DEEPENING MYSTERY
DEATH OF VON FRITSCH SWISS SPECULATION (Reed. Sept. 27, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25. The mystery regarding tire circumstances surrounding the death of the former German commander-in-chief. General von Fritsch, deepens. The Swiss paper, Neue Zurcher, expresses the opinion that lie was not given a command, but joined as a guirV'r in the Twelfth Artillery Regiment. It adds that his presence at reconnaissance operations before the Polish Army, was, if he were a general officer, contrary to the elementary rules of warfare. Therefore, it was only shoulder to shoulder with soldier’s and not. at their head that he could have fought. Tihe official German news agency states that decrees have been issued in public buildings and to the public services and schools to f observe mourning on the occasion of the funeral of General von Fritsch.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20053, 27 September 1939, Page 10
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138DEEPENING MYSTERY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20053, 27 September 1939, Page 10
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