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CHINA MAIL
FIRST NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST. ESTABLISHED 1845.
No. 32,184
FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941
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NAZI TANKS BREAK THROUGH AT ONE POINT IN POLAND Moscow Summary
Summary Of Situation
NAZIS EVADE ACTION
Yesterday morning nine enemy fighters were des- troyed during the offen- sive sweep over the Channel and Northern France, it was authorita- tively announced in Lon- don.
Three R.A.F. fighters are missing.
An Air Ministry communique, giving details of the morning sweep, says ---
"The R.A.F. carried out an offensive sweep over the Channel and the coast of Northern France this morning.
"Visibility was poor but there were a number of combats be-j tween our fighters and German fighters, In which nine of the enemy were destroyed.
this operation "Our losses in were three fighters missing."
t
Not Resisted
over
France
The destruction of nine German fighters
northern yesterday brings German losses in the last six days of the R.A.F. offensive sweeps up to 108.
British 'lesses in the period have been
and 16 pilots.
same
19 fighters
The opposition yesterday was on a small scale and many Bri- tish squadrons, say the Air Ministry news service, flew miles inland without seeing more than a few. formations of German fighters in the distance.
One, British fighter forma tion had a series of small on- agagements...over the French
noast and shot down three
Messerschmidta,
Nowhere did they see more than three Messerschmidts ∙to- gether and the British squadron leader stated on his return that "their evasive tactics were most cases poor."--Reuter,
DEGRELLE
Massive German JAPAN Assaults Smashed SEES RED
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THE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS GUARDING THE ENTRANCE TO THE UKRAINE ARE THROWING BACK_GREAT GERMAN ASSAULTS AND ARE EVEN WINNING VICTORIES.
While the Russians admit that the Nazi ***** tank. break-through means a spearhead pointed at Minsk, they claim that success- ful tank battles blazed in the night along what was once the northern hump of Poland, around a line running down from Vilna to Baranovitch, 100 miles to the south.
RUSSIAN DESTROYERS WRECK HANGOE
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Berlin yesterday al- leged that "a great armada" of Russian destroyers "heaped destruction" on the Finnish port of Hangoe in the wake of four aerial assaults Helsinki-Inter- national News Service.
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SINKING
OF THE
"RIFHA'
The sinking of the Tur- kish steamer "Rifha" by an unknown submarine was confirmed yesterday
BEATEN UP by authoritative naval
circles in Alexandria.
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Baranovitch lies across-the vital railroad leading to Minsk, toward which the north prong of the German thrust is pointed.
The Russian communique sald Russian 'planes made furious attacks in this area but admitted that "tanks have broken through in the Vilna and Oshmiany areas:" of Oshm'any is slightly south Vilna, on the Vilna-Baranovitch fighting line.
GERMAN RADIO OFF THE AIR
All German long-wave stations White claiming the con- went off the air last night, and sistent repulse of the German short-wave stations were badly and Rumanian forces
the jammed. south, the communique said, the
force Russian alr
struck
In
LIGHT
A
The Tokyo correspon- dent of the New York "Times," Otto Tollischus, says that "Japanese cal- set, and Japan now faces
culations have been up-
a most serious situation. politically and economi- cally.
"She now realises that Ger- many can win only by defeating Russia, Britain and the United States, and that is a large order for even the most sanguine Axis champions.
"If Germany loses or is un-. able to win a decisive victory, Japan can expect little --profit) from her Triple Alliance.
"SOME JAPANESE ARE BE- THAT GINNING TO FEAR Only medium-wave station to JAPAN MAY BE PUSHED INTO at be heard was Breslau, and that THE ROLE OF ITALY. THE German air bases in Finland. was also badly jammed,
PRESS IS ALREADY HINTING, Finnish broadcasts in English, AT THE FAILURE OF JAPAN'S ACROSS German and French were also POLICIES.”—REUTER. FINLAND AND VISITED HEL heavily jammed-Reuter. SINKI FOUR TIMES BUT THE CITY BOMBED.
HUNDREDS OF 'PLANES
BLASTED
RUSSIAN
ITSELF WAS NOT
Many were killed and injured but, says Helsinki, damage was "unimportant from the military point of view."-International News Service.
Minsk Sector-
A RED ARMY COMMUNIQUE BY THE SOVIET. INFORMA- TION BUREAU LAST NIGHT STATES: “OUR "TROOPS TO-DAY (THURSDAY) WERE ENGAGED IN FIERCE FIGHTING WITH LARGE ENE- MY TANK UNITS IN THE
MINSK SECTOR. FIGHTING CONTINUES,
"In the direction of Luck, 'fierco tank. battiça continued, with the advantage to
our
olde throughout the day. "In the direction of Chernautsi our troops successfully repulsed strong attacks by the enemy, who attempted to force the River Pruth
LEON DEGRELLE, HEAD OF THE REXIÓT (BELGIAN FAS
IT WAS OFFICALLY STATED CIST) PARTY, HAS BEEN BEATEN UP BY BELGIAN THAT NO BRITISH OR ALLIED "In the Bessarabian sector our SUBMARINES WERE IN THE units firmly hold positions along MINERS WHO AMBUSHED HIS
VICINITY OF THE ATTACK. The frontier, having thrown back CAR OUTSIDE LIEGE, RACL „CORDING TO A REPORT FROM
the attacks of the German and OCCUPIED BELGIUM TO THE It is understood the survivors Rumanian forces, FREE BELGIAN NEWS AGENCY have been landed at KaradashEnemy forces attempting to IN LONDON YESTERDAY, but the nu
number, saved has not advance at Skuleni have Degrelle, it was stated, was yet been ascertained,
pushed to the western bank of the River Pruth? driving to Liege when the miners 2 stopped his car and dispersed the Loss of this ship was reported Rexist guard which always ne- yesterday by Martin
Jassy Bombed companies him National Broadcasting Company The military objective of the Police who intervened found Ankara correspondent, who stated town of Jassy (Rumania) was the him "more dead than alive and that 173 of 201 passengers were object of a raid by our aircraft:
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