Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Nozi Army Quits
Warsaw Suburbs,
Radio Asserts
By LLOYD LEHRBAS.

TOUR Gays OF DlOOQy lighting Illc
Polish Army had forced German
invaders Ito retreat. from some
Warsaw suburbs" The report was
broadcast at 2:10 pm.
The LwoW station, about 22O
miles southeast of Warsaw, said
German planes were bombing the
heart of Warsaw, but did not esti-
mate casualties.
A Warsaw broadcast two hours
earlier had indicated the Polish
Army still was holding the defense
lines of the capital.
The Warsaw radio said German
bombs had fallen in PilsudSki
Square, which is ringed by the war
ministry, foreign ministry, Warsaw
military headquarters and the Hotel
Europjski. where many foreigners
stayed before war started.
The fragmentary report, inter-
rupted by static, said a large num-
Der of persons were in the square,
but did not mention casualties.
Nazis Mass Against Lwow.
German radio announcements
picked up in Budapest declared that
humiliation of Polish forces was
nearing the end" and that many
encircled troops already are begin
ming to surrender"
Germans announced the continued
bombing of highways between Lublin
and Lwow, on the main route from
Warsaw to Rumania. While there
probably are some troop movements
along these highways. they also are
thronged with refugees seeking
safety.
German planes, tanks and big
guns were reported maSsing for a
concentrated drive on Lwow Lem-
berg in an effort to cut Poland's line
of communica lions with Rumania,
its sole avenue for supplies, by cap
turing the capital of the Polish
Ukraine
The rapid turn of events left the
location of the Polish government in
doubt. One report here said head
quarters had been moved to Krzem-
ieniec, $50 miles southeast of War
saw. Other reports said the gov
eminent had gone from Lublin to
Lwow, and was moving eastward
from there.
One section of LWoW was reported
burning yesterday after an air at
tack in which, it was reported
through neutral sources. German
aircraft machine gunned streets,
causing panic among the civilian
population.
AS Warsaw dug in for its fourth
day of siege by German force that
launched more than 40 air raids and
countless tank attacks yesterday, the
radio station at Lwow, 2l0 miles to
the southeast, instructed the citys
defenders to dig trenches and erect
street barbados.
Ready for Long Defense.
There were indications the Ger
man drive already had started.
Throughout the broadcast from
Lwow, sirens could be heard sound
ing air raid alarms. 1t appeared
LWoW one of the chief industrial
centers in Southeastern Poland, was
to be subjected to the same sort of
battering that has taken place at the
gates of Warsaw since the German
forces reached there last Friday.
The Polish general staffS commu-
nique No. 10, broadcast from War
saw last night, reported German air
bombing continued relentlessly all
around the capital, especially along
the line of the Bug River north of
the city. Fighting continued with
out change. the communi9ue said,
in the vicinity of Ostrow Mazowiec-
4 kie. so miles northeast of Warsaw.
The communique also reported Sc
we're fighting along the San River,
which flows from the Carpathian
foothills in Southern Poland. chiefly
at Sanok, south of Przemysl, so miles
west of LWow
In a broadcast from LWoW, the
Polish Army's general headquarters
insisted Warsaw is ready for long
the French-German front has now
really started" But the Warsaw
station also issued warning of the
impending attack on LwoW.
Tanks Attack Suburbs.
The Polish Army declaration from
Lwow said, Our soldiers are fight
ing valiantly and making great
stand on all fronts"
I'm these troubled days many of
you have been forced to flee your
homes. We appeal to you to re-
main where you are. and particu
larry out of choked towns and cities
Let the conviction be with you,
the moment of victory is near"
To the accompaniment of air raid
sirens and motors of diving planes,
the Warsaw announcer said sivilians
in both cities were helping in de-
tense. with aged men and women
and children doing whatever they
could.
Early this morning, Polish Staff
Capt. Vaclav Lipinski, in a broad
cast from the capital, said Polish
anti-aircraft batteries had brought
down during the day Is German
bombers over the city and it's
suburbs.
after sunset" he said, German
tanks in droves attacked Warsaw
from the suburbs, but were driven
back. Two of them were destroyed,
and their crews taken prisoner"
70 Bombers. Over City.
Lipinski said the German air raids
and tank movements had been sup
ported by heavy artillery barrage
that lasted from dawn to dusk The
combined assault had been going on
10 hours when the Polish officer
came on the air.
Like the German guns, the Ger
man bombers had been active since
the first light of dawn. They launched
their first raid at am. and their
biggest of the day some four hours
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