Berlin, Sept. 16, YRZEMYSL and Bialystok were captured, the German High Command claimed today in a communique station, "The German Army's southern section is driving off scattered remnants of the Polish Southern Army.
Fighting is proceeding at the gates of Lwow, and on the Tanew, near Bilgoraj.
Przemysl is taken and motorized troops reached Slodzimierz.
The encircling movement on Kutno tightened with the help of reinforcements while enemy. attempts to break through German lines south-east of Warsaw were resisted. Eight thousand prisoners and 162 guns were! captured. German troops are close to the Warsaw suburb of Prag: and Bialystok was captured, The fight for Brest-Litovsk is pro-
London, Sept, 16.
The German attack from the north-east has been checked, and German forces advancing towards Bialystok and Brest-Litovsk encountered "decisive resistance," the latest Polish communique broadcast today from Warsaw.
The communique says that in the centre, the defenders of Warsaw hold out heroically. South, in the region of Lowiz and Skierniewice, force fighting continu in which the Polish troops are "inflicting heavy losses on the Germans," There is no change, the communique adds, on the other Paris, Sept. 16, Western hopes of a "Battle of the Marne" to. hall. German motorized columns' "enelretement of "Warsaw the Polish. "Security Triangle dimmed today as the Polish "Gen ral Stam! admitted Toability to halt German penetration ofthe Polish Fight and left flank" south of the "Bug River near Sledlee, cast of Warsaw and across the 'Son River, and' through the Galician all folds south of, Presemysl and Lavow ombers). 'There was now grave anger of the Potith. main "body Seing. surrounded In' vast. pocket containing Warsew, Kutno, Lode and Vina Heavily Bombed Warsaw, Sept. 18.
Eighteen German planes bombed Vilna yesterday, dropping about 200 missiles in the centre of the town, causing much damage and casualties too many to count, the official Polish radio station reported today.
Polish troops stoutly resisted Ger man attacks along all war fronts German operations yesterday clearly showed the desire 10 encircle Polish Army. before it. can rear into the Galician swamps here "operation "of motorized columns would. be impossible, "The most immediate menace to" Polish 'Army in the Vistula' Valley" comes from the northseast where "Bast Prussian Army. corps, heavily. rein-foreed by mechanized units, passed fouth over the Bug. River to Biedlce, thereby cutting the main Polish eastern "communications with Vilna and BrestsLitovsk. 'The column now going toward" Xablin' and Radom.
Military observers were. surprised today that the famous Polish mud had' failed to slow down the Ger~ man march through Poland although Intermittent rains continue, " French military "exports recall -that No-Poloon, after his campaign. in Po-Tandy wrote that Polish mud was the Fouth element" to be taken into serious consideration "in. planning tnatern campalgns.—United Press.
The rapidity "of the German drive after spanning the San River In southern Poland demoralized the Poles who were in complete route, the Command added. Fuehrer Adolf Hitler watched the—successful operations of the German troops it said. Herr Hitler, says the communique, arrived today on the war front north of Pramsyl. Inspecting industrial areas of Upper Silesia, Hitler visited Cracow, where no damage was done and all factories In occupied territory were again working full blast, the High Command stated.
The rest of its communique dealt with aerial operations, declaring: "Despite bad weather German alr forees rendered the Polish retreat very difficult, destroying railway Unes, damaging several. railway stations, and attacking Polish troops and transports east of the Vistula, Crossroads were bombed "and destroyed, Eleven planes were destroy-when the Luck aerodrome was raided. 'Two other planes were shot down in serial: battle. Eight Polish planes were shot down over Broad, and three. more captured. The enemy lost 24 planes in. all today; most of these were pursuits. During the past few days, German' pursuits have destroyed 14 Polish craft, of which 28 were shot down in aerial battle, while the rest was hit communique then claimed that the "last "Polish submarine entered the port of Reval today to be lnterned,"—Havas, Haiti Proclaims Neutrality Port-an-Prince, Sept, 16.
The Republic of Haiti today _proclaimed its neutrality in the Euro-oan War—Havas, Bases, Repulse Drive Paris, Sept. 16 "The night, was active in several sections "of the front" a. General Headquarters. communique released here this morning stated, "South of Saarbrucken, the enemy's artillery splayed Intense, action," the com unique added. "A number of local advances "were carried out by our cops in the region east of the Moselle, A strong counter-attack launched by the enemy in the lower valley of the Nied River was success-violent and broad German cout tereattack- on the hilly plateau between the northern edge of Warndt Forest and the Nied River was successfully repulsed yesterday," a semloficial bulletin. released with the omeial General Headquarters com-unique stated this morning.
'The bulletin stressed the methodical character of the French advance and the strategic importance of the plateau gradually' falling into French hands, the eastern ridge of: which forms remarkable artillery position "for Shelling enemy units not only in the Searlautern region but throughout the entire Saar valley and the Siegfried Line proper itself Desperate efforts were made by the Germans to check the French advance that sector, the bulletin continued, Dut despite heavy artillery batteries shelling the French rear and massive infantry operations, German attacks were speedily repulsed. Other minor German reactions in various sectors were likewise unsuccessful—Hava
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