GERMAN NEWS IS "SUCCESS STORY."

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 219, 16 September 1939, Page 9

GERMAN NEWS IS "SUCCESS STORY."

OILFIELD TAKES.

Motorised Attack To Cut Off Poles' Retreat.

MACHINE-GUNNING REFUGEES. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 11.30 a.m.) BERLIN, September 15. A German communique states that German troops successfully withstood a desperate Polish attempt to break through in the region of Kutno. Our troops continue to approach the Warsaw suburb of Praga from the northeast and south-east.

"Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to pierce our lines. Our troops are marching towards Bre6tLitovsk. They penetrated the city's fortified zones from the north. Some forte were blown up, but the citadel is still holding out.

"In Polish Silesia, we captured the oilfield of Jaslo Boryslav, after successfully turning the fortifications at Przemysl.

"The German right wing south of Lwow is advancing with motorised units towards Hordenka in an attempt to close the Polish-Rumanian frontier and cut off the retreat of the Polish armies. Reports indicate that the Polish line along the Carpathians has been turned as far as Stanislavov."

German aeroplanes are still sweeping the main roads of Eastern Poland, says a message from Warsaw. They machinegunned a thousand refugees who were struggling westward in the wake of the retreating Polish Army before the oncoming invaders.

A Berlin communique confirms the crossing of the Lwow-Lublin road.

A German wireless commentator stated it would be a mistake to think the German Army has an easy task jn Poland. The war is not a walk-over. The Germans are fightiug a brave and resolute enemy. The German victories are the result of the leadership and strategy employed by the German Armv.

ihe Berlin correspondent of the "New \ork Times - ' says the Germans advancing from the north-east have completed the encirclement of Warsaw. Eighteen Polish divisions, trapped north of Ostrow and Mazowieekie, near the Narew River., have laid down 3fceis-«f**