Sarvar und Count
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 17, 1940
PREMIER REVIEWS SITUATION ON WAR FRONTS
London, To-day.
IN A SURVEY OF THE several war theatres in the Commons yesterday, the Premier said that patrolling and artillery fire had continued on Western Front and British troops in the Maginot Line sector had taken their full share of these activities.
During last month, air activity had been hampered by short daylight, high winds, frost, fog and snowcovered land- ing grounds.
British air forces, none the less, had|cember, 32 attacks of this nature were been continuously in action in parti- made and took the form of bombing cular over the whole battle area of the North Sea.
Every week, considerable bomber forces had swept the Heligoland Bight and the approaches to the Baltic in search of such units of the German fleet as might venture to put to sea. maintained deep into German terri~ |
part by aircraft based on tory, in Britain, in part by those of the British Air Forces in France.
This long-distance reconnaissance has now been extended to Eastern Germany, Austria and Bohemla.
and the machine-gunning of the crews. Six trawlers were sunk and four, damaged. Twenty-two escaped undamaged.
During the present month, there have been no less than thirteen simi- from air on unarmed lar attacks trawlers. Two of these were sunk.
The Premier devoted the later part |of the statement to more recent ex- amples of the important part being taken by the Dominions and Colonies naval in the war, mentioning the action of the Achilles, the arrival of the Canadian two contingents of
the de- Active Service Force and velopment of the Empire air training
British Wireless.
After a sympathetic reference to the loss of the British submarines, Sea- horse, Undine and Starfish and the gallantry of the crews, Mr. Chamber- | schéine. --- Lain spoke of the success attending the measures taken to meet indis- criminate and unnotifled mine-sowing which had followed the failure of the German U-boat campaign.
UNDER CONTROL
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One of 37 Chinese internees, charg- The latest threat, he informed the House. was already coming undered with behaving in a riotous man- control, and the government had every ner at Argyle Street Camp on Satur- confidence in being able presently today, was discharged this morning by
Mr. E. Himsworth. defeat it.
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offensive air patrols over the operat-faced an additional charge of resist- GREAT DOMESTIC COMEDY FILLED WITH LAUGHTER! ing bases of German seaplanes had ing the police.
been maintained throughout the hours
All were remanded for a week at
of darkness every night during which the request of Chlef Detective weather conditions allowed. Bombsspector A. E. Carey.
have been dropped whenever lights have been found exposed for the pur- pose of enabling German seaplanes to take off from the water and in this way a rigid blackout had been en- forced upon the enemy's, bases.
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During the hours of daylight, enemy aircraft had rarely ventured within | of chewing gum, Wong Wai, 40, was reach of British fighter forcés.
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sentenced to four months' hard labour by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., this morning.
Inspector A. V. Baker said defen- at No. 312: Reconnaissance patrols had, how- [dant went to a shop
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was arrested. taken the offensive.
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