“PERFECT UNISON”

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1939, Page 5

“PERFECT UNISON”

RUSSIANS & GERMANS IN POLAND ACCORDING TO REICH HIGH COMMAND. WARSAW ISOLATED. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) LONDON. September 25. A German High Command communique says the movement of German troops toward the demarcation line in Poland continues without friction, there being perfect unison with Russian units. Diving bombers repeatedly attacked military objectives. Warsaw has been isolated. Small skirmishes have' taken place on the Western Front. A communique issued in Moscow records a general advance of the Soviet forces in Poland and the capture of 11,000 prisoners and several towns, bringing the troops to within 40 miles of the demarcation line. “The Times” Rotterdam correspondent stales that a German High Command communique announced that the Germans.have crossed the Vistula between Modlin and Warsaw, cutting off Modlin from the capital. POLISH SUBMARINE INTERNED IN SWEDEN. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, September 25. The Polish submarine Zbik, with emergency rations exhausted, surrendered to the Swedish authorities, was disarmed and interned. The Zbik was at sea for 24 days. The five officers and forty-nine men were exhausted. They had been, several times scathlessly in action against German warships, despite the employment of depth charges. CITY IN RUINS WARSAW IN DREADFUL PLIGHT. BUT DEFENCE MAINTAINED. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) WARSAW, September 25. An official defence communique states that not a single building in Warsaw is intact. Most of the houses and public buildings are in ruins. About a hundred fires have broken out. There have been seven thousand civilian casualties. Nevertheless the morale of the army and people is excellent and the defence continues. FEELING SAFER PARTIAL DEMOBILISATION IN LITHUANIA. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) KAUNAS. September 25. Partial demobilisation has been ordered. This indicates that direct danger to Lithuanian security has diminished.