London, Oct, 18, "It is estimated that Soviet troops are in occupation of some 8,000 square miles to- the west of the Curzon line in Poland," declared the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R, A. Butler, in the House of Commons today, French line and all divisions are between the French and British Asked if the attention of the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, had been drawn to the fact that a consignment of 17% tons of gold—said to be the first consignment:—had been ti Soviet Government Germany, Butler replied:
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"We on our side have no intention of claiming successes of which we are not convinced,' said the Premier. "We know that in the air battles which during the past two days have, for the first time, been fought over our coasts, we destroyed eight enemy Aircraft without losing a single machine of our own, and we believe more German bombers may have failed to reach hami "The total number of aircraft tak-g part in the raids did not exceed 20. The casualties which had been inflicted upon the enemy thus cer-ceded 25 per cent. of the attacking force and might have been higher."
After paying tribute to the Royal Air Force, Mr, Chamberlain said: "The Auxiliary Air Force won the frst and resounding successes by bringing down three out of the four German aircraft destroyed in the raid on Rosyth. We may indeed be encouraged by the knowledge that our defences proved so successful in these first tests of their strength and that our fighter aircraft have been shown to possess the excellence and quality for which we had hoped.
"In these early days we must not indulge in foolish boasts. It would be unwise to assume that we will always be as successful as in these first exchanges. There are many surprises in war and they cannot all be pleasant, but we have at least the satisfaction of knowing that we have made a good bx ginning."—Reuter.
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