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Show Observers Sec Valiant Battle GDYNIA, Poland, Sept. 19 UP Some 3000 or 3000 Polish troops were desperately waging a fight against great odds today on the heights west of Gdynia known as Obloni and in the village ot Och-shoe Och-shoe ft because, as some captives said, "we are waiting for the British Brit-ish to arrive." I Eye-witnesses watched the bat-I bat-I tie from a distance of only two miles, on the eastern height above Gdynia known as Steinberg. By the time Fuehrer Hitler had ! arrived at Zoppot, Danzig beach re-1 re-1 sort, this fight seemed at its height, I with Germany's armed might on land, sea and air pounding away at the Polish positions. Also within .10 minute I saw both the city (Danzig) putting on Its Sunday best to receive the fueh-i fueh-i rer and the unconquered port of , Gdynia showing marks of the i armed conflict. Standing on Steinberg height east of Gdynia some 60 correspon-! correspon-! dents from the four corners of the I globe saw. the Germans advance In three waves on Obloss height. , Each time during our one hour's stay they won some ten yards : more of hotly contested ground. ! Each attack- was preceded by i scouting planes dropping light signals sig-nals to guide the artiriery. ' ' p" ! They were supported by the cruiser Srhleswig-Holsteln shooting shoot-ing from Danzig harbosloi miles I away sad later by bombers un- loading their deadly cargo upon the hapkna Poles. . . , I The Pale apparently hd no j communication wrth the tutsld I world and. according to the cap-! cap-! five, still believed the British were about to coma. . |