The Archive · 1939

Germans Tell of Big Battle

Brussels, Sept. 11.

A. German Army communique, broadcast from Berlin this morning, claims that the "great battle in Poland is nearing its conclusion." In the south, it states, the Poles are "stubbornly resisting" German _attacks but have been driven across says, fare directing heavy fire against German troops which it claims are holding western parts of the capital.

Tne Investment of Gdynia is said to be continuing, and the towns of Neustadt and Putzig, it claims, are jow in German hands.

Latest reports confirm that fighting {s proceeding five miles from Warsaw. The German advance towards the north-east from Cracow Is slackening, according to Polish reports reaching the Belgian capital. They state that German troops appear to be tiring but the "morale of the Polish troops is unbroken."—Reuter.

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