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POLES TAKE OFFENSIVE IN NORTH German Occupation Of Corridor Not Complete Great Air Activity On Western Front Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright PAEIS September 13. (Received September 14; at 11 a.m.) Polish sources assert that the Polish-Poznanian army has broken the German ring and is now menacing the German centre army which is besieging Warsaw from the south-west. The Moscow wireless announced that the Poles had converted the defensive to an offensive in the north. The British United Press Vilna correspondent says the radio states that despite German claim to occupancy of the entire Corridor, Polish troops are still fighting there and achieving local successes. A message from Budapest says a Germafi mechanised unit reached within 18 miles of Lwow but was forced back by the Poles, who are rushing up reinforcements. Nazi planes started many fires with incendiary bombings of Lwow. Nazi military despatches reported that the Polish defence lines had been broken by three German army thrusts from East Prussia, from the south, and by mechanised troops from the north-east, which would quickly end the war in Eastern Europe as a “ serious military conflict.” , A German army communique says: “ Pursuit of the enemy continues. The Galicia towns of Sambor and Krkaowice were captured. Advance guards reached the western edge of Lwow. Our troops crossed the Warsaw-Siedlce road east of Warsaw. Motorised troops are now 25 miles north of Brest-Litovsk. The Polish at. j south of Eadom has ceased'to exist. There have been considerable captures of prisoners and war material.” POSITION ON WESTERN FRONT. In . the first reference to Allied support French military despatches this afternoon stated: “A great number of wellequipped British troops are participating in the combat. : ' .An official French -communique states that the enemy artillery continued to react during the night. Aircraft of both sides showed great activity yesterday. The Paris correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain reports that German long-range artillery hidden in several miles behind the lines to-day opened a heavy barrage ■ against French positions on the Saar River. The enemy guns pounded a small village in the area held by the French near Saarbrucken. Despatches from Amsterdam confirm that the Germans tyre evacuating the Trier district, also the neighbourhood of Aachen. Luxembourg reports that the Germans destroyed tile railway bridge between Metz and Trier crossing the Moselle. This can be attributed to German fears of a French offensive. • in this region. ■The • German wireless admits that the French are about three miles from Saarbrucken. A German communique dismisses the fighting on the French front as unimportant, and claims the recapture of Birnbirg, four miles south-east of Saarbrucken.
TERROR FROM THE AIR GERMANS BOMB OPEN TOWNS DEFINITE INSTRUCTIONS FROM BERLIN " CIVILIAN RESISTANCE MUST BE CRUSHED" BERLIN, September 13. (Received September 14, at 11 a.m.) The German High Command announced that open towns, villages, and hamlets throughout Poland ' will henceforth be bombed and shelled in order to crush civilian resistance. 'A communique from Herr Hitler’s headquarters on the eastern front declares: “This is necessary because the Poles deliberately converted these places into war zones. The Polish Government and their incompetent and unscrupulous army commanders can be held responsible for the consequences the sorely-tried civilian population will suffer.” BRITAIN THREATENS REPRISALS
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR'S REPORT DELIBERATE BOMBING OF OPEN TOWNS WASHINGTON, September 13. (Received September 14, at 10 a.m.) Mr Anthony Biddle.' American Ambassador to Poland, to-day formally charged the German forces with bombing open cities and towns in Poland. The State Department released a cable from Mr Biddle, dated September 8, in which the Ambassador reported that the German air forces were “ taking advantage of every opportunity without regard to the danger to the population It is also evident that German bombers are releasing bombs, even when in doubt of the identity of their objectives.” The Ambassador cited the following instances: “ Attacks made on my villa and neighbours; a heavy attack on modern apartment buildings in the suburbs of Warsaw; destruction of a sanatorium involving the death of 10 children in the woods near Otwock; the bombing of a refugee train on its way from Kutno; damage done to a hospital train carrying wounded soldiers (the train was plainly marked with a red cross on the roof, and was drawn, up at the uncovered East Station in Warsaw); the destruction of a Girl Guide hut, in which 12 girls were killed.” The Ambassador sent the State Department a second telegram to-day from the Polish town where the Embassy is now located. The department refused to reveal its name. The telegram read; “ This place, a defenceless and open village, was bombed at 11 a.m. by a flight of four German planqs, which dropped at least 12 bombs, not only on the outskirts, but along the main street, 300yds from this Embassy and within even closer proximity of other missions, as well as the Foreign Office. The verified casualties include 11 killed and 40 seriously injured. Many business properties were damaged. The population ivn* terrorised by the suddenness and unexpectedness of the raid.”
LONDON, September 13. (Received September 14, at 11 a.m.) Lord Halifax, in the House, of Lords, threatened reprisals if the German forces harrass civilians. Commenting that if it were true, the German announcement was in direct contradiction to the statement made in Herr Hitler's Reichstag speech. Lord Halifax added : “ There can be no sort of justification for the indiscriminate bombardjnent of civilian populations,”
I NAZI LEADERS VISIT TROOPS FIERCE FIGHTING NEAR RADOM UNFAVOURABLE WEATHER DEVELOPING BERLIN, September 13. (Received September 14, at 1 p.m.) General von Brauchitseh lias joined the German troops in the front line near Radom, where fierce fighting is reported. It appears that Hitler visited Lordz, not Lodz. A communique says the visit was an agreeable surprise to the troops and the population. It is also stated that unfavourable weather conditions are now developing. VISIT TO LODZ HITLER ON EASTERN FRONT BERLIN, September 13. The German wireless announced that Herr Hitler visited Lodz to-day. FATE OF LODZ STILL UNCERTAIN LONDON, September 13. (Received September 14, at 2 p.m.) The actual fate of Lodz is uncertain. The Germans issue continued reports that Lodz is in their hands intact, but the Poles claim that they recaptured it. HEAVY RAIN IN.NORTHERN POLAND NONE IN THE SOUTH BUCHAREST, September 13. (Received September 14, at 1.30 p.m.) The Rumanian weather bureau states that heavy rain is falling in Northern Poland. There is no rain, however, in the south. It is reported from Tallinn that the entire Tarta region of Estonia is , flooded. DIPLOMATIC CORPS ENDANGERED SEPARATE PROTESTS PENDING PARIS, September 13. (Received September 14, at noon.) 1 The newspaper ' L’lnformation ’ reports the bombing of Krzemieniec, where the diplomatic corps accredited to Poland is stationed temporarily. It said the corps, led by Monsignor Cortesi, the Papal Nuncio, took refuge in a dug-out. It is learned that each Government will protest separately against the bombing of an open town. LUBLIN BADLY DAMAGED TWELVE RAIDS BY WARPLANES LWOW, September 13. (Recb.ved September 14, at noon.) The G.- -mans continue the bombing of civilian- Lwow was yesterday raided 12. rimes, and the alarms sounded uninterruptedly for eight hours. Luck and Lublin were also raided. Lublin was greatly damaged. An evacuation train going to Lwow from Warsaw stopped 72 times to permit passengers to disembark to avoid bombing, SYSTEMATICALLY CARRIED DUT WARSAW, September 13. (Received September 14, at 1 p.m.) The Polish Government has drawn the attention of the Governments of all civilised States to the bombing of open towns in Poland, stating that it is carried out systematically on places possessing no military importance whatever. Poland also states that Germans dressed in Polish uniforms are landing by means of parachutes behind the lines, acting as a fifth column. PITILESS BOMBING RAILWAY TO RUMANIAN FRONTIER EFFORT TO CUT OFF COMMUNICATIONS LONDON, September 13. (Received September\l4, at 11.35 a.‘m.) Reuter reports fVom the PolishRumanian frontier that the German air force is desperately trying to cut off Poland’s communications with Rumania. This means ceaseless bombing and machine-gunning of the railway and road leading from Lwow and. Stanislawow to the frontier town of Snyatin. This road is littered with abandoned cars riddled with machine gun bullets. Lwow has been heavily bombed in the last two days, while factories, the railway, and houses suffered heavily. Snyatin is reported to have been bombed and the station damaged. Seven bombs fell in the crowded market place of a Jewish village near the , frontier and killed 200.
WAR ON SHIPPING GREEK STEAMER MIRED ASHORE ON DANISH COAST COPENHAGEN, September 13. (Received September 14, at 11 a.m.) The Greek steamer Katingo Hadjipatera grounded south of Falsterbo (Denmark) after the explosion of a mine. The crew was rescued. BREMEN MYSTERY CHANGED NATIONALITY AT SEA REPORTED TO BE HEADING FOR ITALIAN PORT LONDON, September 13. (Received September 14, at 11 a.m.) The Ministry of Information announced that a report had been published in a Netherlands newspaper that the Bremen had changed its nationality in mid-Atlantic and “may now be
used.” The newspaper stated that the Bremen, which was now Italian, was heading for an Italian port. The Ministry of Information added that it was unable to say whether this was true, ACQUISITION DENIED LONDON, September 13. (Received September 14, at 1.30 p.m.) The Rome correspondent of the Associated Press says it is authoritatively denied that Italy intends to acquire or has acquired the Bremen. BRITAIN CONFIDENT ABLE TO DEAL WITH SUBMARINES LONDON. September 13. (Received September 14, at 1.5 p.m.) While there is yet no definite indication of the German Government's decision as to how the submarine warfare is to develop, the sinking of the Athenia might seem to suggest that Germany has decided to begin a campaign of unrestricted sinkings at sight, not only in defiance of international law, but in direct violation to the specific undertakings into which she solemnly entered in 1936. Meanwhile it is clear that the life of the British Empire, together with all the Empire’s warlike and economic activities, goes on as much as it did before. Ships are daily entering and clearing from British ports in their accustomed numbers, and the most acute observer would fail to detect any difference, except regarding such necessary precautions as must be observed in wartime between any busy British port to-day and six months ago. It is true that a few British ships have been sunk. This was expected during the first week or so of the war. There may be a few more sinkings before the submarine menace is finally disposed of and until the submarines now known to be at large have been destroyed or otherwise dealt with. The main point to be remembered is that the British naval authorities, who in circumstances
this • could be expected, because many ships were scattered under peace - time conditions. The Germans had placed U-boats and supply ships in the best strategic positions prior to the outbreak of war.” Mr Chamberlain told the House of Commons that the Government was establishing a Ministry of Shipping at an early date. ORDERED HOME ALL SOVIET MERCHANT SHIPS PARIS, September 13. (Received September 14, at 10 a.m.) Radio reports from Moscow state that all Soviet merchant ships en route to England have been ordered to home ports. GERMAN BASES IN SOUTH AMERICA BRITAIN'S WARNING TO NEUTRALS LONDON, September 13. _ (Received September 14, at 11 a.m.) The Ministry of Information states that the Government has reason to believe that Germany may attempt to establish air and submarine bases on the coasts of South and Central America. Britain is inviting the latter to take the necessary steps to prevent violation of neutrality.
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