THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 28, 1940.
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BRITAIN'S BOMBERS DISORGANISE NAZI LINES Attacks From Rhineland To French Frontier
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Direct Hits On KING'S Supply Columns And Panzer Units
London, To-day.
THE AIR MINISTRY NEWS service states that all rail and river traffic was disorganised over a wide area from the Rhineland to the French frontier during Sunday night's activities by the Bomber Command.
ISOLATED
ANNOYS NAZIS UNITS IN
Berne, To-day.
The "Basler Nachrichten" cor- respondent in Berlin reports an unprecedented violent reaction in Germany against the King's Em- pire broadcast.
The correspondent considers it can only be that the King's broad- cast has exercised a profound in- fluence on world opinion.-Reu- tor.
PORT ERIN
HEROIC
FIGHTS
London, To-day. Accounts received in Lon- don speak of the determined resistance offered to the enemy by small British de- tachments.
Typical was the record of one heavy bomber which
within half an hour scored direct hits on a mech- NOW PORT anised column near Brussels, extinguished a searchlight by bombing it and another by ma- FOR WOMEN of only 300 men armed only
chine-gun fire, wrecked a railway line and bridge and demolished a machine-gun post on a hilltop with a salvo of three bombs.
600,000 MORE MEN CALLED UP
London, To-day. Another 600,000 men the will register for armed forces before the end of June under an Order just issued requir- ing the 1911 Class to re- gister on June 15 and the 1912 Class on June 22. Reuter.
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT TELLS STORY
London, To-day.
Other bombers scored direct hits on the railway track south of Aachen and wrecked a railway junction in Belgium, where bombs which fell in a nearby wood caused exceptionally heavy explosions as if an ammunition store had been hit.
Two heavy bombs struck a convoy
of 24 'vehicles and the bursts were followed by two violent explosions and the blinding flash it the country
for miles-Router.
Bombers Continue Attacks
London, To-day.
The Air Ministry announces that the R.A.F. on Sunday night attacked aerodromes at Flushing, Brussels and Antwerp.
London, To-day.
One unit of Royal Engineers
with rifles were attacked by 100 enemy armoured cars and motor-cycle machine- guns.
able to withdraw.
Port Erin, on the Isle of Man, has been taken over in They fought a successful action for its entirety by the Govern-several hours, and the survivors were ment for the accommodation British anti-aircraft batteries have of German and Austrian Wo-been the object of particularly fero- In one case, a unit of men and children who are to cious attack.
170 men was attacked by the enemy be interned under the new advance guard moving towards the order of the Home Secretary. Channel ports and preferred to lose
almost two-thirds of their rather than surrender.
No civilians will be permitted in Port Erin unless they have. business there.-Reuter.
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(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") London, To-day.
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The survivors managed to with- draw and rejoined larger British forces in the rear.
Nazi
Ruthlessness
As evidence of German ruthlessness, Following the decision to set up a
an eye-witness reports seeing six concentration camp in the Isle of Man, enemy tanks proceeding down each all-German and Austrian women bé-side of a road in Northern France Operations were also continued longing to the "B" class of aliens, which was choked with refugees. against the enemy's communications 1,500 women, most of them servants,
The tanks machinegunned the fugi- In Belgium and western Germany. were arrested in London yesterday, tives and ran over those who had Hits were made on railway junc- It is believed that all suspect aliens fallen on the ground.-Reuter. tions, sidings and convoys of armour- have now been rounded up.--Havas. ed vehicles.
Earlier in the evening much dam- age was done by medium bombers to a concentration of enemy me- chanlsed vehicles near Boulogne. Yesterday bombing operations were
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carried out against various objectives RESTRICTED
in Flanders. So far all our aircraft have returned safely.
Preliminary reports show that 28 onomy aircraft were destroyed or serlously damaged by our aircraft yesterday.
LONDON, TO-DAY. THE WAR OFFICE ANNOUNCES THAT IN VIEW OF THE "HEAVY MILITARY TRAFFIC, IT HAS BEEN FOUND NECESSARY TO CANCEL shot down TEMPORARILY THE TELEGRAPH
AND TO MAKE CERTAIN AMEND our SERVICE TO THE B.E.F. IN FRANCE
One patrol of Deflants five enemy bombers. Five of
aghters are reported missing-Reuter.
Still Burning Days Later
London, To-day. 'Planes of the Coastal Command which flew over Rotterdam on Satur-
A Flight Lieutenant who has been with a squadron of fighters hotly engaged in the air battles along the French coast in the last few days, gave an account of the squa-day report that the fuel dumps, set dron's experiences in a broad-on fire several days before were still cast last night.
burning.
He said that until the German in-
They went on to "visit" other mili- vasion of Belgium and Holland, not tary objectives and when they left at one of his squadron had as much as dawn they could see the fires they seen a German machine.
had started from 30 miles away.
In the last two days alone, they had shot down fifteen definitely and probably another five.
Two of their machines had failed to return, but one of the pilots was known to be safe.
In one engagement, they got six Messerschmidts and four bombers.
Just A Bit Of Luck Immediately afterwards, he found ́a Messerschmidt swooping on his tail. He waited for the attack, gave him a
In one case, German troops were crossing a bridge as the British bombs hit it. The 'plane then went down low, and the gunner completed work of disorganising the column,-
Reuter."
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burst at about 200 yards, hitting his petrol tank, swerved from under him and caught him again as he was going down
"It was just a bit of luck," he said. "It might easily have been mo— Reuter.
MENTS IN THE POSTAL SERVICE.
No telegrams may be sent and post offices have been instructed to refuse parcels and packets, registered letters and all letters over two ounces in weight:
AMERICAN REPORT ATTACKED
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Moscow, To-day. The newspaper "Izvestia”, indignant-
sultations have taken place in Peiping ly comments on a report in the "Chi- cago Daily News" asserting that con-
between the German, Soviet and Ja- panese representatives' regarding the disposal of the Dutch East Indies.
"Izvestia” declares: "The valets of the capitalistic press are spreading canards that Russia has designs on the
Letters under two ounces will be Dutch colonies.. accepted as usual-Reuter.
FINNISH TRADE MISSION IN MOSCOW (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL").
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Stockholm, To-day. The Finnish trade mission which recently arrived in Moscow met with very cordial welcome, Swedish press correspondents report, Russo-Finnlah and Russo-Swedish trade negotiations are taking place simultaneously and the Kremlin apparently desires show the greatest cordiality and goodwill towards both countries Havas.
"This only shows that their masters are determined to seize the Dutch legacy.
"It is a well-known custom of the capitalistic press and diplomacy to ach cuse others to dissumulate their own robberies," Havas,
THE WAR OFFICE CASUALTY LIST.
London, To-day. The War Office Casualty List No. 6 gives the names of two officers killed, two wounded, two prisoners of war, and five other ranks killed, three died of wounds, nfteen wounded, 163 miss- ing and 38 died-British Wireless.