| In Poland... German forces isolate Modlin
Fortress, north of Warsaw; reports from Warsaw suggest heavy casualties
among those in the city including wounded in hospitals. Meanwhile,
Soviet forces enter the Galician oilfields.
In the North Atlantic... German U-boats sink a Swedish steamer
carrying timber and a British cargo ship.
In the United States... The American Farmer arrives in
New York harbor with 29 survivors of the crew of the British steamer Kafristan,
sunk by a German U-boat. Passengers and the master of the American
Farmer said that while the survivors were still in their boats a
British airplane swooped down on the German submarine, spraying its deck
with machine gun fire and dropping bombs, one of which fell on the
conning tower.
Over Germany... French bombers strike the German Zeppelin base
at Friedrichshafen.
On the Western Front... French artillery fires on the German
border.
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