THE WESTERN FRONT

Evening Star, Issue 23374, 18 September 1939, Page 9

THE WESTERN FRONT

GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED FIEKCH HOLD FORWARD POSITIONS NAZI REINFORCEMENTS FROM POLAND PARIS, September 17. (Received September 18, ,at 10 a.m.) An official communique states: “ The enemy attacked two points on our front line yesterday, One attack was east of the Moselle Valley, and the other in the centre of the front between the Saar and the Vosges. These attacks were repulsed. Latest reports confirm the arrival on our front of further German forces from the Polish front, principally aviation and heavy units.” FRENCH LOSSES SMALL RAPID ADVANCE CONTINUES PARIS, September 17. (Received September 18, at 12.30 p.m.) M. Daladier, after inspection of the advanced positions on German soil, said he was impressed with the small proportion of French losses. Despite the German efforts to halt the French by artillery, landmines, and the destruction of communications the rapid advance continued. GERMAN DIVISIONS FROM POLAND ATTACK ON ADVANCED FRENCH POSITION LONDON, September 17. (Received September 18, at 2 p.m.) The Paris correspondent of the Associated Press states that Germany released German divisions from Poland almost simultaneously with the Russian invasion. The French are stubbornly holding the territory gained so far. The Germans are attacking an advanced French position in tho neighbourhood of Perl. EVACUATION OF AIX-LA-GHAPELLE LONG TREK TO COLOGNE FIT PEOPLE MUST WALK BRUSSELS. September 17. (Received September 18, at 11 a.m.) All families in Aachen (Aix-la-Gha-pelle) have been instructed to evacuate the town, Only the aged and infirm are allowed to travel by train or car. Others, including children over 12 and' women without children, must walk on thfe journey to Cologne, which will take three days. Each person must carry his or her own food, with a maximum of 331 bof luggage. All other property must be abandoned. The inhabitants have been warned that any efforts to escape to Belgium or Holland would result in tbo confiscation of all their possessions. PRISONERS OF WAR BRITISH AVIATORS IN GERMANY LONDON, September ii. (Received September 18, at 11 a.m.) An American commentator, broadcasting from Berlin details of an alleged interview with captured British Kiel raiders, added that somewhere in Germany there were five other British aviators held as prisoners of war after being shot down on the Dutch border while scattering pamphlets. BRITISH WAR AIMS UNFOUNDED GERMAN STORY ALLEGED THREE-POINT PROGRAMME (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 17. (Received September 18, at 1 p.m.) In a recent German broadcast the Paris correspondent of the ‘ Independence Beige ’ is cited as saying that the Ministry of Information had recently announced the" British war aims as being.— (1) Complete restoration of Poland and annexation of Danzig by Poland. (2) Complete restoration of Czechoslovakia and rectification of the frontiers. (3) Restoration of Austria under the rule of the Emperor Otto of Hapsburg, to include the Catholic province of Germany, Bavaria, and the Rhine provinces. Examination of the ‘ Independence Beige ’ shows that the German allegation is, like much of the German news of this kind and is completely devoid of all foundation. RUMANIAN FRONTIER CLOSED DNIESTER BRIDGE DESTROYED LONDON, September 17. (Received September 18, at 2 p.m.) The Bucharest correspondent of the British United Press states that the Rumanian frontier is closed. German airmen bombed Zalesczyki, destroying a bridge across the Dniester. A misdirected bomb killed many villagers at Wignitz.