Paris reported that, apart from sporadic artillery exchanges,
the Western front had been generally calm, since the French
took up their new positions. No man's land on the Moselle
Rhine a sea of mud.
There were further Luftwaffe air operations off the east coast
of Britain. In the morning British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighters
went up to intercept unidentified aircraft flying northwards.
No bombs were dropped. In the afternoon to Luftwaffe aircraft
was seen over the South East of Scotland, and one was shot
down.
General Wavell and General Weygand left Ankara at the conclusion
of the successful talks with the Turkish general staff.
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2194 Days Of War.
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