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IRAQI FORCE EJECTED FROM HABBANIYAH
DARLAN British Troops
SUPS WITH THE DEVIL
An agreement between Admiral Darlan and Abetz, Hitler's represen- tative in Paris, was announced in Vichy yesterday.
The agreemerit provides for modification of the restrictions of the demarcation line between occu- pied and unoccupied France and a reduction in the costs of the Ger- man army of occupation,
In regard to occupation costs, it is envisaged that as a first step France's dally payments will be reduced 25 per cent from 400 million to 300 million france.
OTHER
QUESTIONS HAVE STILL : TO BE FINALLY ̧■ THRASHED OUT-REUTER.
"Permission To Cross" Clause
The agreement provides
the demarcation
that
¡ine between
Occupied and Unoccupied France will be open, in general, for the
STALIN
Take Offensive AFRAID
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
President Roosevelt's condition has improv- ed but his doctor has advised his staying indoors for two days more.-Reuter.
SEVEN NAZI 'PLANES SHOT DOWN
The number of enemy passage of goods and securities. aircraft destroyed in day-
Persons will
be allowed
to
travel between the two zones in light
yesterday
the event of the serious illness or brought to seven
death of a relative.
Free correspondence by plain
postcards will be allowed.
Permission to
cross the line:
will be granted to members of
was
BRITISH ARMOURED UNITS and troops and Iraqi levies, operating from Habbaniyah, ejected the Iraq rebels on Tuesday from posi- tions overlooking the cantonment, according to a communique issued in Cairo.
The R.A.F. continuously attacked the rebel lines the previous night and during the engagement on Tuesday rendered continuous close support, bombing and machine-gunning the enemy and subsequently keeping them on the move during their withdrawal towards Falluja.
Rebel casualties were very heavy while those of the British were negligible. The British cap- tured over 300 prisoners,
Guns flown in aircraft to the scene of the battle contributed to the defeat of the Iraqis,
Rachid Iraq was again bombed. Onc
MEDIATION RUMOUR
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") It is
OF NAZIS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Stalin's assumption of change in Soviet policy the Premiership marks a
and the resumption of new......... German drive, according
B.B.C. broadcast yesterday.
to
a
The pnnouncer said: "The Soviet rejected the Gerinan pro- posal to join the Axis and signed pact of friendship with Yugoslavia a few hours before that country was invaded by the
a
Germanis. unconfirmably
German drive
the
to the east
reported that the Iraqi "Stalin now takes over The serodrome at Moascar Al Premier, Rashid Ali, has Premiership at a time when the completely accepted Turkey's good threatens what Russia regards as de troyed by fire, a twin-engin offices to mediate between her sphere of activity in Asia." ed aircraft blown up, a number
International News Service. of others severely damaged and Iraq and Britain.
hangar was
the aerodrome surface badly cut up.
when The
Some quarters hope peace negotiations will be instituted though latest advices state that British a'rcraft received | hostilities are progressing.
R.A.F. fighters shot down practically no opposition. Reuter.
a bomber off the north-
east coast in the evening.
Rutbah Retaken
British forces
have
the
Meanwhile the Syrian authori-
ties are rushing reinforcements to the Iraq border.
on
British 'planes have again. the Army and Air Force on the
leaflets occupied dropped There was considerable enemy Rutbah, on the pipeline from the calling for a revolution.-Interna- Baghdad same conditions as already in activity of the south-east coast Mosul oilfields to Haifa, accord- tional News Service, force for sailors.
yesterday when in a series of ing to a Rome despatch to According to Paris Radio, Mar- dog-fights British al Petain has-left his estate near down six enemy
Aghters shot official German news agency. fighters and annes by special train to meet severely damaged a number
Iraqi forces occupied dmiral Darian. —
Ru.bah of Reuter,
others.
last Friday after attacking and tish working party-Reuter, taking prisoner an unarmed Bri-
SERIOUS PRIVATION IN GREECE
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Hundreds of thousands
hungry and homeless Greek refugees and sol-
One Spitfire squadron got four of them in three different fights off the Kentish Coast,
were
Two British fighters are missing. During daylight on Tuesday, four enemy fighters destroyed, two by fighters and two by anti-aircraft gunfire. Five British fighters are missing from. Tuesday's operations but three pilots are safe-Reuter.
ARAB RECRUITS FOR BRITISH ARMY
The Mayor of Nablus, Suleiman
DOVER HEAVILY SHELLED
rocked last night by a
The Dover area was
brief but vicious burst of diers and their families recruits for the British Army yes- range guns mounted on Toukan, told a parade of Arab Shelling by German long- are asking "What next?" terday that he cherished glorious the French coast.
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memories of their brethren who,
the defeated and a quarter of a century ago under dered kingdom fights the leadership of King Hussein The bombardment began “
privation. and bis, noble sons, fought along-the-bright light of tha= setting side: British troops, in defence, of zun with univoer:at-intervals of in Greece threa- freedom until victory was achiev=several minutos. =?
orge daily..
borders are “If their pidly as its neigh-lofty- your
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The shell-fire warning was was-noble and sounded Cinemas emptied "and,
is aven
been cut off and Yugoslavia, LORD BEAVERBROOK
of Vegetable supplies, has
refugees are, trudging Inte interior from the border areas.
AT PALACE Lord Beaverbrook was received Athens appears normal on the by the King at Buckingham Palace
International News Ser-
on his appointment as
es ran for cover
on
ng; shall-búrat overtur “Eme" "which"-osught:"froir:Two Speople were killed and 12 in-
Jured altogether a Anti-aircraft guns fired Messerschmidts spotting for the German artillery, One Messersch midi spiralled down out of con- trol and is belleved to have crash- ed in mid-Channel Reuter,
CAPTAIN JAMES ROOSEVELT IN CAIRO
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA: MAIL"] Capt. James Roosevelt arrived Marine Corps observer. in Cairo yesterday to act as U.S. Inter- national News Service.
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