The Archive · 1939

Incendiary Bombs Used

'A Gotman plane crashed and burst into flames near Pullusk today, a communique announced today. The four members of the crew were taken prisoner, Two German planes were brought down in the Mederowska district, Yesterday, German Planes bombed Jedlice, Moderowska, and "Iwonlez, throwing incendiary bombs. "One plane was brought down and the three members of the crew iptured.

Heavy fighting took place in Polish Upper Silesia yesterday with tanks centering the conflict. Polish artillery, it was reported, destroyed one German armoured train, while another was captured with lis crew.

The Catholic Church at Grodno was ted to have been damaged.

rial bombardment was carried out over all sections of the country. Raids over Gdynia, Polish port on the Baltic near Danzig, were day-long and continuous. The Germans, it claimed, lost sixteen planes during: Unis frst day of battle, while the Poles lost two. Polish garrison troops Danzig were resisting in Westerplatte as well as within the buildings of the Polish post office. Three attacks against Westerplatte were repulsed, with the Germans suffering heavy casualties, A number of German soldiers were taken prisoners of war in various sectors of the battle front, reports. coneluded—Havas, Many Civilians Killed Amsterdam, Sept, 2.

The Polish "Telegraphic Aiency reports from Warsaw claim that, up until this morning, there had been about 94 German air raids on Polish towns and villages. A' total of 130 persons are alleged to have been killed. Only twelve of these were soldiers: most of the remainder "were Warsaw Hospital Bombed London, Sept. 2.

'The German army has not succeed-in breaking through at any point in the Polish defences, it is claimed in Polish circles in' London. A spokesman declares that "our lines fare where they were—practically on the frantic The populace of Warsaw took cover again yesterday afternoon during an alr battle over the heart of the city. The Polish authorities claim two German bombers were shot down. They State a hospital for Jewish refugee children was bombed and wrecked.

The towns in Poland bombed yesterday were taken completely by Surprise, an official of the Polish Embassy stated this morning. "Nobody these cities was aware that a war was on," he said.

Many civilians are reported to have been killed and Injured in yesterday's kaids by German aeroplanes over Poland, according to Polish reports reaching here, Precise details are Jacking, but It is learned that, toother with the eleven towns' an-hounced as raided yesterday, six other Polish towns were bombed during the day. This brings the total number of towns bombed to seventeen—Reuter.

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