GENERAL PROGRESS
Reported by the Germans (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) BERLIN, September 14. The German News Agency claims that the commander at Gdynia lias surrendered the town and that German troops entered this morning. Lighting continues to the north. An official radio message announced three new danger zones tor shipping, including Heligoland and the North Coast of Germany. A High Command communique claims that the ring round Warsaw has been closed in the East and adds that German troops are advancing on Warsaw across the Narew River, from Modlin. The Vistula, according to reports, was crossed at several points north of Sandomierz. .Farther south strong forces crossed the Lublin-Lwow Road, near Pawaruska and Tomaszow. The troops are rapidly approaching Brest-Litovsk, after capturing Fort Osowiee, described as the last of the Polish frontier fortifications. Another communique says that as the result of a battle of annihilation near 'Radom, GO,OOO prisoners have thus far been taken, including numerous generals. The Eighth Polish Division, including the Division Staff, surrendered on Wednesday north of Ostrowo and Alazowieka. Six thousand prisoners were taken.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 September 1939, Page 5
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