Heavy German Casualties

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 279, 25 November 1939, Page 7

Heavy German Casualties

Traiii Loads of Wounded SIEGFRIED LINE IS BEING EXTENDED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Friday, 7.5 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 24. The Times’ Rotterdam correspondent says observers from Western Germany say the impression behind the battle lines is that German lasses are much heavier than is commonly supposed. Trains full of wounded are a frequent sight. Reinforcements for the Siegfried Line are proceeding steadily and the fortifications are being extended northward to Cleve on the Dutch frontier.

To-day’s German Lie HOOD, REPULSE, RENOWN ALL ALLEGEDLY DAMAGED (British Official Wireless.) Received Friday, 7.5 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 23. A curious feature of a recent German propaganda broadcast was attributed to the New York Times, to the effect that the Hood, Repulse and Renown were being sent to Canada for repair owing to alleged damage they suffered in German air attacks on British naval bases. No such report ever appeared in the New York Times for the very reason that it is untrue.

No, Sir! Says Chamberlain GERMANS AS HOSTAGES (British Official Wireless.) Received Friday, 7.5 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 23. Replying to a suggestion in the House of Commons that German prisoners might be placed on British ships as a deterrent to Germany’s illegal marine policy, Mr. Chamberlain said: “No, sir; such action would he contrary to the convention governing the treatment of prisoners of war to which His Majesty’s Government is a party and which it will continue to observe. ’ * 1700 Czechs Killed by Germans in Recent Rioting LONDON, Nov. 23. A Prague message which has been received in Paris states that more than 1700 people have been killed by S.S. Guards', in Bohemia and Moravia as a reprisal for the Czech national demonstrations. This report is corroborated by a report from a German source, which adds that one-third of the 1700 were Jews. Several thousand more people are also reported to l/avo been arrested in the past few days. A Zurich message -states that Hitler has ordered all Germans in Slovakia to be transferred to the Reich. It is stated that this is a complete reversal of the policy anticipated. It had been understood that special battalions were to bo created for them in the Slovak Army, and the latest decision has caused consternation. From Prague it is reported that six officers of the former Czech army have been imprisoned because they refused to give up their arms.