Atlantic
The French navy suffers its first loss when the minelayer Platon accidentally detonates one of its own mines at Casablanca.
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]Battle of the Atlantic
- The British trawler Davana (291t) is sunk by U-27 21 miles northwest of Tory Island. Survivors are picked up by the British steamer Willowpool.
- The Norwegian steamer Ronda (5136t) hits a mine and sinks off Terschelling in the northern Netherlands with a loss of 17 crewmen. The survivors are picked up by the Italian steamer Provvidenza.
| ]France, Politics
Following the British example, Prime Minister Edouard Daladier forms a War Cabinet in which he is responsible for foreign affairs as well as his normal duties.[
]Mediterranean
French cruiser La Tour d'Auvergne is sunk by accidental explosion while offloading mines at Casablanca.[
]Poland
A small German force begins to cross the Vistula just south of Warsaw. The Bzura battles are now going badly for the Polish forces. The heaviest fighting will be over by Sept 15 but some engagements will continue until the 19th. Although the Germans will take their largest single haul of 150,000 prisoners in this battle, by Sept 19 units of 2 Polish brigades and elements of others will manage to escape to Warsaw.
The last meaningful flights by the Polish Air Force are undertaken in an effort to supply the besieged city of Modlin.
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