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Australia's Choices
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ITALIAN DIVISION
BARENTU CUT OFF
NO CRISIS Italians Already In TAKING FEARED IN Trouble In Eritrea SEVERE
CHUNGKING
Chinese circles in Chungking are not at all perturbed over the Com- munist situation as a re- sult of the High Com- mand's decision to dis- band the Communist New Fourth Army last month. | Following the conclusion st brief fighting between Govern- ment and Communist troops the southbank of the Yangtse no major fighting has been reported
betwee taking place
Govern- rent and Communist troops in any other areas.
un.
Meanwhile negotiationg are progressing between the Gov. ernment and Communist thorities for an amicable settle i ment of differences.
au.
The Chinese Government is not involving any party with Gov- ernment measures concerning the¦ New Fourth Army and is maintaining the usual relations with the Chinese Communist Par- ty and other political. groups. Reuter.
CAVALLERO LOSSES IN ALBANIA
AUSTRALIANS WARNED TO
WATCH JAPAN
Australian defence preparations must go ahead at full, speed, declared the Air Minister, speaking at a parade in Melbourne yesterday.
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He added: "A po- werful country in the Pacific has joined military-alliance with the enemy and we are not facing our respon- sibilities if we do not make ourselves safe." -Reuter.
Japanese Firebugs In S'hai
All enemy attempts to 'counter-attack have been' definitely foiled, stated Athens radio · last night,! adding that Greek forces! While Shanghai was had steadily advanced and
soundly asleep a party, had taken up new lines alleged to be Japanese, and positions according commandeered a British- to plan.
owned taxi at 3 o'clock Athens radio added that these this morning, threw out operations were beginning a new the Chinese driver, drove phase of the Greek advance acrobu Albania
to the Race Course and
considerable successes of our
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The announcer continued. Very tried to burn down the army in the sector of the front matshed where the Rate- extending beyond Klisura obliged payers are meeting again
Cavallero; the Italian commander-in-chief, to order, the on Wednesday.
evacuation of Italian forces is important area,
Per Cent. Losses,
servers express “the any attempt on the Italians to check this ance is doomed to, fai-
after repeated dis- Cutriking power! has substantially reduced. the Italian forces, sus- ing the latest counter- are estimated by these ob- at as, high as. 40 per cent ir total effectives."-Router
The fire brigade put out the are before serious damage was done, although the tax hich was first set on fire to light up
the matshed; was a totul loss.
The party, fired several shots into the matched, before leaving, and to cover, their, escape.
"The shed was the Scene of last week a sensational shooting of Me, W. J. Keswick, Chairman of the SM.C, Lbỷ, Mr. «Hayashie Reuter and International News Service,
KNOCKS
BRITISH TROOPS HAVE CAPTURED THE
Italy's East African TOWN OF AGORDAT, IMPORTANT STRATEmpire has taken more GICAL POINT IN ERITREA ON THE RAILWAY severe LEADING TO THE RED SEA PORT OF MAS- SAWA.
Announcing this success yesterday's com- munique from British General Headquarters in Cairo says: "Yesterday (Saturday) morn- ing British troops captured the town of Agor- dat, taking many hundreds of prisoners with guns and mechanical transport.
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the knocks with fall of Agordat, strategic
rail on the route to the
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Red Sea, the falling back of the armed advance screen protecting Somali- land and the full retreat
of the forces which had held up the British pene- tration into north-east Abyssinia, from Metem-
ma.
Italian forces seeking a way
"Six Italian medium tanks, five light tanks and 15 guns were also destroyed, while the enemy sustained heavy casualties during across the mountains in the Wal- the final attack, carried out by British and tn- dian troops with R.A.F. cooperation.
tish mobile troops, "By dusk on Saturday evening advanced elements of the Britishf "Pressure" by British patrols fortes were again in c.ose pur-continues in all sectors in Italian: suit of the enemy withdrawing to- | Somaliland across the Italian fron- wards" Kerén."
tler, resulting in a general falling advanced back of the enemy's screen.**
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Pressing On
"In the Barentu area operation: are proceeding well while further south Biacundi 'is now in British
Regarding Libya the communi- hands with more prisoners from que says the concentration. of Bri- the Italian forces which original- | tish forces in the area west. of ly withdrew from Umm-Hagar. Derna is proceeding smoothly.-
"As a result of these actions, Reuter coupled with patriot activities, Italian troops withdrawing from the Wakalt district have been · Following the capture of Agor- obliged to abandon the bulk of dat the British troops were yes- thair mechanical. transport and terday pressing on towards Keren are now trying to make their way 50 miles further east on the rail eastwards by mountain tracks,
· Retreat In Abyssinia
"In Abyssinia, following Bri- tish pressure In the Motemma area, the enemy is also in full retreat on the Metemma-Gondar road, closely followed by Bri-
SHUN PAO
EDITOR
SHOT
Ching Hua-ting, editor of the "Shun Pao," was shot dead at 4.30 this morning while passing the Ambassador Ballroom in Shanghai with friends.
Mr. Ching was hit by three bul- lets, one in the head and two in the chest. No arrests have yet been made.
Ching Hunting was one of the 83 men black-listed by the Nan- king regime last year. He was armed with two automatics at the time but had, no chance to use them, being shot at close. range from behind, -Reuter and In- ternational News Service,
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\LONDON.
kait district of Eritrea were forced to abandon most of their mechanical transport because of British and patriot activities.
The Axis High Command re- porta intervention, by German bombers in the War in Libya but British headquarters In Cairo say that the concentra- tion of British forces west of Derna is “proceeding smoothly" and R.A.F. fighters which main. tained patrols over Libya, suf- fered no loss.
It is considered. probable, writes Reuter's air correspondent, that German aircraft attempting to harass the British advance" in Libya are long-range bombers operating direct from Sicily, though it is possible for shorter- range aircraft to take part after refueling at Libyan nerodromes.
Reuter
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