Red Cross Hospital Destroyed; Cathedral Hit During Service; German Attacks All Repulsed London, Sept, 25.
"ARSAW broadcast that the city was being continually bombed yesterday. The centre of the city was especially heavily bombed. The Church of the Saviour, the broadcast reported; was hit while Mass was being celebrated, and many of the congrega~ tion were killed or wounded. Several sections of the Ujazden Red Cross Hospital were destroyed, and a large number of wounded soldiers, women and d dren were killed. The broadcast further stated that German troops attempted to carry out a number of attacks during the day, but were repulsed by Polish bayonet charge: Reuter.
Warsaw, Sept. 24, "The population of Warsaw is determined to fight to the end," the announcer of Polish Radio told Europe tonight at the conclusion of a detailed report on the vast damage caused here by German shells today. Brdadcasting at 8 p.m., after an earlier news announcement in which he said that 1,000 ci ilians were killed in Warsaw yesterday, the radio reporter stated that many shells landed in the central districts of the city throughout the day.
The Ujarzon Hospital, he declared, was bombed, Berlin Boasting of New "Blitzkrieg"
Berlin, Sept. 25, Germany will seek" to. force' a [decision on the Western Front in the Fnext twelve months, authoritative German sources said flatly "last night as fighting was intensified in the Scar sector.
"rt would be ridiculous to assume,"
8 German spokesman said, "that Germany will idly wait behind our West Wall while England, unhindered, continues her attempt to defeat Germany with her food blockade."
Earlier German military reports said that German forces on the Western Front had launched a number of localized attacks yesterday in an effort to drive French forces out 'Simultaneously, German military quarters admitted that troop move ments had started from Poland to] tthe Rhine front during the present relatively quiet interlude pending the beginning of major operations against' England and France. should another reported effort to conclude peace prove abortive. However, It was Believed that the bulk of the 83 divisions with which Germany lerushed Poland were still stationed In the East today. Between 38 and 40 divisions are believed to be on the Western Front.
In the event latest peace efforts fail, it is understood Germany's! Jautiimn campaign may be based on these three. factors:
Extensive use of the German. alr' force against British ports, the British Navy and important British fand French industrial areas, 2, Concentration on submarine warfare against British shipping Bu effort" to. counteract Britain's "hunger blockade" of Germany and produce 9 food shortage in England Refrain from launching any heavy attack against France's powerful Maginot. Line.
Some quarters believed, however that If the United States tifts the embargo on the sale of American arms to belligerent, Germany might intensify her campaign immediately.
effort to defeat the Allies before arms purchased from the United States can play an effective role in the war—United Press, German air raiders bombed the hospital although a plain red. eross was clearly painted on the roof and In other visible places. Many soldiers and civilians were killed. The Nax tional 'Theatre, Polish Radio stated, was destroyed' today together with several other important buildings which went up either in huge explosions or ravaging fre, German planes, in their raids, dropped incendiary bombs and the Opera House was burning at 8 o'clock this evening, the radio reporter continued, The city church was also afire and heavy casualties were claimed both by the German bombing and the heavy shelling,
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