AANDALSNES AIR BATTLE Fighter Squadron's Fifteen-Hour Strafe
One Machine In Service At End of Day
LONDON, TO-DAY.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE ONE-SIDED AIR COM- BAT IN NORWAY BETWEEN A SQUADRON OF GLOSTER GLADIATOR 'PLANES FROM AN AIR- CRAFT CARRIER AND A HUGE NUMBER OF
GERMAN
AIRMEN PRISONERS
Parle, To-day..
The four occupants of a Ger. man reconnaissance bombar which made a forced landing in a village of central France were held prisoner by farm labourers until taken into custody by the military.-Reuter.
GERMAN 'PLANES HAVE NOW BEEN REVEAL GARDENERS
ED.
Just before night, the squadron landed on a frozen INJURE
lake south-east of Aandalsnes. That night,
they saw two 'planes with Norwegian mark- CHILD ings, but they must have been flown by Ger- mans for at 3 a.m. German bombers arrived. A Heinkel was shot down, and the on their hands and knees, their clothes base was kept "busy" with air raidswet and freezing, from 7.30 am, to 8 p.m. All this time, the British pilots were in the open. Except for the runways, there was melting snow everywhere, several feet deep. The pilots had to crawl about
AMERICAN AIR 'COURTESY' CALL
Despite all this, and the frequent raids, they carried out 40 sorties and 37 of the enemy were engaged.
BIGGEST JAP. OFFENSIVE SINCE HANKOW
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Chungking, To-day.
The Japanese operations in Honan and Hupeh constitute the largest scale military ac-. tion since the attack on Han- kow, stated the Chinese spokesman at yesterday's weekly press conference.
1.
Seven Japanese divisions; 200 air- craft and 400 tanks, supported by artillery and cavalry, were put in the fleld by the Japanese:
The Japanese operations do not appear to be directed against any particular strategic point or cities but aim at clearing the Hankow re- glon of all the Chinese troops who have been massing there during the past months, greatly endangering the Japanese positions.
WITH HIS FOREHEAD BANDAG- ED, FOLLOWING AN ATTACK. BY TWO GARDENERS YESTERDAY, THREE-YEAR-OLD MASTER NOR- MAN CURTIS, SON OF MR. AND MRS. CURTIS, OF NO. 3, SÖMER-
Chinese tactics during the present SET ROAD, KOWLOON TONG, WAS IN COURT AT KOWLOON THIS operations consist of cutting Japanese MORNING WHEN LAU WING, 22, communications, and in extensive Of the 18 Gladiators landed, only
AND CHAN YUE, 41, WERE guerilla warfare.--Havas. five were serviceable by night. They CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. BOTH had taken toll of the enemy, how-PLEADED NOT GUILTY. ever, shooting down six for certain and probably eight more on the surround- ing mountains.
ONLY ONE LEFT
.
Inspector H. E. Rogers, prosecuting, BLACKOUT
OFFENCES
said that at 5 p.m. yesterday the lad, accompanied by his amah and a The next day, they carried out number of children, was playing in further reconnaissances and attacks the garden. The child went to a on the enemy. By evening, only one neighbouring wall and attempted to Some 28 residents of Shamshulpoo 'plane remained useful.
pick some flowers. He was threaten-and Yaumati were before Mr. Q. A. A‚¿ When
Macfadyen at Kowloon for failing to southern Norway wased by accused. First accused had a evacuated, there was no time to repair bamboo pole and made an attempt screen their lights properly during the
Colon (Panama), To-day. Significance is attached here
The ship on which the to the forthcoming the 'planes. "courtesy visit" of two Unit-pilots embarked was bombed for six hours without interruption-and with- ed States Army bomber
out success. Reuter. planes from the Canal Zone to the Netherlands island of Aruba, off the Venezuelan coast, where there are im- portant oil refineries.
One By One
to hit him.
frightened All the children were and ran away, screaming. Accused then threw stones at the children and one hit Norman's forehead. He had to be admitted to Kowloon Hospital.
As the fighter pilots came down
Mrs. Reed, of No. 13, Somerset from their combats with the enemy they refuelled, replenished their am- Road, passing by, heard the scream- munition and tried to start up again.ing and went into the garden. The As, one by one, the aircraft were gardeners struggled with her and destroyed on the ground, the pilots, made attempts to hit her. some badly burned, helped one an- other to get the remaining aircraft into the air, all the time being ma- [chinegunned.
The bombers will take off from the Canal 'Albrook aerodrome, - in Zone, at dawn to-day on what will be the first trip from the Canal to Aruba by United States Army planes.
When they could no longer fly they The visit is considered important in
on the fought back from the ground with view of recent discussions possibility of United States action re- machineguns. garding Dutch insular possessions in the event of Holland becoming
Towards the end of the day the am- in-munition was exhausted and the pilots volved in the European war. Reu-made attacks which were feints with- ter:
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out any chance of returning the enemy's fire.
Accused were fined $5 each and placed on a $10 bond to be of good behaviour for one year.
A
FRENCH AMBASSADOR SEES MR. WELLES
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA "MAIL") Washington, To-day. The French Ambassador, Count de
St. Quentin, called on Mr. Sumner: Welles, Under-Secretary of State, with whom he conversed for half an hour on "the general situation." No official announcement has been made on the
One with no ammunition and prac- tically no petrol was attacked by three of the most modern and heavily arm- ed German fighters; he saved his air-discussion. Havas. craft from being shot down by re- peatedly attempting to collide until the enemy swerved away.
Their cannon fire struck the air- craft again and after he had success- fully made a forced landing it was set on fire as he left it.'
132 Craters
The landing ground was bombed and machinegunned by between eighty and ninety German bombers and 132 craters were counted.
By the end of the day only five of 18 Gladiators were serviceable: But six enemy aircraft for certain, and probably eight more, were brought down on the surrounding mountains.
At the end of the next day the re maining R.A.F. aircraft, having carried on an unequal comane aircraft was with consider- able success, only serviceable. Owing to the evacuation of southern Norway it was not pos- sible to repair these damaged aircraft. -British Wireless.
Mr. E. W Bath was treated at the Kowloon Hospital yesterday after he had been bitten by his own dog. He was playing with the animal at his residence at Tak Shing Street.
SOVIET TRADE TALKS WITH SWEDEN
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Stockholm, To-day,
last Blackout.
All were convicted and cautioned› or fined $5 or $10.
Tong Shang-sing, of No. 4, Cheung Lok Street, said his baby child switch- ed on the light without his knowledge. while all were sound asleep...
NURSING SISTER FINED: Miss M. L. Everett, of Queen Mary Hospital, was to-day summoned be- fore Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., for breach of black-out regulations.
Miss Everett was seen driving in Seymour Road at about 7.25 p.m. with lights on the vehicle,
Miss Everett said she had no inten- tion of using the car that night, but was delayed in town and had gone on night duty.
A fine of $10 was imposed.
M. MOLOTOV RECEIVES RUMANIAN MISSION (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL"} Moscow, To-day. M. Molotov, Foreign Commissar, has received the Rumanian commercial delegation. Their talk lasted for three hours.
An accord is said to have been reached, but the conversations will continue for several days-Havas
It is officially announced that a The committee is under the chair- special committee has been constituted manship of M. Albin Johansson, leader to start negotiations with the Soviet of the Swedish Co-operative move- for an increase in trade exchanges. Iment-Havas.
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