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HEAVY RAID
ON ITALIAN AIR BASE
A. LARGE NUMBER of enemy aircraft on the ground at Benina, in the Western Desert, were at- tacked by the R.A.F., declared the Air Ministry news service in London yesterday.
Two $79 three-engined Italian bombers were destroyed and two others severely damaged. Bombs fell among other aircraft.
Enemy troops and motor tran- sport on the Méterma-Gondan road, in Italian East Africa, were machine-gunned and bombed.
Four direct hits were register- ed on motor transport and heavy. casualties were observed as a re- sult of machine-gunning.
A similar attack was made on an enemy encampment at Wadi Arades, and Motema was also bombed,
Further south a successful rald was made on a large camp at Gub- ba, where direct hits on barracks started numerous fires.
SYRIA RESTIVE
Government
Anxiety
Exit permits for about
The camp at Cangila was. at-3,000 Greeks. of military tacked on, Friday.
There were
several battalions of colonial age in Syria, it is reported,
troops and Black Shirts, in the
EN SHILLING SHELTER SAVES FAMILY OF SEVEN
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Just a hole in the ground lined with planks, with a cor- rugated iron roof, costing fen shillings in all, saved seven lives the day after A.R.P. men built it.
A high-explosive. bomb fell only about 3ft. away.
The shelter receiv- ed the full blast of the bomb, but is still there now on the edge of a huge crater. Its walls were pushed in.
The occupants, Mr. and. Mrs. H. A. Francis, and their five children, who had been evacuated to a cottage in an East Sussex town. from their home in Tam- worth Road, West Croydon, were hurt.
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much damage caused:-Reuter,
GERMAN 'GUERNICA' SAVAGERY
representation of the Ita lian armistice commis sion.
This, together with other re- ports from Beirut, indicates the embarrassment caused to the French authorities in Syria by the Greek and British success against the Italians.
Turkey's
defence measures
IN CONFLICT
WITH
AXIS PACT
and resistance to Axis: pressure have also; mado: a profound Im the pression.
The French High. Commissioner
Petain Government.
Details of the second in Syria has issued an appeal to air attack on Southamp-the populace for loyalty to the ton on successive nights show that a relay of Ger- man aeroplanes attacked unceasingly for hours on Sunday.
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The appeal says:
"We all pre serve in our hearts: the memory of the aggression which caused French blood to flow but to-day, as yesterday, we shall not take up arms except to defend our lives."
The first force of raiders ar-Reuter. "rived' early in the evening and dropped parachute flares.. Driven to a great height by the Intense A.A.. barrage the raiders ceeded to shower. down. dreds of Incendiary, bombs.
pro- hun-
VICAR ACQUITTED
The Rev. John Henry Mason While local. firemen wore aged fifty-seven, vicar of White tackling, the outbreak of fire gate near Winsford, Cheshire, was the Nazi airmen dropped a found hot, guilty at Knutsford thousand explosive bombs, and Quarter Sessions of stealing 35s. paused: wanton damage among belonging to the Whitegate: Paro- business premises and privatechial Council.. housea.
A communal. underground: It was alleged that the money shelter received. a direct hit was taken and given to Czech from ja heavy bomb.. A large officers in distressi number of people were render
ed homeless:
Casualties 'from both raids
Commenting upon Article III of
the
treaty signed between Wang regime and Japan, provid- ing for common defence against "Communism" by stationing Jap-
anese troops in Mongolia as one measure of "cooperation," a Chin- ese high official in Chungking said to-day:-
"The Article is directed not only.
against Communism but more particularly against China's friendly neighbour. Such: being the case, it is apparent that the whole agreement is in open con- flict with the policy of the Ger- man-Italian-Japanese alliance.
"Should the Axis Powers in Europe, the official added; “10- quiese in the agreement and ac- cord recognition to the puppet re- gime in Nanking, then the list of States against which; the Tripan- tite Pact is aimed would be lengthened:
"I hardly belleve that the Axis Powers will be so ready to per- mit themselves to be thus misled by Japan for her own interests."—- Central News.
have not yet been officially cal- DUTCH TELL STORY OF
culated-British Wireless,
BOMBING RAID
FROM ADEN
About 50 bombing raids were made on Eritrea and Abyssinia by aircraft from Aden during November.
Two Red Sca port of Assab had. Its severest..battering so. far,.] with over 30 ralds,
Qne serious of attackovon this. port: lasted. 385 hours; and ac* cording to pilots" reportá...” and subsequent reconnalosancos tre- mendous damage was dono and hugo: firea; oaunod, -
"INVASION" SKIPPER IN ENGLAND WITH NO TROOPS
Here is Holland's latest: "In- vasion" story, which has reached London from a well-tested sour ce on the Continent;~~
A large number of submarines capable of carrying eight or ten passengers is being built in Dutch shipyards. In: Eastern Holland... A new type. of heavy tank a textile Arm has been, ordered carrying, barge was being tried to make thousands of life-belts. out by the. German troops...
To test its seaworthiness: one of the barges was towed out into the North Sea by a powerful Dutch, tug
THEIR LUNCH
When: the boats were well out from shore; the- Dutch-skip- per cut the cable; leaving, the People living in the little Hami barge with its German troopa let; of Normanby-le-Wold, near and Its tank, hoblnd; him, and Market Rasen, Bines, have gone sleamed to England;
without their rations for a fort- Travellers from Holland gay night in order that Lincolnshire that: there is loss; talk to-day of sportsmen attending a big, shoot- invading Britain, but intensive ing party might have what was preparations för un Invasion described as "a pre-war lunch ** continue.
The shoot was the biggest held
· Thousands of so-called-Rhine |¦¦in Lincolnshire, since the war. lib- The bombing of the Addis barges,・・ which are vory long gon, and money rafsed: at; it, wont Ababa-Djibouti railway has made bouts," aro- baing; reconstructed to to the local. Spitfire Fund; the ever growing scarcity of ||transport; tanks; and armoured Game has been increasing so potrol in Italian East Africa an cars,
rapidly of lito in North Lincoln- ever, more important problem for The barges, i with ⠀⠀ thoir? bowe | shire, with, the cessation of ordin- the Italians,
cut away, are clampadi together | ary shooting, the farmers decided {Although flying thousands of in pairs. Rails confiscated from to make a special effort to reduce miles, all our planes returned the Dutch rallways; are hum-the number of birds.. Honco, the aufely to base-Reuter,
mered across to-strengthen them, big bang,