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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 8, 1941.
SOVIET CLAIMS BIG VICTORY Panzers Thrown On Defensive
MESSAGE TO MR.
CHURCHILL
A SECOND FINE Following a fine last Friday for assaulting a ricksha coolie The scroll carrying a message in Nathan Road on June 7 when of appreciation to Mr. Winston his car collided with the ricksha, Churchill and signed by 100,000 Mr. T. Haynie, of No. 197, Prince Chinese of Shanghai in all walks Edward, made a second appear- of life, has been handed over ance at the Kowloon Magistracy to the Chairman of the British this morning and was fined $5 Residents' Association for trans- by Mr. H. C. Macnamara for fail- mission to London.-Reuter.
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Ostrov Battle Over: Buoyant Spirit In Moscow
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”)
HITLER'S WAR MACHINE IS NOW SHATTERING - I TSELF AGAINST A FIRMLY HOLDING LINE FROM THE BALTIC TO THE BLACK SEA, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL MOSCOW COMMUNIQUES WHICH ARE ENCOURAGINGLY BUOYANT.
The most shattering defeat yet inflicted Soviet
upon Hitler is claimed as having taken place in Latvia in the Ostrov sector, scene in the last two days of some of the most sanguinary fighting of the war. Moscow now announces the end of the first phase of the battle, with complete victory for the Red Army.
Approves
Mr. Eden
THE NEWSPAPERS IN MOS- COW PUBLISH PROMINENTLY THE SPEECH WHICH THE BRI-
"Hitler's panzer divisions in Latvia have now been forced to adopt defensive tactics,' says the Russian High Command, adding TISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, that the severe defeat suffered by the Ger- mans in this sector may prove to be one of the war's most important battles.
MR. ANTHONY EDEN, MADE AT LEEDS, EMPHASISİNG THE PASSAGE IN THE SPEECH SAYING THAT BRITAIN IS NOT IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES PREPARED ΤΟ NEGOTIATE WITH HITLER AT ANY TIME. fighting continued in the Ostrov. ON ANY SUBJECT, AND THAT INTENSIFY HER Polodsk, Lepel
and Novgorod- SHE WILL
WAR EFFORT UNTIL HE AND Volynsk sectors.
ALL HE STANDS FOR, IS No essential changes occurred UTTERLY DESTROYED. in the position of our troops at The press "emphasises also Mr.
Eden's these fronts,
Britain statement that will do her utmost to help Rus- Ostrov. sia, or help anyone else who repeated | fights Hitler, doing so without motorised reservations or second thought.
The Soviet also refers to Ger- The communique states that man attempts to cross the north bank of the Dvina River at its western end, in the Polotsk sector. and says that Soviet troops firmly held their positions, repulsing every attack with severe loss.
heavy
After vain attempts to cross the River Onlaper In the Bobruisk sector, south-east of Minsk, the Germans were oblig- ed to
further retire, suffering
losses under withering fire of the Russian forces. One German battalion in the Moguilov-Podolsk sector was com- pletely annihilated.—International News Service.
Heavy Toll
A Soviet Communique
stated
In the direction of
repulsed our troops attempts by enemy units to break through to the| Reuter. north-east. Our troops inflicted
a heavy defeat tank troops.
upon
enemy
In the direction of Polodsk ferce fighting continued when the enemy attempted to cross the! western Dvina River. All enemy attacks were repulsed with large losses.
yesterday that the Russians have In the direction of Lepel.
JAPANESE
CHANGES IN COMMAND
repulsed numerous German at-motorised units of the enemy Important changes in
tempts to break through in the switched over to defence follow- Ostrov sector in Latvia.
DURING SUNDAY NIGHT, THE RUSSIANS TOOK A
ing our counter-attack.
the night to break through towards the east but all
At Volynsk, mechanised HEAVY TOLL OF GERMAN of the enemy attempted
TANKS.
Night-long German efforts cross the western Dvina river in were repulsed. the Podolsk sector were fiercely contested.
units
the High Command of the Japanese Army. have during been made, states a Lon-
todon report.
attacks
The Japanese have appointed two new members of the Supreme
In Bessarabia, the enemy, hav-war Council and a new Chief of
was Staff in China."
The Russians also frustrated, ing suffered great losses, German motorised attempts to thrown back to his starting posi- Prince Konoye, Prime Minister, break through pastwards in tion. In the remaining directions and, Admiral Oikawa, Navy Min-
and sectors of the front, fighting ister were given an audience by
the Novograd-Volinsk sector.
In the Bessarabian sector, the of local importance took place the Emperor when the Premier Russians flung back the Germans and reconnaissance was
to their original position inflicting out-British Wireless, heavy lossES.
Two German destroyers were sunk in the naval battle when German forces were trying to penetrate the Gulf of Riga.
.carried
JAPANESE
Nazi Communique SHOT IN
A German communique claims
that the Germans have repulsed counter-attacks at Bessarabla and continue to advance.
HONGKEW
reported on Cabinet matters. Reuter.
GERMANY CLOSES REPRISAL CAMPS
The War Office in London states that information has been re- ceived through the good offices of the United States Embassy that Stalag 20A. Fort, 15 and Stalag
In Bukovina, the Rumano- FSPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]210 Fort B. (both prisoner's camps) Bulgarians have reached Upper USHERING IN THE FOURTH have been closed and that, all of Dneister and have captured Chernauti,
Operations in Galicia continue on a wide front beyond Sereth.
Hungarian Claims
ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINO. JAPANESE HOSTILITIES, CHUNGKING TERRORISTS IN
ficers have been transferred from them to other camps, d
Some officers: ure said to have SHANGHAL DEFIED THE EX- been sent to Oflag 53. The camps TENSIVE POLICE PRECAU that have been closed are the so- TIONS BY ROUNDING UP AN called "reprisal camps" to which UNIDENTIFIED JAPANESE certain oulcers were transferred On Saturday and Sunday, Hungarian troops carried out CIVILIAN IN HONGKEW LAST carly in MarchReuter,
'NIGHT'AND DYNAMITING THE M flanking attacks against the enem RAILWAY LINE ON THE CITY'S states a Hungarian Supreme WESTERN OUTSKIRTS. ... Command communique. The Panzer divisions particularly dis- The Japanese was not badly tinguished themselves, "In some wounded and is believed to be an places our troops are advancing employee of a Japanese lumber on the Eastern side of the Dncis-firm. ter"--Reuter.
The City was rocked by the
JAPANESE LAND IN FUKIEN
blast which fore up the railway Landing of Japanese troops on No. Essential Changes tracks on the Shanghal-Hangchow the Southern Fulden (coasts, was line, damaging, - 30 sleepers; but reported in Chungking yesterday. Latest news of Russian coun-causing no casualties, Traffle was. The report stated thats jöver: ter-attacks, and successful Russian resumed after several hours and 1,000 Japanese troops effected a resistance to German thrusts is the Japanese authorities have landing in the vicinity of Shao- claimed that Chinese guerillas An Inst Friday morning and that contained in the Russian -co munique broadcast'
this were responsible for the outrage, fighting was going on south and
International News Service, «^,west of the city--Réuto morning.
Carly