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THE GIRL THEY LEFT BEHIND THEM. The British Expeditionary Force la being steadily Increased
Photo shows the girl they all left behind in numbers as more troops leave for the Front. (Copyright. By Air Mail),
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MOBILISING CZECHS IN FRANCE
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Paris, To-day.
All Czechs between the ages of 18 and 49 residing in France are being mobilised in the independent Czecho- Slovak army.
The army has its own officers but comes under the orders of the French Command.
The expenses are supported by the Czech national committee, to whom the Allies are granting loans and credits.
The committee constitutes a virtual provisional Czech Government, and is to hold a meeting in the near future in an unnamed French town.-Havas.
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HOW TWO U-BOATS WERE SENT TO THEIR DOOM
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Paris, To-day. THE CIRCUMSTANCES of the sinking of two Ger- man submarines in three days by the same French destroyer have now been released by the French Navy Ministry.
The official announcement discloses that the ship concerned was the destroyer "Sirocco" of 1,500
tons.
19 SOVIET SEAPLANES WRECKED
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Borne, To-day.
The Helsinski correspondent of the "Naue Zuercher Zeltung" reports seaplanes at that nineteen - Sovlat Baltiski, the Estonian port, were yes- terday severaly buffeted in a gale,
The planes arrived in the harbour under the recent Soviet-Estonian Pact granting naval and air bases in Estonia.
doom The first U-boat met her when she was detected by a French seaplane co-operating with the pa- trol.
The plane warned patrol ships in the area and the "Sirocco" racing up at high speed dropped a series of depth charges in the spot indicated. Buddenly, after a series of· 6x- plosions, the submarine was soon coming slowly to the surface with a hravý list. The “Birocco” raced up with a view to rescue of her oraw, but the submarine sudden-
turned, turtle and sank.
CAUGHT IN NIGHT
Two nights later; cruising through they danskness; the Sirocco caught. a-German U-boat on the surface com~~}}
The submarine pletely, unawares. dived; when she was shelled from close range, but the destroyer then dropped a series of depth charges. - Sixteen of the machines were The submarine was seen to come driven ashore and seriously damaged. | shooting to the surface, roll over and.
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disappear leaving only a large oil.
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Paris, To-day.
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HITLER SEES V ALL KEY MEN
Amsterdam, Tojday. Scores of key meri: from all branches Army, Navy and Air Force, at- Hitler's reception yesterday. conference took place behind closed.
at the Ch
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GERMANS HOLD TEN FINN SHIPS
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Helsinki, To-day.
The Finnish freighter- Minerva, carrying timber to Amsterdam, has been seized in the Baltic by a German warship.
Germany is now holding_10- Finnish ships which were. all countries.-** bound for neutral
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SINKING OF ANOTHER TRAWLER
London, To-day. Another trawler has been sunk in the Atlantic off the Scottish coast by U-boat gun- fire.
Two other trawlers in the vicinity, picked up the crews, and put a tow- in an rope to the disabled vessel effort to get her to shore.
Before port was reached, however, the trawler heeled over and sank.- Reuter.
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