THE WAR STEP BY STEP

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 68, 29 September 1939, Page 8

THE WAR STEP BY STEP

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

■Warsaw fetill HtJk& • out' under heavy shelling and bombing. Poles fighting on He]a. peninsula and near Gj'dnia. Soviet troops si ill advancing establishing local Soviets as the 3' go. Germans dec rare J iiat with live redrafting of the Polish frontiers Germany's war aims wre accomplished. There was no fin t.her cause for England and France to light. Italy j support's this view. Turkish foreign minister in Moscow and stated to be negotiating a Balkan neutral block. - Western front quiet except for : artillery bombardments. More evidence to show that the Arabs in, the Middle East have rang- ; ed themselves with Britain. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Warsaw still untaken > and Modlin also holds out though communication has been cut with the capital. Russians slioot captured Polish officers and gentry who resisted occupation of Grondo and other centres. Germans reported to have blown up Polish oil refineries and wells before handing them over to Russians. Germans widen scope of U-boat campaign. Four Swedish and Finnish ships torpedoed. An English and a French ship torpedoed off the English coast. Friedrichshavcn Zeppelin works stated to have been put out of action in French air raids. French guns began shelling main! Germans from position. Hundreds Geramns from position. Hundred;! of big guns massed on both sides and activitj' along entire front. Royal Air Force planes again carry out propaganda raid on Western and South-Western Germ an jr. Germans reported to be concentrating on Swiss frontier where planes arc reconnoitring. Sweden resents sinking of ships. May withdraw iron ore exports to Germany. Report that the Gestapo agents assassinated General von Fritsch. |

American battle iflor repeal of present neutrality bill continues. New Zealand introduces war finance measures to raise Is)i, 750,000 for coming six months. War to bo largely financed through increased taxation. First New Zealand troops go into camp. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Statements in House of Commons. Mr Churchill estimates one tenth of Germany's 11-bortts have been sunk, this representing probably a quarter or a third of the boats at sea. Losses through submarine down to 9000 tons a week, and Britain ha" captured more German goods than the submarines have destroyed. Statement on blockadc by Mr Chamberlain.. Ribbentrop goes to Moscow. Russo German military alliance may be outcomc or Turkey may be asked *o act as intermediary in new bid for peace. Neutrality pact in Balkans possible, AU«th a' guarantee of statusquo in Levant' and Mediterranean. Gunfire reported to be shattering. West Wall defences. German coun-ter-attacks broken. Soviet demands on Estonia to establish a naval base and control Estonian foreign tirade. German planes machine gun Dutch airliner, killing one Swed'sh passenger. British Ministry of Information criticised very strongly in Parliament., and Government promises to make inquiries.