HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised Capital
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prietors
Liability of Pro-
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£ 0,500,000
$10,000,000
.$20,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Chairman,
W. H. Lock, Esq.,
Deputy Chairman,
J. R. Bousfeld, Esq.,
A. H. Compton, Esq. 1. J. Davies, Eng...
G. Minkies, Eng...
K. 8. Morrison, Beq.. Hon. Mr. T. E. Prace,
1. Shields,
Hon. Mr. H. B. Dodwell, Hou, Mr.
Sir Vandeleur M. Grayhurn Chief Menager.
BRANCHES:-
Kowloon
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Ban Francisco Shanghai
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nante Dairen
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Yokohama
opened "Is there any other step by
CURRENT ACCOUNTS
FIXED DEPO which Mr. Hollins would like to Local Currency and
among the SITS received for One Year or shorter encourage polygamy men of the country?" asked Mrs. periods in Local and Other Currencies
terms which will be quoted Conservative M.P. Tate,
for jon # question about application.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of various "unmarried wives" was raised in
sizes To Let. the Commons.
Frome, when Individual combats took place.
Many of these developed into stern chases which were broken off within
a mile or two of the French Coast.
The Minister of Pensions told Mr. James Hollins (Soc., Silver- town) that in the Government's view the circumstances did not of the benefits
to the men of the Fighter Squa-Achtung Schpitfeuer!" justify extension
drons.
summary.
diamond formation.
re-
for
And
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TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR business undertaken.
Hong Kong, 26th February, 1941.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Business of the above Bank 18 conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Rules may be obtained on application. FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong. 1st March, 1937.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA
AND CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1883.
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prietors
£3,000,000 £3,000,000
£3,000,000
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Auracies:
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and
Year or shorter periods in Local or
of the personal injuries scheme to Sixteen squadrons of No. 11the unmarried wives of men kill- Mass fighter formations
Greatest Day—The
Group, followed by tive fromed by enemy action. sent over at a great height in
Nos. 10 and 12, were sent to en- 15th September, 1940 almost continuous waves to attack
gage the enemy. All but one of U.S. NAVY CALL London, still the principal target.
The foregoing is a
the squadrons taking part in the
FOR RECRUITS He doubtless hoped by this means necessarily brief and incomplete. battle were very soon fare to face
Five to wear out our fighter defence by
squadrons of The United States naval for the battle took place too with him.
opened their forcing it, at much higher alti-recently for a full account to be Spitfires
attack feruiting service has called tudes, to engage aircraft which
written of almost three months against the oncoming Germaus in 35,000 additional enlistments by were making the best use possible or nearly continuous air ghting the Maidstone-Canterbury-Dover- June 30. The service explained of high cloud cover. In early
These were In order better to cumprehend its Dungeness area,
in the men were urgently needed for stages he reduced the size of his nature, it is necessary to examine action slightly before the Hurri-Uncle Sam's expanding fleets, says formations and used flights of
detail an in greater
individual cane Squadrons which intercept- an Associated Press message from from two to nine aircraft. Figh-day's fighting. Sunday the 15th ed farther buck between Maid-New York. ter bombers were protected more
| September is as good a day as stone, Tunbridge Wells and South
between noon and
into action by Me.110 fighters. more
It was
the London. any other.
one of Evidently, however, this new plan "Great Days" as they have come
The Germans were found to be 12.20 p.m. There ensued a did not achieve the success for
tinuous and and actions then flying in various types of forma-
general engagement Paid-up Capital from London to the Reserve Fund which he hoped, for, in the third to be called
fought were described by the tions. Bombers were usually some extending week of October, he reverted once Prime Minister in the House of thousands of feet under fighters, coast and beyond.
In it, tactics So carefully more to large formations flying at Commons as "the most brilliant but sometimes this position was 30,000 ft. or higher. To enable
secured victory. Let them to break through, the Ger- and fruitful of any fought upon a reversed., Bombers flew either in thought out, so ussiduously prac-
formation) of tised, by vics ("V" shaped up to that date mans continued to use tactles of large scale
from five to seven aircraft, or in Squadron Leader describe the re- diversion, Whenever the weather fighters of the Royal Air Force.
"The 15th September" he says, was good enough, waves of figh-The enemy lost 185 aircraft. This lines of live aircraft abreast, or in suits they achieved.
is what happened.
clear at bright and Me 109s were usually in vics. "dawned ters appeared almost continuously over the South East of England. Over the South-East of England
those ex- Using the cover these provided, the day of Sunday the 15th Sep- One pilot has described the attack- Croydon. It never seemed to do very high flying fighter bombers tember dawned a little misty, but ing German aircraft as flying in anything else during made frequent and rapid attacks cleared by 8 o'clock and disclosed little groups of nine arranged in citing weeks of August and Sep- threes like Sergeant's stripes.tember. But to us it was just on- on the London area, On sighting light cumulus cloud at 2,000 or
was in this ether day. We were not interest- our fighters, however, they often 3,000 ft. The extent of this cloud | Each group of nine jettisoned their bombs and made varied and in places it was heavy use supported by Group 9 Me 110 ed in Hitler's entry into London: Bangkok
with single-seater most of us were wondering whe- produce light local fighters, off. They showed in fact, little enough to
Me.100s or Me.113s circling high, ther we should have time to Inish
breakfast before the first when showers. Visibility, however, was, tendency to engage, but they did so, they some imes gain on the whole, good throughout above.
realised that started. We were lucky. The enemy soon from ed the advantage of surprise the day: slight wind was
It was not till 0.30 am, that the our defence was awake and active, ¦
started wailing and the waaro qwing to the height at which they the west shifting to North-West
for German pilots cou'd be heard sirens were flying.
as the day advanced.
The first enen.y patro's arrived calling out to each other over their order cume through to rendezvous, Cebu
As we were wireless phones "Achtung Schpit-base at 20,000 ft. soon after 9 a.n. They were refeuert (Lookout Spitfire!). They climbing in a southerly direction Haiphong ported to be in the Straits, in the had need to keep alert. Our pilots at 15.000 ft., we saw 30 Heinkels. Thames Estuary, off Harwich and between Lympne and Dungeness. opened fire at an average range supported by 50 Me.109%, 4,000 ft. of from 250 to 200 yards, closing over them and 20 Me.110s to a Our own tactics were immediat about 11.30 a.m. Goering
when necessary to 50 yards. Many flank approaching us from above. ately altered, so successfully that launched the first wave of the No. 11 Group accounted for 167 morning attack, consisting of 100 of the enemy fighters belonged to We turned and climbed, flying in FIXED DEPOSITS received for One enemy aircraft in 31⁄2 weeks. The
or more aircraft, soon followed by the famous Yellow Nose Squa- | the same direction as the bombers other Currencies at rates which will
had white with the whole squadrons strung be quoted on application. drons, though some cost to the group was 45 pilots. In this phase the number of enemy English coast at three main points noses and even, occasionally, red, out in echelon to port up sun, so aircraft probably destroyed rose considerably because fighting took and Folkestone and a mile or two place so high up that our pilots north of Dungeness,
Their ob- were unable to see the ultimate jective was London. This formid- fate of many of the German air-
of Once the battle was joined, re- able force
composed was craft which fell away after the Dornier Bomber 17 and 215 Bom-gular formation was frequently encounter towards the sea,
chose un in- The
bers, escorted by Me.100s. They lost and each pilot physical strain of fighting at
The following ac- flew at various heights, between dividual foe. heights of 30.000 ft.
more 15,000 and 25,000ft, From the count of one combat can be taken proved very severe.
ground the German aircraft look- as typical of the rest. It is possible to detect a feeling ed like black dots at the head of of despair in the hearts of the long streamers of white vapour: Luftwaffe during this final phase from the air, like specks rapidly of the struggle. Try as they might growing. They appeared first as and did, our defences were still model aeroplanes and then closer, not only intact but invulnerable. as large full sized aircraft. Occasionally an odd Mc.109 or! The battle was soon joined and Me.109 was on his tail. He turn-flashed out of sight leaving the small formation broke through and raged for about three quarters of ed, got it in his sights and set it way clear for "B" Flight as long reached London but the weight of an hour over East Kent and Lon-afre with several bursts. He was as the Mo.109s stayed above. "B" bombs which they succeeded in don. Some 100 German bombers now separated from his comrades Flight Leader knew how to bide and and therefore started to return to his time but, just as he was about dropping was only a fraction of burst through our defence
to launch his attack, the Heinkels what had been dropped in August reached the Eastern and Southern his base. As he was coming down did an unbelievable thing. They the sun and and September. Moreover, there quarters of the Capital. A num- he received a message saying that was little attempt at
precision ber of them were intercepted over the enemy were above. He look-turned South Into
of Dorniers into him. With his first burst, the ed up, saw a group
Leader destroyed the leading bombing. There can be no better the centre of the city itself, just as proof of the enemy's failure than Big Ben was striking the hour of at 14.000 ft., climbed and attack-bomber which blew up with such ed them. He got in a burst at a force that it knocked a wing off that furnished by the citizens of noon.
friendly fighters London, During the early stages
A little To understand the nature of the Dornier: other
the left-hand bomber. many of them took cover when combat, it must be remembered came up to help. The enemy air bank and a burst from his guns the sirens sounded. Post Offices,, that aircraft engaged in it were craft crashed into a wood and ex-sent the right-hand Heinkel out of formation with smoke pouring out Ministries and Public Depart flying at a speed of between 300 ploded.
While Spltares and Hurricanes of both engines. Before returning ments, large stores all closed and 400 miles per hour. At that their doors and sent their staffs speed place names become almost were in action over Kent, other home, he knocked down an and any visitors in the building meaningless. The enemy, for Hurricanes were dealing with such Me:100. Four aircraft destroyed for to cover. Very soon, however, it example," might have been Inter- of the enemy as had succeeded by the expenditure of 1,200 rounds was noticed that most of the noise cepted over Maidstone but not sheer force of numbers in break was the best justification for our The China Mail at no time could be compared destroyed until within a few miles ing through and reaching the out- with the nightly barrage which of Calais, "The place when the at-skirts of London, Fourteen Squa- soon became the background of tack was delivered-Hammer- drons of Hurricanes, atmost im- their slumbers and was due to smith to Dungeness" or "London mediately reinforced by three gunfire and not to explosion of to the French Coast." Such phrases more squadrons of Spitfires, took bombs. Trails of white vapour in Intelligence Patrol Reports up this task, all of them coming.
or
150
more.
These crossed
near Ramsgate,
•
the
between Dover
“Justification For Our New Tactics"
sun on to an
A pilot, whose squadron was at- tacking in echelon to starboard, dived out of the Me.109 which blew up after re- ceiving his first burst of fire. By
this time he found that another
that each man had a view of the enemy.
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also upaned in Local Currency and Sterling with, terest allowed at rates obtainable on application.
the
"A" Flight timed their attack to
The Bank's Head Office in London perfection, coming down sun in a power dive on the enemy's left undertakes Executor and Trustee busi- and claims recovery of Britain flank. As each was selecting his neas. own man, the Me.110 escort had Income Tax overpain, on terms which
may be
at any of ascertained roared in to intercept, with can- Agencies and Branches.
W. H. EVANS THOMAS, ons blazing at 1,000 yds, range, but they were two seconds late--too
engage ghters, but just in time to make them hesitate long enough to miss the bomber leader. Two Heinkels Meanwhile, the Me.110s had heeled out of formation.
late
new tactics."
to
too cut
TO BE CONTINUED TO-MORROW
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