IMPATIENCE FOR NEWS
NEWSPAPER COMMENT IN BRITAIN NO COMPARISON WITH 1914 CONDITIONS. GREAT ARMIES OCCUPYING PREPARED LINES. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) RUGBY, September 7. The impatience of the public for news of developments on the war fronts is the subject of comment in several newspapers, but “The Times” points out that conditions are wholly different from those prevailing in 1914, when troops manoeuvring in open country clashed and fought in the first few hours. The newspaper continues: “Today great armies are moving into previously prepared lines extending to a considerable depth and such a process involves no clashes, even between small forces. Naval operations are also proceeding with intensity, but with proper secrecy. The sweeping of German shipping from the seas has begun. Submarines are being attacked, though it would clearly be undesirable to say when, where or with what result, because such information might be useful to the submarines themselves. The convoy system of shipping has been put into operation. There need be no surprise at the slow pace at which hostilities seem to be developing.” FRENCH ADVANCE BIENWALD FOREST REACHED, (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) A PARIS, September 7. The French have reached the Bienwald Forest, northward of Lauterbourg.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 September 1939, Page 5
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