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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1940.
Allies Resist Nazi Attack At Flanders
It said that the Allies lost 120 planes, including 35 shot down in air battles and 14 brought down by German anti-aircraft guns. Ten German planes were reported missing.
Berlin, May 22.—(UP)—The High Command said today that German troops were slowly squeezing out Allied armies trapped in northern France and Belgium by driving northward from the River Somme, but that fierce resistance had been encountered on the historic World War battlefields of Flanders.
Germans predicted that the German break-through to the Channel soon would destroy Allied armies of perhaps 1,000,000 men in the North, but the High Command communique issued at Adolf Hitler's headquarters in the field indicated that a desperate and perhaps a long struggle was ahead for control of the Channel ports from which an attack could be launched on England.
The communique claimed progres, however.
The railroad stations at Compiegne and Creil were set afire, the communique said. (The World War armistice was signed in Compiegne Forest).
Bulletins
Berlin, May 22.—(UP)—Responsible German quarters claimed today that German troops thrusting southwards in the direction of Paris had reached Soissert]. 55 miles from the French capital. There was no official confirmation of the report.
Paris, May 22.—(UP)—The ambulance service, in an announcement today, said that four American drivers and two ambulances had disappeared during the battle around Amiens but it was not known whether they had been killed or captured.
All the German aircraft were seaplanes, which were especially numerous over the villages of Abisko and Stordalen and Lake Torne and Trask near the iron mines at Kiruna, the agency said.
Stockholm. May 22.—(UP)— The semi-official news agency reported today a series of violations of north Swedish neutrality by "dozens of German airplanes."
London, May 22.—(UP)—Heavy British air attacks on German communications lines in Germany and Belgium last night were reported by the air ministry today while swarms of British airplanes patrolled the home skies on lookout for German bombers.
There were frequent air alarms throughout the region and anti-aircraft guards fired on the planes.
London, May 22.—(UP)—Maj. Clement Attlee, member of the inner war cabinet, told the House of Commons today that the "present situation is so critical" that the government must seek special powers to deal with it.
Allies Retake Arras--routes at dozens of points military experts said almost anything might happen.
One thing was certain. The Germans were mustering every resource to hold and extend the line they have driven all the way across northern France to the English channel. Their immediate objective was to crush the Allied army of the north—compromising the British expeditionary force, French units, the Belgian army and Dutch remnants—which has been cut off from the main French forces by the German drive across France.
Nazis Seek to Tighten Ring
The thrust of the German Abbeville forces toward Montreuil and St. Pol, in apparent disregard for their communications at Arras, is designed to tighten the steel ring around the Allied northern army. At the same time the German air force blasted at the French channel ports to hinder and disorganize any effort to remove the Allied army by sea.
In this dangerous situation the Allies were fighting back hard. Their recapture of Arras may indicate an attempt to blast a pathway through the German salient back to the main Allied positions south of the river Somme.
At the same time other units of the trapped Allied force smashed at Valenciennes, near the northern hinge of the original German break-through on the western front. Here again the objective is to blast a corridor through the German salient, cutting the German lines of communication and enabling the isolated French corps to rejoin their main body which here is south of the Aisne near Rethel.
Allies Say German Losses High
After conferring with Weygand, Premier Paul Reynaud expressed confidence in the outcome. "If we hold for a month," he asserted, "we shall have travelled three-fourths of the road to victory."
Huge losses were being suffered on each side. French sources estimated that the Germans had lost 500,000 killed and wounded since invading Holland. A London source placed German casualties on the western front at 250,000, plus 200,000 in Poland and 25,000 to 30,000 in Scandinavia. The Germans claimed to have captured 110,000 to 120,000 prisoners but did not estimate Allied casualties.
The Royal air force was heavily engaged in the Allied effort to extricate themselves from their dangerous position. R. A. F. planes last night bombed most of the line of German communications from Aachen, west to the fighting lines. Bridges across the Meuse were blasted and heavy attacks were made near Namur and Dinant.
German sources claimed the Allies had lost 2,000 planes in 11 days fighting and predicted that the war's outcome would be determined in the space of weeks.
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Kansas Engineers On Sale In Marvin Hall Tomorrow
The Kansas Engineer will go on sale tomorrow morning at eight o'clock in Marvin hall, Charles Baer, e'41, editor, announced today.
The feature article will concern Dean Ivan C. Crawford, who is resigning to become dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Michigan. The first of a series of articles on inspection trips will appear with the Kansas municipal airport trip as the subject.
An entire new rotogravure section will be presented along with the usual jokes and comment by Dave Oberlin, e'41.
Quill Club Winner Out Tomorrow
The winner of the recent Quill Club contest will be announced at the last regular meeting of the year. Thursday night at 7:30 in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building, Evelyn Longerbeam, gr, chancellor of the club said today. Madeline Aaron's "Prairie Galleon" will be awarded the winner.
This will be an informal meeting with a discussion of plans for next year.
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