CHANNEL TRUCE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 October 1941, Page 6

CHANNEL TRUCE

FOR EXCHANGE OF WOUNDED PRISONERS “CEASE FIRE” PLANNED FOR FOUR DAYS. LIGHTS IN PORTS AND ON SHIPS(By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) LONDON, October 3. Though it was originally arranged that an English Channel truce, which is to allow the exchange of the British and German wounded, should last for sem© hours, the “Daily Mail” reveals that the “cease fire” will last from the morning of October 3 till the night of October 6. During that period no shot will be fired on or above the Channel, and the ports on either side will be ablaze with lights. Meanwhile, normally-lit hospital ships will pass between the shores, bearing 1500 seriously-wounded Germans to a French port, and they will bring home 1500 incapacitated British troops who have been in German hands since Dunkirk. Neither bombers nor fighters are to trespass this area, and the big guns will remain silent. ACTION DELAYED ON ACCOUNT OF MESSAGE FROM BERLIN. HOPE OF FURTHER STATEMENT SOON. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 1.15 p.m.) RUGBY, October 3. Owing to a further message having been received from Berlin, it has been found necessary to postpone the repatriation of sick and wounded prisoners, which was due to start tomorrow. The Government is in touch with the German Government and it is hoped that it will be possible to make a further statement soon.