INTENSE R.A.F. OFFENSIVE
All Day Attacks On Targets In N. France Big Formations Establish
"Ferry" Service
SINCE THE EARLY HOURS OF YESTERDAY
MORNING THE
PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH-EAST COAST HAVE SEEN AND HEARD MANY BRITISH 'PLANES CROSSING THE CHANNEL AND THE ROAR OF THEIR ENGINES BROUGHT MANY PEOPLE OUT OF DOORS,
Heavy explosions on the French side of RAMC MEN yesterday and the unmistakeable noise of ON GRAVE heavy artillery fire was also heard.
the Channel were heard for some hours early
CHARGE
TWO
members
of the Royal
The attack, which began at daylight, was continued at intervals for many hours, and in the afternoon a large formation of planes Army Medical Corps, Herbert Ed- passed over Folkestone heading across the Toms, Straits and flying very high.
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the first time It was
ward Mayhew and Joseph James were charged before Mr. G. T. Lowry at the Central Magis- tracy this morning in connection with allegations of rape, in which
Chinese girl is involved.
Coastal 1,500-ton tanker blazing
The second man was charged Neicely. a 700-tons supply ship Command bombers had taken part abandoned by her crew and in sweeps over France and their with alding and abetting.
them so The case was adjourned for a Messerschmitt 109 shot down into Bghter escort guarded the sea. is the record of a dawn well that they made the attack week. Inspector J. O'Donovan is patrol carried out off the Norwe with "the precision of bombing in charge of the prosecution. gian coast yesterday by two Beau-practice, signalling the letter 'V fort aircraft of the Coastal Com-as they neared the target." mand.
patrol the navl
During the gator of one saw below him
fishing
of the Beauforts of a number
smacks and signalled "V" to them with a lamp. He got an immediate answer *V* fashed several times with ar white light
A supply ship was found attacked near Christiansand
Direct Hit
ant
One of the Blenheim pilots said the work of the escorting Aghters was grand and not a single Ger- man fighter got anywhere near them.-Reuter.
FAR EAST INDIAN BROADCAST
on all
FAKIR OF IPI STILL ACTIVE
The situation in Waziristan con-
tinues relatively quiet though sporadic attacks on Government
traps are reported, it was stated
TWELVE NAZI FIGHTERS SHOT DOWN
Fighter escorts tak- ing part in the bomb- ing operations over Northern France yes- terday had many com- bats with enemy fight-
ers.
In these, 12 enemy fighters were destroy- ed for the loss of six of ours. - --Reuter.
In Our
7-League Boots
STRONG WILLKIE SPEECH
Declaring that the de- fence of freedom “müst · be a positive thing,” Mr. Wendell Willkie, speak- ing in San Francisco last night, said: "Hitler has challenged freedom.
"We cannot wait in a corner for him to strike us. We must step forth boldly to throw Hiller off his guard-to bewilder him. We must force him to take the count."
Mr. Willkle pointed out that involves great positive defence sacifices.
He called for aid to China to divert the energies of Japan and for the doubling and re-
American doubling of
aid to Britain. Additional air and naval bases should be acquired to protect the North Atlantic supply lines and ship and air lane courses in the South Atlantic should be guard- ed in order to prevent German moves through Spain and Portu- gai, Mr. Wilkie sald.
"Totalitarianism thus surround- flood having and the Nazi eastern front by the fed
reached its full, it will begin to was recede. History proves that such Hungarian claimed in the latest forces survive only in expansion.” Hungarian communique quoted in a Budapest tele- gram to Vichy yesterday.
A big advance on the
forces
The communique says: "During A new broadcast service for In-in Simla yesterday.
The Fakir of Ipi, who is now t the last few days our troops have dian solders in the Far East has
the Delhi Kharre with about 10 followers, advanced several hundred kilo- amid constant Exet maugurated by
metres eastwards is continuing his appeals to var- A stick of heavy bombs was station. All-India Radio.
It laid low across the vissel and the
is broadleast
wave-us tribes for assistance in hos-fighting with Soviet rearguards. crew were sUPTI inking to the lengths used by the Delhi station tile activities,
It is understood his appeals to boats.
from 4.30 pun. to 5 p.m. (Indian
and Jani Khel The Beaufort then swept
low Standard Time) daily. The wave-the Bakkar Khel and raked it with machine-gunlugths are 338.6. 25.36, 31.3 and tribes have gone unheeded. — Reu- fire.
As the Beaufort flew out to sea it encountered two Messerschmitt and destroyed one.
The second Beaufort was a little further north when the pilot spol- ted a 1,500-ton tanker in a jord.
From below mast height he got a direct hit on the tanker's foredeck.
When the Beaufort left, the tan- ker was burning flercely and men it into were clambering from small boats.
Mannheim Raid
Industrial objectives in cities in France and Mannheim were again attacked by aircraft of the Bomb- er Command on Wednesday night, says an Air Ministry communi- que, particularly large fires being seen in Mannheim,
The docks at Le Havre and Ostend were also bombed whila aircraft
Com- of the Coastal mand on patrol off the Norwe- gian coast set an enemy supply ship afire and destroyed enemy fighter.
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No aircraft are missing from these operations.
It is now known that the enemy lost two bombers in raids on Bri- tain on Wednesday night, *
Early yesterday morning an other enemy bomber was shot
down in the Isle of Wight by AA
günürel Reuter
41.
Reuter
The Junkers: 88 bomber which, pe as already announced. was shot
ter.
R.A.F. CATCHES
BIG ITALIAN CONVOY
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A PARTICULARLY successful attack, in which R.A.F. bombers and Fleet Air Arm aircraft participated, was carried out on an enemy convoy off the fortified Italian island of Pantellaria on Tuesday, stated yesterday's R.A.F. Middle East.communique.
The convoy, which consisted of four medium sized merchant vessels escorted by a number of destroyers, was first sighted and attacked by R.A.F. bombers. ›
down in the Isle of Wight in day-- light early yesterday by AA gun- Two bombs were seen to hit a sisted of one ners, was flying at only a few vessel of 7,000 tons and set it on thousand feet when hit by a heavy calibre shell
The pilot managed to land the aircraft on the cliff top and the crew. of four climbed out appar ently unhurt-British Wireless;
In Three Minutes ¿ Releasing their cargo of high explosive and incendiary bombs, that caused fierce, fires in the rail way yards at Hazebrouck, in Northern France, yesterday after noon, Blenheim bombers of the Coastal Command completed their attacks in three minutes, states the Air Ministry news service.
7,000-ton tanker and one other merchant ship. fire: Two other bombs hit a Two torpedoes hit the tanker
which became a total loss. vessel of :0,000 tons, vi
Destroyer Hit
A vessel of about 6,000 tons, apparently carrying munitions, was hit by three bombs and
Another torpedo hit an escort- Immediately blew up and dis-
ing destroyer, doing severe dam-. appeared, below the water. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, age to its stern. R.A.F. RECONNAISSANCE AIR Heavy bombers again attacked CRAFT REPORTED THAT THE Benghazi on the night of July 7,000-TON SHIP WAS SUB-22/23, causing: a number of ex- MERGED STERN UP AND THAT plssions on the moles.
DESTROYERS WERE The Harbour was also attack. TWO!
ed on the pravlous night with STANDING BY PICKING UP
almilar results, SURVIVORS S
Later in the day Fleet Air Arm aircraft, followed up the attack on the convoy which then con-
;
All the British aircraft roturned safely from all these operations,
Router.
"Heavy fighting took place on the River Bug.
"Our shock toops fought with success notably on July 22 against the enemy who held his ground and resisted strenuously.
-Reuter,
YELLOW RIVER EXPERT PASSES
Mr. Kung Hstang-yung, Chair- man of the Yellow River Conser- vaney Commission, died of illness at Slan yesterday at the age of 52.
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A native of Shantung and descendant of Confucious. the late Mr. Kung had devoted his life- time mainly to "river conservancy work and was a writer of severat Central "The enemy sustained big losses books on the subject. In dead and wounded."--Reuter. News:
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