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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
October 5, 1939.
WAR IN POLAND FIRST PHOTOS
THE GERMAN ADVANCE.—Photograph shows Cerman infantry marching across a bridge partially destroyed by the rotreating Polos. The swiftness of the German advance proventod the Polos, in many instances, from completely destroying communications across rivers and streams.
HAGGARD AND WEARY.—Polish prisoners of war, photographed by flashlight shortly after thoir capture by the Gormans. In many cases the Poles fought three and four days without sloop or food. The swift German advance permitted no rest for the gallant defenders. This photograph was taken in the Polish Corridor on September 12.
DESPITE HEAVY RAINS the Gorman mechanised unite wera able to continue their advanca, fo com- plate the occupation of Poland within three weeks of outbreak of hostilition. This_photograph typi-. fies the conditions oncountered by Germen motor and horse transport on the Polish War Front,
GERMAN ARTILLERY moving up into position. Typical of the conditions, encountered by the enemy in Poland, photograph shows the driver flogging his horses in order to force them to carry their burden through Poland's famous mud. FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN POLAND.—Those ‘oxclusiva photographs, rushed to Hongkong by air mail, show the Gorman advance into Poland. They are copyright by International Graphic Press Ltd.
BRIDGE BLOWN UP by a Polish mine in an effort to stem the Gorman advance. This photograph was taken in the Polish corridor, whore the German, forces from. East Prussia and Germany Proper met on September 15. -The bridge was not destroyed sufficiantly to provant the passage of the Cormans.
HITLER IN POLAND.Tho Cerman dictator, accompanied by his staff, walking along the bank of the Rivor Vistula”......– ONE OF THE SECRETS OF the swift Nazi victory in Poland was the Raich Air Force. This unique photograph showa In Poland after his troops had captured the position. Sa swift was the German advance that the bridge in the back-. German bombars flying over Poland en route on a bombing expedition to Warsaw.. It is practically, cortain - that.
ground was loft intact."¿The Visulta run through War
these planes were responáible for the killing of hundreds of innocent Polish civilians,