1968 New York Times obituary repeated the fiction. Internet articles can still be found stating his 'espionage activities' as fact. World War II Other allegations of espionage activity relate to his extensive travels in Europe between the wars, including reports that he was the agent who first reported Hitler's V-1 rockets. In September 1938, Newman was riding around the Baltic on a bicycle, researching the book Baltic Roundabout. He strayed into a restricted area on the German island of Rugen and was arrested and escorted from the district. He had noticed large concrete structures, and spoke with local villagers who reported noises resembling an express train. Reporting his findings back in London, the experts concluded that the Germans were experimenting with rockets. This information pre-dates the Oslo Report by a full year, and led to extensive research by Newman. It resulted in a radio script for the BBC program Now it can be told, a novel on the Polish resistance contribution to the war effort They Saved London, and the subsequent film Battle of the V-1. In a reverse compliment and recognition of Newman's work, Poland have named two memorials to the Polish Resistance as "They Saved London". It is not suggested that Newman was ever employed as a spy, but that he was an enthusiastic amateur who regularly reported back to the British government in London after his travels. Bibliography Character Monologues and How To Perform Them (1926, C. Arthur Pearson) Round About Andorra (1928, George, Allen & Unwin) The Cavalry Went Through (1930, Victor Golancz) Armoured Doves, A Peace Book (1931, Jarrolds) The Fifth Army (1931, Hodder & Stoughton; ghost written by Bernard Newman for General Sir Hubert Gough) Hosanna! The Remarkable Novel (1933, Dennis Archer) Death in the Valley, a Tale Based On the Origin of the Oberammergau Passion Play (1934, Dennis Archer) Death of a Harlot (1934, T. Werner Laurie) In the Trail of the Three Musketeers (1934, Herbert Jenkins) Anthology of Armageddon (1935, with Idrisyn O. Evans, Dennis Archer) Pedalling Poland (1935, Herbert Jenkins) Secret Servant (1935, Victor Gollancz) Spy (1935, Victor Gollancz) The Blue Danube: Black Forest to Black Sea (1935, Herbert Jenkins) Albanian Back-door (1936, Herbert Jenkins) Cycling in France (Northern) (1936, Herbert Jenkins) German Spy (1936, Hillman-Curl) The Mussolini Murder Plot (1936, Hutchinson) Tunnellers, The Story of the Tunnelling Companies, Royal Engineers, During the World War ( 1936, with Captain W. Grant