The Archive · 1939

Poles Molding Out Brussels, Sept, 21

The Poles ave still holding out in several districts, according to the war correspondent of the "Independance Belge" at present in Cernauti, "In the North, the Polish army is strongly defending the front from Torun to Plonsk and Modlin," he wrote, "In the West, the troops from Pomerania ave still ili Lodz, Skiernicwieze, Kuty and Lowiez, The Ger~ mang, "who in their "newspapers termed the Kuty battle "gigantic. were in the end. defeated. " Reports from German sources reveal that Gen, Walther von Brauchitseh, Commander-in-Chief of the German forces, has given orders that further reinforce: ments be sent. General Brotnowski command of the Polish troops fon the Eastern front, Lwow, commanded by Col. Koslel Biernacki, ix li holding out, although attacked by. the Germans from the West and the Russians from the East wai, Sept. 20.

Reichafuchrer Adolf Iter remained the whole day in Danzig, but did not aoncar in the stets, sil bead The city appears generally calm. Polish prisoners of war are. busy cleaning the surroundings of the Westerplatte, where the Polish gar~ risen put up a gallant resistance against an overwhelmingly superior German force. normal in Danzig the port of reins closed as mining" barrages established by the Poles as protec-net a German attack from the sea_have not yet been completely swept off—Havas.

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