STILL WAITING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1939, Page 6

STILL WAITING

ARMIES ON THE WESTERN FRONT WONDERING WHEN “GUN WILL REALLY GO OFF.” FRENCH PLANES FLY DEEPLY INTO GERMANY. 3 V Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) PARIS, November 1. As Germany’s big guns boomed throughout the day on the Western Front, squadrons of allied observation planes penetrated deeply into German territory. Despatches from the front say that seven squadrons of French machines completed their mission and returned safely despite intensive fire. German planes also flew over the Allied lines, and anti-aircraft guns are reported to have brought down three. As the armies enter the third month of the war they are still asking the same question: “When and where will the gun really go” off on the Western Front?” Driving his own car. the Duke of Gloucester visited the front lines in drenching rain, and inspected heavy guns. A night communique reports the usual activity by light infantry elements on both sides. POLES MOBILISING HOPES OF TWELVE DIVISIONS IN FRANCE. (Received. This Day. 11.5 a.m.) LISBON. November 1. M Zaleski, Polish Foreign Minister, interviewed, said he hoped that 12 Polish divisions would be ready to fight beside the British and French by the spring. He estimated that half a million Poles were ready to fight or Poland and Christianity. REDUCED ACTIVITY (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 12.35 p.m.) RUGBY, November 1. A morning French official communique reports reduced activity during the night