FROM NEAR NEIGHBOURHOOD OF WARSAW

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 September 1939, Page 5

FROM NEAR NEIGHBOURHOOD OF WARSAW

Reported by Polish High Command CITY WITHSTANDS FOURTEEN BOMBING RAIDS FIFTEEN ENEMY PLANES SHOT DOWN (By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright.) LONDON, September 11. Warsaw still holds out. A communique issued by the Polish Supreme Command declares that German forces penetrating close to the city have been compelled to retire. The city yesterday withstood 14 air raids by 70 bombers, 15 of which were shot down, five crashing in the city. Further buildings were set on fire with incendiary bombs. The Germans were unable to make important gains. In a broadcast from Lemberg the Polish High Command declares that the Germans have withdrawn from the immediate neighbourhood of Warsaw and are consolidating" their lines farther back. The opinion is expressed that the capture of Warsaw will not be easy. Poles retreating from the Kut.no section are being pushed toward the capital. The main force of the Polish army is expected to offer determined resistance east of Warsaw. The Germans south-east of Warsaw are establishing bridgeheads over the Bug, which is regarded as the last possible line of defence of Warsaw. An extensive battle is progressing southeast of Warsaw on a front from Lodz to Warsaw and for 100 miles south-east through Radom to Sandomierz. In Berlin, it is claimed that eight Polish planes wore destroyed and seven shot down in an aerial battle at Lublin. The air force is harassing the Narew and Bug Rivers sector. Preparations are being made for a final drive against Warsaw. A Warsaw message states that German radio stations are now broadcasting on the Warsaw No. 1 and 2 wave-lengths as well as those of other Polish towns. The German stations are accused of appropriating signal letters, which is in contravention of the regulations. It is stated that the Polish stations are working to schedule, but that transmission has been interfered with by the German stations. As an instance of l the German tactics, it was stated from Warsaw that, the Germans broadcast a Roman Catholic service, but it was quickly apparent from the broken Polish spoken by the “priest” that the service was a fake. Polish Catholics were incensed, regarding the German action as highly sacrilegious.—Bv Radio.