THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 8, 1941.
NEUTRAL CORRESPONDENT ON BATTLE OF LEMBERG High Tribute To Red Ariny's Stubbornness
AIR RAIDS IN FINLAND
Enemy 'planes bomb- ed different places in Finland, Helsinki be- ing raided on Monday when one person was killed and 20 wound- ed. A number of buildings were dam- aged.
Bombs were drop- ped on Kotka during the night on Sunday and Monday, and the resultant fires caused 20 houses to be damaged. Five of the raiding 'planes are re- ported to have been shot down.--Reuter. ********0000000000
WIEDEMAN FOR JAPAN?
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAILI
Captain Wiedeman, Nazi Consul-General in San Francisco, ordered to leave under the de- cision of the American Govern- ment, has announced that he will probably take up a diplomatic appointment in Japan.
Wiedeman is a former Hitler A.D.C.-International News Ser-
vice.
ONLY ONE KILLED Only one man was killed and another wounded in the Japanese air raid over Chungking yester- day on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of China's resistance.
Q JANTZEN
Quality Of Soviet Tank Weapons
“One of the greatest surprises for every- body, including specialists, is the extent of the Russian tank weapon,” says the Berlin newspaper correspondent of the Zurich “Neue Zuercher Zeitung“ describing a visit to Lwow.
He says that the Germans captured Lwow The after eight days of constant fighting. Germans were constantly attacked by Rus- used in big sian tank units which were numbers.
He
The Russian tanks include 15- Russian guns, caterpillar vehicles "com- tonners equipped with 47 milli- and tanks as appearing metre guns, medium tanks with pletely new, Immaculately paint- after, cleanly with ed, well looked 75,5 guns and bigger tanks
finished and well designed. 15 centimetre guns,
that the also remarks that in the positions, German soldiers say
which the Russians evacuated, latter were fast, but vulnerable
books of educational character in close fighting because besides
were constantly found. the big gun, they carry only one machine-gun pointing forward which can be put out of action with a handgrenade.
Bitter Opposition
The correspondent describes the The Russians are also using the prisoners' camp constructed by 50,000 pri- giant 60-ton tanks built on the the Germans to hold French pattern, with three gun soners, contained only 3,000 Rus- turrets containing a howitzer, sian fortification workers, mostly several Asiatic.
two
light guns, machine-guns.
and
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The correspondent concludes that the Russian resistance generally stubborn and evon
bitter.
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Wherever the Russians were forced to retreat they were with- drawn in good order.
Hardly any material was aban- doned and no equipment thrown away. Reuter.
A LITTLE LIGHT RELIEF
The
STOP PRESS
DAYLIGHT
SWEEPS
CONTINUE
the
offensive on
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] It is revealed in Washington that four... Maersk ships Manila
now in
are included among the Danish ships announced as requisi-
tioned by the U.S. Mari- time Board, and that they will be assigned to the American President Lines for operating in the Far East International News Service.
Captain R. E. Holden, master of the s.s. Fausang, and the Russian Guard, Mr. Chubin, arrived in the Colony this morning on the The R.A.F continued ss. Yusang which on its voyage Shanghai made contact the from
with a Japanese naval vessel to enemy's western front take off the two officers who were yesterday, according to "rescued" from two armed Chinese an Air Ministry com- Captain Holden has made a de- munique which
tailed report to the Commodore of says
in which the the incident that heavy bombers, ac- Fausang was approached by the
steam launches.
S.$.
bay on the taking refuge in a [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL" Companied by fighters, two armed steam launches while
attacked the aircraft Fukien coast on June 29. violent neigh-
at Meaulte, and bours' quarrel which works opened in the British the power station and
chemical works near] Court last week, bringing Bethune. light relief to the serious Both targets were hit by pow- news pouring into Shang-erful bombs and many incendiar- hai, ended when Mr. D. G. J. Keet was found not guilty of assault.
Mr. Keet, British business man, was summoned at the instance of Mrs. Evelyn Palmer-Baker, a British widow, and it was alleged that he had punched Mrs. Palmer- Baker during an altercation.
ies,
and the escort shot down seven enemy fighters.
Three British fighters were lost, but two of the pilots were rescued from the sea.
Bomber Command Benhalma attacked 1 strongly escorted convoy of eight enamy ships of 5,000 tona off the Dutch coast. six of the ships being hit by bombs.
tons, and the escorting E-boat were sunk.
..
Mrs. Keet, giving evidence,
The Blenheims attacked another said that on the night of the alleged assault, the middle-convoy off Calais, and one ship.oỈ aged widow sprang Into their 2,000 garden and "pounced" on her husband "like a madwoman." After a session of shouting, Mrs. Palmer-Baker ran into the street, screaming for the police "nike a crazy person.” -nt.
It was alleged that the 'quarrel
aprang out of Mrs. Palmer.
Three Bomber Command and one Coastal Command aircraft are missing as a result of these oper- ations-Reuter.
NAZIS REELING BACK
ON THEIR OWN HEELS (Continued from Pass<1};
of Novograd-
Baker's carelessness in leaving the lane gate open', and it ra sulted in such violent episodes an the tearing-up of plants in Mr. Koet's garden and a tug-o- Volynsk, our troops by stubborn fighting are containing the ad- war over the gate, The Registrar, giving his devance of strong enemy mechanis cision, said that Mrs. Palmer-ed forces. Baker was a rather excitable in the direction of Mogultàv- person" and may have struck herself when she pulled the gate.
International News Service,my. In this region our troops,
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Podolsk, our troops engaged in fierce fighting against the one-
cut the retreat" ofTMan" sonemy It battalion and annihilated: completely. "During July 7, our air force blows at struck concentrated mechanised enemy unila; and operated successfully against his aerodromes." — Reuter,
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