THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 25, 1939.
GERMANS AGAIN HURLED BACK AFTER PENETRATING SUBURBS OF WARSAW
Paris, To-day.
OVER 1,000 CIVILIANS were killed in a German heavy artillery bombardment of Warsaw yester- day, according to an official communique from Warsaw.
N.Z. MINE
DISASTER
Wellington (N.Z.), To-day. Eleven were killed yesterday in one disasters suffered in New Zealand for many years.
Four churches and three hospitals which were filled of the worst coal mining
with wounded were destroyed.
The men were investigating a fire
overcome by carbon monoxide gas.
Eight bodies have been recovered so far.-Reuter.
In the Warsaw sector, a German attack on the right in a mine at Huntley, when they were
bank of the Vistula was repulsed. Fierce fighting continues in the Modlin region.
"The defence of Warsaw and Mod- lin continues and will continue."- Reuter.
London, To-day.
The ruthless Nazi artillery bomb- ardment of Warsaw continues.
Many fires have been started in the city, and the civilian death toll has been heavy.
The Polish troops: have gained successes on the right bank of the Vistula in the Warsaw district.
A Nazi communique admits that German troops, after reconnoltring
to withdraw. The German comman- der was wounded.
BRITISH OFFICERS' EXPERIENCE WITH A U-BOAT
London, To-day.
the suburbs of Warsaw, were forced A CHOICE BETWEEN giving their word to keep off the seas for the rest of the war or remaining pri- soners in the German submarine until they could be landed and interned was the dramatic experi- ence of the captain and officers of a British ship when they were taken aboard a U-boat.
The Germans were subjected to a withering Are from all sides, includ- ing windows and cellars.-Reuter.
RED ARMY COMMUNIQUE
London, To-day.
A communique issued by the Red One of the officers yesterday said that the German commander told them: "If you break your parole you will have to take the consequences.
Army in Moscow yesterday said that the Soviet forces continued the ad- vance west of Brest-Litovsit and Lwow towards the line of demarca-
tion.
The officers were taken aboard the
In the Ukraine and White Russia, submarine to interview the comman- the communique claimed, the liquida-der after which they were returned tion of remnants. of the Polish army continues.-Reuter.
NEW POINT OF
RESISTANCE
Berlin, To-day.
Polish resistance in a fourth aren besides Warsaw, Modlin, and Hela Peninsula is revealed in the latest
to their boat.
The crew were given cigarettes and beer and turned adrift.
Thirty-three hours later they were picked up by a Belgian vessel have now reached safety.
SMALL BOAT
ond
The ship concerned was the Eller- communique from the German Highman-Wilson steamer, the Truru, of
Command which says that the move- ment of German troops towards the demarcation line has continued ac- cording to plan along the entire East Front.
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There has been fighting in the Tomasow-Zamosc-Rudko area (be- tween Lublin and Lwow) with scat- tered enemy forces trying to break through to the south.
SOME SURROUNDED
Some of these forces are surround- ed at Zamose and others are retreat-
ing to the east where they will eri-
counter Russian troops.
With regard to the Western Front, the communique speaks of heavier artillery .fire in places and the re- pulse of local enemy attacks.-Reuter.
MACAO BAN OF EXPORTS OF GOLD
Macao, To-day.
The export of gold and copper has been prohibited by the Macao authori- ties, according to a notification issued yesterday by the Governor.
074 tons.-Reuter.
RESCUE BY NAVAL
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Your Soldier Boy.
CIVIL AIR GUARD PILOTS TO BE CALLED
London, To-day.
The first batch of men from the Civil Air Guard (previously a olvi defence organisation) have been warned that they may soon be called up for an interview with a view to Joining the R.A.F.
This batch consists of men under age of 28 who already possess an "A" license.
Women of the Civil Air Guard have been advised to offer their ser- vices in other branches, especially the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Reuter.
SOVIET CONSUL OFF TO JAPAN
Chungking, To-day. Mr. M. A. Konstantinoff, the Soviet for
Vice-Consul in Shanghai, left. Japan by the Shanghai Mana
on
Saturday, according to a Shanghai re- port-Central News.
RUTHLESS NAZI BOMBARDMENT
London, To-day.
A POLISH ARMY COMMUNIQUE received in Lon- don last night in Morse from a Warsaw station said:
"The German artillery and air bombardment still continues at a terrible rate. There is not one house in the whole of Warsaw which has not been damaged. "The city fights on."
RANGE STAFF Another radio message from Warsaw received in
Three women and a child owe their lives to the gallant rescue by Sgts. Heath, Breeze and Petty Officer
London, apparently sent on a small transmitter which the Poles have rigged up since the regular stations were put out of action, describes the ter- rible fate of Warsaw.
"Warsaw and Modlin have both
Donoghue and Marine Duffy been subjected to a murderous
been merellessly shelled, and have GOEBBELS
of the Naval Range Staff. without interval. “
fire
Yesterday, at about 2 p.m., it was "People have been killed or wound- noticed that out in the fairway, op-ed in every house in Warsaw, and posite Stonecutters East, a sampan had all the capital's historic buildings are overturned and that several persons in ruins. were clinging to the sides.
The range party put off in a small sailing boat and though, there were times, when, in the squally weather, even the sailing boat was in danger, they brought the entire crew of the sampan safely ashore and then went back to the sampan..
"In 24 hours, over 100 great fires have been started, and ze. veral thousand 'have been killed.
"In addition to the shelling, we have suffered two air raids.
HEROIC DEFENCE
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"Modlin has been attacked from By this time a motor boat with Sgt. all sides, but the heroic.defence con- Fox, of the Naval Police, aboard ar-tinues. |rived, and after several dives beneath "Enemy attacks from the east the sampan had been made, it was have been repúleed, and west of brought ashore...
the Vistula the. Pollah forces made three successful night 'attacks and
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Gold and copper Jewellery and orna- Dry clothing and food. for the child ments are included in the ban and were.supplied by the military familles outgoing and Incoming passengers and members of the range staff, fixed and their luggage will be subject to up the sampan." search by the Police: Our Own Correspondent.
At five o'clock, the sampan sailed for home!
TURNS UP AGAIN
London, To-day. According to the German news agency, Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister, made his second appearance in a week at a foreign press conference in Berlin yesterday. --Reuter.
Berlin, To-day. The German Minister of Propa- ganda, Dr. Goebbels, addressing for- eign, pressmen, reaffirmed the German Government's determination to re- spect the neutrality, not only of Bel- gium, the Netherlands and Luxem- burg, but of all states.
› took several prisoners.
He declared that he had given for- "The spirit of the troops, and the reign_journalists an opportunity to civil population is excellent, and the convince themselves of the "solidar- defence of Warsaw will continue."—ity of the Protectorate of Bohemia Reuter.
-and-Moravia!"—Reuter,
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