The Admiralty announced that on the previous afternoon, a
German naval Squadron had been cited by patrol aircraft, south
west of Norway. Owing to oncoming darkness the enemy escaped.
There were repeated actions in the North sea between German
Luftwaffe and the British warships. New British ships were
damaged.
Four British aeroplanes flying in pairs carried out daylight
reconnaissance flights. The whole way along the frontier from
France to the North sea. The first pair encountered bad weather
and were assailed by anti-aircraft fire from Coblenz and Sietburg,
but returned home safely. The second pair were able to take
valuable photographs.
Paris reported German patrol activity on either side of the
valley of the lower Nied and to the south of Zweibrücken.
For the first time Germans made use of loudspeakers to put
across propaganda from their frontlines.
Dr Juho Paasikivi, Finnish Minister in Stockholm, left Helsinki
from Moscow.
Sweden decreed that men who would normally leave the army.
Next Sunday, should remain with the colours.
Count Wailaw-Grzybowski, Polish ambassador to Moscow, he and
his staff left Moscow.
Russian troops, who are to occupy naval and air bases began
marching into Estonia.
First contingent of the reformed Czechoslovakian army left
Paris for the Western front.
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