Evening star., 1940-06-15
French

French high commands first mdr
comnun,que issued here
In Normany fighting con-
tinues in the region west of
Louviers and Evreux.
In the Paris region our armies
have completed in greatest order
the movement ordered by the
high command.
In Champagne the enemy has
again accentuated his pressure in
the direction of Troyes and St.
Dizier. Violent fighting is taking
place.
In Lorraine and in Alsace vio-
lent bombardments on the front
and on our lines of communica-
tions.
German
BERLIN, June IS (P.-The
tert OF the German communiQue
tolloUs::
The pursuit between the
lower Seine and the Meuse
everywhere is in full force. Dis
solution of the defeated French
armies is progressing. At several
points the enemy troops and
units have surrendered without
fighting.
During the past days, the
enemy hastily put up new divi-
sions from remainders of de-
feated divisions and reserves.
Since June 5, over 100000 pri-
soners have been counted. The
amount of material cannot yet
be estimated.
Paris was occupied yesterday
without fighting and was passed
through. The Reich's war flag is
waving over the Palace of Versailles,
where in 1871 the German destiny
was established and in 1919 Ger
man shame was sealed.
South of the Argonne Forest the
enemy was thrown southeastward
and forced off the line of retreat.
Flying units of all kinds on June
Ia. in monster attack on the Saar
front, raided the Maginot Line.
Fertilization works, bunkers. artil-
lery and infantry positions, as we'll
as columns, were bombed by all
calibers the entire day.
At the same time troops of the
army. supported by strong artil-
lery, broke into the fortified battle
field of the Maginot Line and
wrested numerous defense positions
from the enemy. A strong bunker
group at Saar-Alben was taken.
In the region of Verdun, Metz and
Belfort, an effective air attack was
directed against troop concentra-
tions and movements, rail line and
roads. Numerous trains were de-
stroyed and many rail lines inter-
rupted. In other parts of France
also good attack results were OBJ
tanned by our fighting units against
airports, important rail lines and
retreating columns.
During the course of the night of
June 14-15, the opponent undertook
the usual flights in West and South
western Germany, thereby again
dropping bombs aimlessly without
hitting military targets.
The opponents total air losses
yesterday were 43 planes, of which,
13 were shot down in air fights, 9
by anti-aircraft fire and the rest
destroyed on the ground. Five of
our own planes are missing.
The opponents losses on June 13
were increased by 10 airplanes total
ling 20, our own losses were raised
by four planes to six.
In the Narvik region, Harstad and
Tromso were occupied in recent days
without fighting. One detachment
of picked mountain troops which on
June 2 started the northward march
from the region of Fauske across
roadless mountains, joined the Mar
vik group on June 13.
The following distinguished them
selves: Group Capt.-Col. Balthasar,
who up till now shot down 20 enemy
planes in air fights, destroyed II
others on the ground; 1t. Weber of
sharpshooters regiment, by a
daredevil, personal last-minute effort
cutting five fuses on an important
bridge, thus having the crossing fall
into our hands unchanged.
Italian
ROME, June IS (P).-The Ital-
ian high command con,muniQue
said:
On the Alpine front previously
arranged plan has been perfected
with the occupation Of some local.