcations, II
miles south OF the Maastricht
Tongres road were Still holding on
except for the Epemalle tEbet
EmacD fort which the Germans hat
taken In tho first thrust, The Bel
CLANS were said to have tangled "
the German operations around Liegt
by destroying oil bridges,
The 605th French war CON-
munique said that German attacks
on Holland and Belgium had re-
Ing was conferred north OF the Albert
doubled In violence and that fight
canal southwest Of Tiremont ca
miles northwest OF Liege) and In TIT
Belgian Ardennes district, near Lux
embourg,
Exchange Telegraph dispatches
said that War Minister Edouart
Dalodier had visited the north Bel
CLAN front yesterday and had seer
King Leopold, 10 whom he praised
the courage OF the Belgian peopl
and their effective resistance TO tn
Germans.
Violent Fight Goes On
French reports said violent fight
Ing continued In the southern Ar
denncs and north DeFuehateau dis
triets Of Belgium near Luxembourg
Air forces were participating on botf
sides, bombing AID straflng eacf
others ground forces. The battle was
said 10 be still In indec!SiveaSe, ph
The Germans also were reported
attacking between the Luxembourg
frontier and the Mosellc river In the
Longwy- Sierck sector where the tide
OF battle was going back and forth
The battle ranged inside Lu%em-
bourg Mt some points and short
distance inside France at other
points.
French dispatches said that French
troops had broken an attack by a
full German division east OF the
Moselle sector Sunday and that the
French also had stopped two heavy
German attacks In the Saar-West
VosgeS and the rndt-Ohrenthal
salientS, In those regions, small
French outpoSts retired TO the main
line OF resistance, according TO the
pre- arranged battle plan, and then
French artillery and automatic
weapons broke up the German at
tack
Bombs Fall In Paris
II was understood that some bombs
had fallen In the Paris region dur
ing last nights air raid but no de-
tails were given,
The communicate said there were
mo notable changes" In the Franco
Luxembourg situation between
Longwy and the Mosele despite in
tense commandments"
There was nothing OF report far
ther asst" the communique said,
"Our air force attacked enemy COL
umns with bombs and machine guns
at the end Of the day Sunday and
al might Twelve German planes
were shot down In the evening"
A previous communique had said
that 80 German planes were shot
down yesterday morning.
Air raid sirens aroused Parisians
at dawn again today and kept them
In shelters from $40 TO tbs a. m.
Their night had been disturbed by
another alarm-from 1915 10 lis a,
m. during which the most violent
anti-aircraft gring Of the war echoed
through the city.
No German planes were seen
either time from the center OF the
city, although the night alarm was
accompanied by the brilliant spec
tacle of tracer shells and scores OF
searchlights piercing the star-nled
sky, and French pursuit planes pa
trolled over the city in large num-
berS.
Alarms Of War
They were Paris 18th and 18th
alarms Of the war. No bombs yet
have fallen near the city but the
widespread bombings OF other
French towns have caused growing
concern for Paris. Official figures OF
the first two days Of the German
blit2krieg listed l48 French civilians
killed and 1877 wounded. No report
had keen made OF casualties yester.
day. Paris newspapers published pic.
lures Of the results OF German all
raids in France yesterday evening
They showed homes and schools
wrecked, women and children dead
The fear of German parachute
troops was added to that Of bombs
and the French government an
nounced that any enemy combat.
ants captured In this country moi
wearing their national uniform