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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 16, 1939
ALLIED
NAVAL
COHESION
London, To-day.
PAKHOI REPORTED
STILL
HELD BY CHINESE
CANADIANS FLOCK
TO COLOURS
Ottawa, To-day.
Over 10,000 offers for mili- tary service have been re- ceived by the Voluntary Ser-
Kwong Chow Wan, To-day. PAKHOI WAS STILL in Chinese hands last night but the Japanese were reported steadily advancing moving In the opinion of many
uthorities on warily because of land mines. competent naval questic the close co- Gunfire was audible in the city, indicating that the Jap vice Registration Bureau anese are meeting some resistance on the outskirts. and referred to the Depart- operation of t: French and British navies-to which Mr.
All day yesterday, Japanese war-, landing on the coast between Yam-ment of National Service.
after shell into chow and Pakhoi yesterday.
This figure, of course, does not in- Winston Churchill referred ships poured shell
At 3 p.m.,
under cover of war-clude the thousands who have enlist- - is country ahead of the Japanese troops, in his recent broadcast
under directions from several Japan-ships, several hundred troops wented, or tried to enlist, for active ser- likely to prove one of the de-ese scouting planes.
ashore at Lungmun, just below Yam- vice. The Japanese, it is now confirmed, chow.
Numerous offers have been pouring cisive factors of the war.
the coast north-west of Strong resistance is being encoun-in to the Royal Canadian Army Medi- Anglo-French naval co-operation landed on
Our Own Cor- |cal Service, including offers from other before the Pakhof and their operations obviously tered in this sector. - was of course planned
aim at forcing the Chinese to with respondent.
parts of the Empire and nurses from the United States. The R.C.A.M.S. is draw from the city without fighting.
receiving vigorous support from Can- ada's doctors.--Reuter.
outbreak of var.
The exchange of visits of French and British warships to each other's ports this summer was an example of the close touch being maintained be- tween the administrations of the two navies.
The result was that when war was forced upon the Western Democracies by Hitler, plans for close naval co- operation between the Allied navies were in existence and ready to be put into immediate execution.
FIRM BASIS
There was a firm basis of under- standing between the personnel of
the two navies.
When war broke
out the French
navy at once took over control of certain patrol zones.
In these zones units of the French navy were constantly at sea hunting German submarines, protecting the seaborne commerce of the Allies and sweeping German trade off the seas. Meanwhile the French navy, like that of Great Britain, was being ex- panded upon a war footing.
Numbers of vessels with normally peaceful careers were taken over and fitted out as reinforcements for the
fleet.
Notable among these were a num- ber of large and exceptionally sea- worthy trawlers which are now play- ing
part with the
an important
patrolling forces.
DOVETAILED SCHEME
French
With the expansion the navy has increased its co-operation. The French patrol zones were widen- ed and they have now been largely merged into the British zones so that the French and British patrols are working in B closely dovetailed
scheme.
Some convoys are operated entire- ly by the French navy.
Others are under the protection of the French navy during part of the voyage.
Others 'again have escorts provided by both the French and British fleets. The French navy is also playing a notable part in circumscribing the activities of German surface raiders.
That
POCKET-BATTLESHIPS
the two German pocket- battleships which are at large have done so very Uttle damage to the seaborne trade of the Allies must be ascribed to their reluctance to risk being brought to action not only by British naval units but also by French naval units.
The co-operation of the two Allied navies in the control of the seas is corstantly under review and there is belleve thaf the French reason to navy's contribution to the Allied war effort at sea may increase still fur- ther not in order to reduce the burden which lies on the British navy but to make even more effec- tive the Allied command of the seas German War and to reply to the upon merchant vessels. British Wireless..
JAP. CASUALTIES
Hingisi, To-day.
The Japanese suffered 10,000 casualties during the recent fighting in southeast Shansi, according to ar- rivals from Taiyuan-Central News.
SIANGNING RETAKEN
They are striking in a northerly direction, taking them behind Pakhoi,
Hingtsi, Shensi, To-day. which would cut off the line of re- treat of the garrison.
The Chinese made a triumphant from re-entry into
west Siangning. in
break the Chinese siege their Shansi, at 6.40 p.m. on Tuesday even-ed to
A ing, according to a military report Tuesday morning. Alerce from the front.
has fought at Pingyuantsun---Central
Kwangsi reinforcements Nanning and Kweilin are on way to the new war zone.
YAMCHOW LANDING The Japanese effected another
The beleaguered Japaneses attempt- News.
on
battle
SHAKESPEARE WOULD TURN IN HIS GRAVE!
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
IF HE COULD SEE MICKEY ROONEY
PORTRAY JULIET IN THE ROMEO & JULIET
SEQUENCE IN M-G-M'S PICTURE
THE ADVENTURES OF
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
IT IS ONE OF THE COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS OF AN EXCELLENT PICTURE FOR FAMILY
ENTERTAINMENT !.......
SATURDAY
AT THE
QUEEN'S
THE HOUSE WITH THE REPUTATION FOR HITS!
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