NEWS BY RADIO

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 September 1939, Page 6

NEWS BY RADIO

BRITISH AIRMAN SINKS SUBMARINE U BOAT CAUGHT ON SURFACE. SUCCESSFULLY BOMBED & SUNK. The following Daventry reports have been rebroadcas’t by the New Zealand national stations: — A graphic account of the bombing of an enemy submarine is given by a bulletin issued by the Ministry of Information. A. young South African officer in the Royal Air Force, on submarine patrol, sighted a submarine about two miles away. The submarine, after being challenged, did not make any effort to disclose its nationality. The airman dived down and fired a gun at some men on the conning-tower. The submarine started to dive and the airman dropped a bomb 15 to 20 yards ahead of the- vessel. The explosion blew her back to the surface. The airman then scored a direct hit with a bomb. There was a tremendous explosion and the stern of the submarine lifted out of the water and the-vessel dived at an angle of 30 degrees. There is a great amount of evidence of the value in anti-submarine work of R.A.F. planes. Many submarines have been observed and reported and many attacked and sunk. A French communique states that a German submarine was successfully attacked by the French Navy. THE POLISH CAMPAIGN. The German High Command states that the Polish campaign is approaching its end. A German communique states that as tire Polish representatives had not arrived, military action against the Polish capital would begin today. Russian and German troops are stated to have met at Brest Litousk, where courtesies were exchanged between the two commands. German troops, are reported to have taken the most important oil wells in Poland. WEST WALL REINFORCED. The situation on the Western front has been relatively quiet during- the past 24 hours. The Germans, in order to straighten their line, have evacuated and blown up a number of villages. They are bringing up large reinforcements of men and aircraft released from Poland. In England it is stressed officially that major operations have not yet commenced on the Western front. A British warship has landed 33' Germans at the Falkland Islands, the crew of a. German ship sunk by the British Navy a day after war was declared. The German air force has been outclassed by the French, who have continually driven German machines back into German territory on the Western front. BRITAIN & RUSSIA. The British Government, in a statement regarding the situation created by the attack on Poland by the Soviet Government, says that nothing- that has occurred can make any difference to Britain's determination to fulfil her obligations to. Poland and- to, prosecute the war with ail energy until all objectives are achieved. It was added that the Soviet’s action could- not be justified by, any arguments put forward by the Soviet Government. The- full implication of this event was not yet apparent. Japanese papers arc urging, the Government to pursue a neutral attitude towards the European War, in view of the Russian, invasion of Poland. DEFENCE OF WARSAW. Colcnel Lipinski, of the Polish. Army states that the military position at Warsaw remains unchanged. The city had been subjected to bombardment German forces on the east had been repulsed, and on the western side the Germans had been forced to. retreat after a heavy engagement. Several German planes had been shot down by anti-aircraft fire