An official broadcast states that total of 23 persons have died as a result of disturbances during the past iwo days. Thirteen of these were Czechs, including ten policemen, and ten Sudeten Germans, Seventy-five persons were stated to have been injured, including fourteen Germans, while 37 of the seriously injured were among the police, i, was reported.
Many Sudetens on the border "i tricts are reported to have crossed the frontier into Germany.
Losses among Czech gendarmerie, who, it was reported yesterday from Sudeten Headquarters, were participating in a regular battle near Falkenau between Sudetens and Czechs, so far total between ten and fifteen, injured, Those among the Sudetens believed to be heavier, but have not yet been counted.
According to a communique issued by the Sudeten Germans, the trouble began with a fight between communists.and Sudetens. The gendarmerie, it is stated, attempted to separate the disputants, Without using their weapons, the gendarmerie withdrew to a police station, where they were attacked by the crowd. A shot was fired from the police station, and this drew a volley from the crowd. Finally, the gendarmerie attempted to escape, but they were shot down. The population' seized the -police station, using weapons, including machine-guns and grenades, Later, more gendarmerie arrived, and opened fire, the Sudetens replying. Heavy tanks are said to have participated in the fighting.
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