THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43

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I Gruppe NX.... klturpolitikisches Fähigkeiten Strictly confidential! Informationsdienst Nur zur personalen Dienst- verwendungğ in eigener Verantwortung zu ansammenden! K48 Reports of 14. Nai 1940. Second edition. SENDER LONDON /tachechioch/. The great Schlaeht, in which the German troops will meet with the French and army, is expected to begin at any moment. The Dutch and Belgians have performed their task in an excellent and heroic way to counter the first onslaught of the German forces.- Order of the Supreme Commander of the British Armed Forces in Frahk- reich: Today we are on the eve of the greatest events in the Achtichte des brit. Weltreichs. The struggle will be difficult and long, but we can look forward with confidence to its final outcome.- The French army report of today emphasizes that the Germans have penetrated through the Belgian province of Laxemburg, since it was necessary from the strategic Rüekäichten to offer only little resistance here. The German Vorstoas deutes with the same force. The German forces have reached the line Liège-llamur-Sedan. Also in the section of the southern access lines to the Kosel the vaccinations continue. Everywhere the French and Allied troops with the greatest bravery confront the enemy, who uses especially tanks and airplanes with greeting force. Zooo Tanke is involved in the swamps. The French have done an excellent job and proved that their tanks and aberrations are strongly superior to the Germans.- Dutch Army Report: While the north-eastern provinces of Holland are in the hands of the Germans, they try in vain to occupy the barrier dam of Lake Ysselsee/Zuidersee/, which connects Friesland with Fordholland. Rotterdam is still further to the hands of the Hollünders. Also, the Mollünders are still in possession of the province of Zeeland. The situation in the province Brabant is uncertain. The Dutch troops have taken their defensive lines behind the flood areas. Previous reports show that the Germans have crossed the Moerbeke Bridge, which connects Holland with Belgium. The French army and fleet continue to resist heroically, and the French troops' turrets in Brabant are on the rise. Belgium's reports report heavy Kiiadfe during yesterday's gents. In an interview with the newspaper Le Soir, the Belgian Minister of Defence, General Denis, told: Belgium can look forward to the future calmly. Brussels is not threatened. All military operations take on the British forces' attacks in full order. Air Force on German troops in Belgium, Brüeken, etc. Strategizeh important points of the connecting lines have been destroyed. Every hour the sights, the Germans, the advance units of turrets increase -