Aussig, Oct. 9. Two Sudeten Germans were killed and five Sudetens and two Czechs "One of them pointed a machinegun at me," the Sudeten spokesman for the wounded men said, "and were wounded here today in the first serious outbreak of violence since German troops began to occupy former Czechoslovak territory.
The fight broke out on the bridge across the Elbe River at Aussig where Czechs were streaming across the new border. It occurred about four hours after the Czechs had simultaneously I heard a shot from the railway bridge. I felt I was menaced so I shot at the policemen, and then the Czech officer fired.
"I returned the fire and believe I hit one of them. Then I heard the machine-guns firing, so I emptied my revolver at the car," he' declared. surrendered their police authority to the German Army of Occupation in Zone 5, Interviewed in the hóspital the five Sudetens said they were stationed at the bridge and ordered to prevent "irresponsibles" from crossing. They declared that a motor car carrying Czech officers and policemen suddenly roared across the bridge.
Meanwhile, it is estimated that nearly 150,000 German troops are at present occupying 10,000 square miles. The United Press correspondent said he found some Czechs and some Jews, most of whom were born at Aussig, had remained. He also learned that the Czechs fleeing the area were mostly recently-appointed officials Jews and immigrants from Galicia—United Press.
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