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Official photograph of the out of action, oil stores burned aboard setting out for the raid.
British raid on the Lofoten Islands when oll, plants, were put Photo shows a landing craft with troops and prisoners taken. (Copyright, Fox.)
SYRIAN FIGHTING B.B.C. ORGAN
ENTERS MORE SERIOUS PHASE
FIGHTING IN SYRIA has taken on a more serious phase, according to latest offi- cial reports, which indicate that very heavy fighting is now proceeding in the vicinity of Damascus and to the south of Beirut.
The reports from the front show that as the Allies penetrated deep into the country,
BOMBED:
The B.B.C.'s famous theatre organ WOS destroyed when the interior of St. George's Hall was wrecked during Q London night raid.
It may not have the largest
been
organ in the world, but for modern re- sources and luxurious equipment it had no rival.
resistance by the Vichy troops grew stronger 'DEAD' V.C.
that the fighting proved infectious and spread to other areas.
further
The
Vichy claims that no progress has been achieved. communique, cited by Lyons Radio last night says: "Along the Syrian coast, the British columns have not advanced beyond Sidon, On an important sector of the front, our The troops counter-attacked." communique does not specify which sector is feferred to.
A military spokesman in Jar- usalem, who predicted the ear. ly fall of Damasout, stated that
Forces outside the Aliled
the
city are very powerful. He foresaw at the same time that the steep hills and the or- chards protecting the city from the south-west, might necessitate entry from the northern side by an encircling movement,
Navy Intervenes
French medium tanks and the artillery in the coastal sector round Sidon, he stated, had given some British Navy but the trouble. bombarded their defences on the road behind the town.
One
column of mechanised Vichy reinforcements from Beirut completely using this road were
halted by the British naval bomb- ardment and was compelled to retreat in disorder.
Heavy Fighting
Heavy fighting is developing in the Allied central sector of Syria,| announced a British G.H.Q. Com- munique in Cairo yesterday, Reuter.
CAUGHT ON THE PREMISES
Ho Pak, 80, was sentenced to eight months' hard labour by MP,
G. T. Lowry, at the Central Magistracy this morning, for lar- ceny of a jacket and for breach of the Deportation Ordinance,
Detective Sergeant H. B. Dewar sold that accused was arrested Inside complainant's premises, No, 17, Gage Street. He was banish ed for 10 years from the Colony flast year,
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It was in October last year that Captain Witéon was "post- humously" awarded the V.C. In spite of severe wounds in 20 his shoulder and eye, and although 10 he was suffering from malafia, 10 he kept a key machine-gun post 5 in action for four days, repair- ing the guns himself and fring his own gun to the last.
For four days the enemy bat tered his post with artillery only 700 yards away. They blew two of his guns to pieces and he was overwhelmed by weight of num bers
Three days after the report of his death nêwa. câme‹ through. that he was a prisoner of wär,
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It is announced from Berlin that General Bergeret, Secretary of
An official communique stateg State for Air in, the Vichy Gov- ernment, has been appointed Com- that up to eight o'clock last event mander-in-Chief, of the French ing, no reporis had been received Air Force in Syrie, according to of bombs having been dropped in Vichy any part of Britain. ---- British PNB despatch from
Wireless. Reuter,
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