The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-06
POLAND CLAIMS ATTACK ON BERLIN
Thirty Polish Planes Bomb German City; Return to
 Bases Safely
BY EDWARD W. BATTIE. JR.

BY EDWARD w. BATTIE, JR, United Press Staff Correspondent
 Warsaw, Sept 6-(UP)-The Po- fish army general staff announced today, as German troops blasted their wa yto within 3l miles of the capital, that 30 Polish airplanes had bombed Berlin and returned Co their bases without the logs of a single plane.
 The communique said that "enemy aviators yesterday contin- ued their aerial Erutality, bombing towns, stations and columns of flee- Ing refugees on the roads
 It said Polish planes had effec- lively bombed German tank col. umns near Ciechanow, northeast Of Warsaw, and Radofnsko in the I southwest.
 It admitted that Germans were now spread out on a line from Gle chanow to Plonsk. That line is p miles long. Ciechanow, the farthest point Is A miles northwest of War saw and Plonsk only 3l mCes away
 Major Battle Near
 The bombing of Berlin and the massing of Germans oH the Ciecha- now-Plonsk line, making Q major battle for Warsaw imminent, had been reported earlier by the Polish radio but had been discounted,
 The general staff communique said there had been no change on the East Prussian front: that In the southwest, Poles were holding back crushing numbers of the enemy" that Polish troops were still holding the port of Gdynla and that 14 Ger man and six Polish airplanes had been shot down yesterday.
 The radio announcement had said that Polish forces were holding the invaders at the Ciechaaow-Pl line. However, the chatter of ma chine guns could be heard at the edge of the city, end 1t obviously did not mean riotlng. The Poles were In no mood for fighting amons themselves. We are wondering whether the machine gun fire means skirmishing with German advance guard.
 Achievements Rushed
 IL was said unoffieially that Po- lish endorsements have rushed up to the Ciechanow.PlonSk line and that this may become the scene O. the first decisive battle Of the in- VaSlon. In case the Poles could not hold that line, 1t was believed they would make c last gtand for the ca pItal at Noyy Dwor, at tho junction of the Bug and VisHlla rivers, l6 miles northwest of Warsaw.
 The arrival of German troops at PlonSk meant that they had driven wedge i40 miles into Poland from the northwest, where they iifaL struck at the Polish Corridor Polish sources say the speafhead for this drive iS an army of tanks, operating in groups of i20 or 240. and some sjmcs even 490--one to four tank regiments. Artillery and alrplanes have cleared the way.
 In addition to the machine gun lire, we have been wondering abou heavy explosions in the south and southwest during she night, They sounded like the blasts Of artillery shells. but at last reports the Ger. mans were 100 miles away in that direction. : Few If any government officials : are to be found in Warsaw, The embassies are deserted or peratinR with skeleton staffs. British ane , French correspondents have gone. A few Americans are remaining, Il seemed that days or weeks might pass before a crisis developed here ' but studies Of maps were none to- !, reassuring and although there vii ( be q stubborn defense Of the city , few American correspondence art going to walt and watch it There , are about i2 Of us planning 70 exac' uatc as soon as possible.
 { Little is known here Of the pro- ? gresS of fighting in other parts O ] the country, since no goyerDmen ! official privileged to give out com !, muniqucs can be found, There wer' 2 no air alarms last night although
 airplanes were 10 bc seen occasion ally. Transports occasionally nov !. east. sometimes west,
 !, People with the means are DOT . rowing or begging gasoline or tiSlnl s 10 hire cariiages to get across th' c Vistulg river where 1t is safer, Bu {, there are many with no means 10 }, getting away.
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