The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-06
Market Takes Strong Tone Over Resistance of Allie
Clever Ruse Played
To Capture Nazi Tanks
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WHERE the Germans are advancing
from Abbeville.
The drive along the coast Is
headed toward lie Havre and
Anglo French communication lines.
Explaining the delay In issuance
OF today's communiue by the Ger
man high communicative comf1uni-
que was delayed about four hours
today--authorized quarters said "
had been held up due 10 technical
reasons" What these we're was not
made clear
Germans Contend
German sources commended that
the Germans were pressing their
drive toward lie Havre and Roucn
from the Abbeville vicinity. They
said German troops were pouring
across the Somme near Abbeville and
had driven the French back beyond
line OF pillboxes and machinegun
nests which had been hastily erected
IN the past 10 days.
Reports In the German press In
dicated that the Germans had en-
countered particularly stif French
resistance. German troops being en-
ployed include many elite units
which served both In Poland and the
early stages Of the western front
drive.
The accounts IN the German press
indicated that the German troops
had met n whitening fire from con.
cealed machine gun posts, and had
been confronted with barbados,
mines and infantry traps
In some regions there was hand
10 hand fighting and the press 70.
ported many French colonial troops
were IN action With long bush knives,
German military quarters claimed
that In last nights attack on Brit.
iBh air fields the glow OF burning
plane hangers could be seen far out
at sea,
Hope For French
Paris. June 0 SIS. o. $50 Hun.
drcds Of German tanks have been
destroyed In the Allied stand
against strong pressure along the
rivers S0mmo and Aisne, Premier
Paul Reynaud said today In quot.
Ing General Maxine Weygand aB
saying that he was satisfied with
tho French answer" 10 the Ger.
man offensive,
Reynaud told the French people
In radio speech tonight that he
brought them reason for hope"
Oh Allied armies bnttlcd against
the German offensive on the
rivers Sommc and AiSno.
Twice In Two weeks, the premier
reminded the French people, he
was forced 10 give thom 'bnd
news" IN connection with the dof.
man thrust Into FLANDERS and the
capitalization Of King Leopold OF
tho Belglans,
But the British and French 6ols
diers fought with great valor'-
"Val0r worthy OF their ancestors"
In FLANDERS and the evacuation
Of 1885, 900 men, he said, aroused
the admiration OF the world.
The Allied army proved Itself
worthy >of the tradition OF the
World War, he said,
bTtIbD tVUbW NV Vou
London, June 6-tUP)-.A Stock
holm dispatch In tho Daily Mall
today told how the British consul
NJ Nafyik, Norway, q 60sy0ar.old
former navy captain, lived nix weeks
almost neXt door 10 the German
headquarters and stole n German
generals food.
When the Germans seized Narvik
April 10, the dispatch said, Capt,
George Louis DoWnall Gibbs SNUG
gled British subjects 10 safety and
then returned 10 Nafylk where nc
hid In on evacuated house,
The German headquarters were
Just n few doors away.
When his food ran out, Capt,
Gibbs crept 10 tho German head.
quarters and helped himself 10
game, Sausages and beer intended
for the general,
When tho Allies marched into the
city, Capt Gibbs WAS waiting, we'll
fed and happy.
The Allied commanders said Capt,
Gibbs had given them valuable IN.
formation on German army Or
ganization and Fifth Column met
h0ds,
N.n. n1S,auAU gUgo vWggfNH