THE WAR, STEP BY STEP

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 86, 10 November 1939, Page 2

THE WAR, STEP BY STEP

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY i *' ' rf. French lighters outclass German machines in large-scale air battle oft the Western Front. Nazis lose a,; third of their twenty-seven strength, and French losses nil. Proved superioritv of French aircraft oye-r the German fighters.

Germany addresses strong Note to Norway demanding release of the : interned prize crew of the Cilv of Flint and the surrender of the ship. Sweden protests to Germany ' against the extension of the minefield otf Falsterbo German liners converted into hospital ships in preparation for naval battles. Britain denies German allegations -.'that the Danish liner Canada was sunk bj" a British mine. Belgium protests to Germany concerning the flight over Belgian ter-* ritory on Sunday of a Nazi aeroplane. ■ German raider, the 'pocket ? battle ship Deutschland, sighted in North Atlantic. British and French naval forces in pursuit. Another speech by Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs Molotoff in which he asserts that annexation of East Poland is classed as a great success in Foreign policy; accuses> the United States "of warming her hands near the fire of war," hints that the United States will enter the Avar; accuses Britain and of seeking new possessions. Offensive on large scale ex pec tedPossible German oiive through Hf.l land. Sudden acthity in Germany-* with the of officers and men from leave. French Navy sink U-boat- supplyship.