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NORTH SEA AIR WAR: OFFENSIVE NOW ON RAF... HANDS
(By Reuter's Air Correspondent) BRITAIN HAS WON supremacy in the
air war over the North Sea and the offensive: there is definitely in British hands now.
Lockheed Hudson bamber and reconnais sance 'planes, Blenheim long-distance fight. ers, Sunderland flyingboats and Beaufort "HIS GIRL FRIDAY" torpedo-bombers have snatched the lead from
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LORETTA YOUNG HENRY WILCOXAN TO-MORROW: “RUGGLES OF RED GAP”
German Dive-Bombers
Italy's front-line forces]
| in Egypt are being streng-
The daily work
British of squadrons guarding the North Sea includes patrols over British con- voys all day long, anti-invasion patrols over routes that the Ger- mans may use to invade the eas- tern seaboard of England at night, and at all times the search for ship-wrecked seamen and J lost airmen.
Shadowing and attacking German submarines from Danish coast to the
the northern
tip of Norway, besides attack- ing land objectives in enemy
KING'S BIRTHDAY GREETING TO LEOPOLD
King George's greet- ings on the annivers- birthday on Sunday ary of King Leopold's
were presented ac- cording to custom through the Belgian Ambassador in Lon- don, says Reuter.
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occupied territory, is also part By way of the Swiss Govern- of the constant routine.
ment, the British Government
One squadron I visited two days
and merchant
thened by Junkers 87B ago, for example, up to the end have received a Note from the single-engined dive-bom- of September had made over German Government recently, bers (Stukas). Similar 100 attacks on enemy naval craft writes a Diplomatic Correspondent, machines achieved great successes in Poland and U-Boat Warfare France.
These aircraft have not been recently in action against Britain. It was suggested that they might be refitted and reformed for the Invasion of Britain, but now they have reappeared with the Italian forces in the Middle East,
The chief function of these dive- bombers has already been grimly and spectacularly established- it is to wipe out completely the resistance of enemy front-line troops.
The reason why the 'planes are no longer being used in the Bat- tle for Britain is that they have to work with fighter escorts, without which they are easy victims for the British fighters, and the mass daylight raids on Britain have proved too costly.
of
This German move is regard. ed as important, and
may presage a big attack on Egypt. The Aeronautical Correspon- dent of the "Sunday Times," who believes that the presence bombers in the Italian forces sug- gests that Italy and Germany are planning a large land and air of fensive against Egypt, comments: "Now that our Air Force in the Middle East has been reinforced with the latest equipment, the success of these bombers may be no greater than that achieved against Britain.
war over
"Nevertheless," the correspon- dent adds. "a major battle may be joined at any moment in Egypt, as the Italian forces press forward. Intensification of the England has rather overshadowed In the public mind events in the Middle East, which may be lead- ing to a climax. Those in com- mand in Britain and Egypt have not been blind to the likely trend of operations."
Italy, it is believed, has 230. bombers and 120 fighters in Libya.. Italian reinforcements can be flown safely from Sicily only at night; whereas Britain's undisput- ed command: of the Mediterranean.
makes the reinforcement of Royal
Air Force units relatively easy. Britain is able to draw on reserves
Palestime, Iraq, and Aden, and,
as long as Italy fails to obtain a footing in Syria, the reinforce- ment route from India through Iraq will be undisturbed.
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The British · · Air. Föros. operate against the Italian Flest from Matta, Egypt, and, Pales- tine, thus forcing it to run the gauntlet of air action on what- Bover route it takes..
On the other hand, however. Italy's main air strength is based in the Dodecanese Islands and Libyn Italy's great difficulty in trying to streng hen her air force In Eastern Africa is the--problèm of supplying it with essential re- placements. This will also be Germany's difficulty. -
describing in full the uniform of their parachute troops and claim- ing that these troops, when cap”- Intensification of U-boat war-tured are entitled to be treated fare has not made the North Sea as prisoners of war. zone unhealthy for British ship- R.AT. and Navy cooperátion. ping, thanks to
By a revealing accident, one of the brilliant
the German broadcasts during a- "Enemy
recent news talk cut much of the submarines are
ground from under the German Tarely sighted on our beat
Government's claim. The announ- now," I was told at one Bom:cer referred to the recent drop- ber Command.
different
coast line.
Command has also reduced to a fish authorities had quickly, found
The watchfulness of the Coastal ping of parachutes in
parts of Great Britain. The Bri- mere trickle the passage of enemy that they had been dropped empty, convoys along the Nazi-controlled north European
and even the German High Com- 'mand declared that, in fact, no Reuter.
Darachutists had been dropped. Undeterred by this denial, the German, announcer declared:” “A¬ sinister example of British men- dacity was the British 'official- denial that any parachutists had. landed.. In fact they did. land. They are now being sheltered by the Fifth Column and are probably receiving code signals from Ger
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Conditions on the London Stock Exchange yesterday were bright and business active, especially in many." gilt-edged, where prices were sustained investment demand. Rails were well bought at have it both ways. higher on while among industrials, tobaccos the parachutists are dropped as and breweries were supported, uniformed soldiers or they are Kaffirs were firm. Wall Street was dropped as spies. At the moment firm. Reuter.
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