A Polish communique declared that an attack on Lwow by German
motorised forces had been repulsed.
German troops crossed the frontier from East Prussia, near
Suvalki. The Germans claimed to have surrounded Warsaw, also
to have occupied most of the Polish oilfields.
Poland stated that Germany had begun a ruthless campaign of
bombing open towns.
On the Western front, a strong French force reached the outposts
of the Siegfried line.
It was reported that the situation in Palestine had markedly
improved since the outbreak of war and that Jews and Arabs
were co-operating against the common danger.
The Australian cabinet decided to raise immediately an initial
volunteer Force of 20,000 for service in Australia or overseas.
The Ministry of information, announced that vast seizures
of goods intended for Germany, including 28,000 tons of petroleum,
had been made by the British contraband control.
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