TO FIGHT AGAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 7

TO FIGHT AGAIN.

POLES IN TRAINING.

Naval, Army And Air Units

Aid Allies.

SCHEME "IN FULL SWING."

British Official Wirelese.

RUGBY, December 20,

In the course of an interview with journalists in London, Major Ilinsky, of the Polish military mission, outlined Poland's efforts to reorganise her fighting forces.

He said: "Poles who were able to escape from Poland and make their way toward the friendly borders of France and Britain form the first nucleus of our Army, the reorganisation of which in both countries is in progress, according to the agreements concluded with the British and French Governments. "The Army, Navy and Air Force of Poland exist again," said Major Ilinsky. Speaking of naval activities he recalled the fact that Polish ships now constitute part of the Allied forces. They were, he said, operating under the Polish flag, under the command of the Polish officers and manned by Polish crews. A special naval depot would be established for the purpose of training further personnel and the formation of reserves. "As to our land forces, which are being trained somewhere in France," said Major Ilinsky, "it is intended to form four or five infantry divisions as well as armoured and mechanised units. "The Polish Army will be under the Polish High Command and will remain at the end of the hostilities as one of the Allied armies under the interAllied supreme command. Training centres for our officers and men #re already in full swing. "The average duration of such training is three months, and, as the first of these courses was started in the autumn we may calculate how soon the first large Polish units, fully trained, will be ready to leave their camps and again face the enemy. "The organisation of Polish Air Force units is divided into two equal groups. One is in Britain and the other in France. We were lucky to get.out of Poland a fairly large number of our Air Force personnel and we shall be able to organise several squadrons for a start. The machines for our squadrons will be British iii~~ Britain and French in France."