FIGHT FOR CORRIDOR

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20035, 6 September 1939, Page 5

FIGHT FOR CORRIDOR

Poles In German Zones GUNFIRE HEARD IN WARSAW' MASS AIR RAIDS ON THE CAPITAL Further Towns Captured By Invaders (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. (>, 11.30 LONDON. Sept. 5. The Paris correspondent of the British United Press reports that fighting is proceeding in German territory on both sides of the Polish Corridor. The Poles pushed a powerful force of infantry and cavalry across the western border due west of Gdynia. The Warsaw correspondent of the British United Press says I hat artillery and machine-gun fire was to-day heard in Warsaw, this resulting in the belief that the opposing forces were now near. All roads from the city were clogged by the evacuating populace. It was expected that the Government would shortly 'depart. The destination was not announced. suffered further aid raids by 70 German planes. While the flames*from buildings set on fire by earlier attacks was lighting up the. evening sky yesterday, the anti-air-craft units scattered oncoming planes, three of which made power dives and bombed from a low altitude. The streets were deep in broaen glass from shattered windows. A Warsaw communique claims that the Poles shot down 17 German planes, and lost eight themselves. Already 24 German airmen are imprisoned in a suburb of Warsaw, about 12 of whom are suffering from head wounds as a result of parachute jumps. The Polish staff admits it was forced to abandon Bydgoszcz, south of the Corridor. The capture of Czestochowa was reported to have seriously endangered Katowice. The Berlin correspondent of the British United Press says it was officially announced to-day that German aeroplanes, in a combat between Warsaw and Lodz, brought down 11 Polish planes. The German Tosses were not stated. A German communique issued in Berlin claims that the German troops on the Silesian front captured No.ve, Sviecie, Wadowicc, and Mlawa where, in heavy fighting they claim to have taken 15,000 prisoners and reached the neighbourhood of Cracow. The Berlin correspondent of the British United Press ■ says it is officially stated that the Germans captured Katowice, an important industrial centre of Poland. The capture of the entire Silesian industrial' area of Poland is claimed by the Germans. An official, communique issued in Warsaw admits that the Poles- were forced to abandon Grudienz and Bydgoszcz, key cities in the Corridor, after severe fighting.