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No. 80,798 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989. Price: 10′′ Cta.
WARSAW SIEGE: 21ST DAY
TWO HUNDRED PLANES BOMBING
CONTINUOUSLY
London, To-day.
YESTERDAY WAS THE twenty-first day of the siege of Warsaw, and a message received in London from the Polish capital last night said that the last 24 hours had been, if any, still more terrible. "With the exception of a two-hour period," the mes- sage ran, "we have been undergoing continuous raids by 200 planes and shelling by heavy ar-l tillery.
SHELLS EXPLODE IN BELGIUM
(Our Own Correspondent) (By Telograph. Received, Sept. 27, 1.30 p.m.)
Brussels, To-day. Excitement created along the Belgian border by news that shells had been explod- ing in the vicinity of St. Vith, inside Belgium to the north of Luxembourg, has quietened with the official explanation.
The shells were apparently Ger- man-anti-aircraft shells, which had been fired at French planes recon- noitring in the region of Aix-la- Chappelle.
"Incendiary bombs have started hundreds of fires, and though water is scarce, the civilian population is fighting the flames heroically,
"Horses kliled by shell-fire are butchered immediately, and the meat distributed."
This was the first news received in London from Warsaw for many hours. Some 62 members of the Soviet Em- bassy staff left Warsaw yesterday un- der safe conduct through the Polish and German lines. Reuter.
GERMAN A.A. GUNS IN ACTION
(Our Own Correspondent) (By Telegraph. Received, Sept. 27, 1.30 p.m.)
Paris, To-day. aerial activity
French
At the same time, the Belgian Gov- ernment has issued a formal denial checking up
on reports of
of a Nazi allegation that French air-heavy Nazi troop concentra- craft has been flying over Belgian ter- tions in the region of the ritory, and also of the persistent re- Swiss frontier, gave Basle a ing massed in the vicinity of Aix-la-¡ grandstand seat for a specta- Chappelle, close to the Belgian fron-cular display by German
ports that German troops are be-
tier. Our Own Correspondent
ZEPPELIN FACTORY RAID DENIED
Paris, To-day.
French news agency re- ports, deny that French planes bombed the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen.
They explain that the explosions heard must have been a "serious ac cident."
The Nazi nows, agency also denies the reported raid, and says: "Possibly a French reconnaissance plane flying over Lake Constance: gave rise to the rumour."-Reutor.
WEATHER FOREDABT---East winds, fresh to moderate; oloudy, occa- slonal fight rain.
anti-aircraft.
The incident occurred yesterday at about two o'clock in the afternoon, when a squadron of French recon- naissance planes, estimated to number fifteen machines, appeared over the Rhine near Basle.
The German anti-aircraft guns went Into action immediately, and observers on the Swiss frontier saw puffs of smoke in clusters near the airmen. «
to
None of the planes appeared have suffered any serious damage,
however, as after circling long enough to take pictures, they disappeared swiftly in a northerly direction.--Our Own Correspondent.
HITLER BACK IN BERLIN
London, To-day. Hitler and several of his right- hand men, including Field-Marshal Goering, the Aic Minister, have ar- rived back in Berlin-Reüber,
Their Majesties the King and Queen on Sept. 14 visited ships of the Merchant Navy. Photo shows the King and Queen talking to offiçara aboard a liner. (Copyright. By Air Mall)..
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