PILL-BOXES TAKEN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 September 1939, Page 8

PILL-BOXES TAKEN

MOVE TO DRAW GERMANY FROM POLAND INVASION OF REICH SOIL. FRONTIER CROSSED AT VARIOUS POINTS. I — (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) PARIS, September 6. The reference to local gains in the French communique is interpreted to mean that the French, after an artillery barrage, crossed the frontier at various points, capturing outlying concrete pill-boxes. This activity is seen as a move to draw Germany from Pol • and. , I A later official statement says the French have invaded German soil, but are encountering resistance "at all points.” GERMAN REPORT PROGRESS TO SCHEDULE. (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) BERLIN, September- 6. A High Command communique states that Army operations are progressing to schedule. ALSACE EMPTIED PEOPLE MOVE INLAND. PRIOR TO ARTILLERY DUEL ACROSS RHINE. (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) PARIS, September 6. Strasburg and Alsace are reported to have been completely emptied of civilians before an artillery duel which’ is expected shortly across the phine—--175,000 inhabitants have moved to the interior. j BLAZE IN GERMANY EXPLOSION IN ZEPPELIN FACTORY? (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, September 6. A further Paris report states that flames seen from Basle are believed to be due to an explosion in the Zeppelin factory at Friedrichshaven. SWISS FRONTIER CLOSED BY THE FRENCH. (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) ZURICH, September 6. France has closed the French-Swiss border from Basle to Geneva.