Bv BUD FISHER
WOH, HECK!
LI CAN'T WAIT "THAT LONG!" I'LL TAKE THE FERRY!
EXTENSIVE RAIDS BY ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
HIS COURAGE NOT FORGOTTEN
the
was
A bequest in £30,654 will of Mr. Ernest Barrett, of Earl's Court, £500 to Emily Nichols, "as a slight apprecia- tion of the prompt and courageous con- duct of her late hus- band, Sidney Frank Nichols, on June 13, 1917."
to
He also left £2,000
his housekeeper,
Norah McGahey.
YESTERDAY'S R.A.F. communique from the Middle East states "Extensive raids were carried out by aircraft of the R.A.F. and Fleet Air Arm on enemy positions and aerodromes in Libya during the night of August 10/11.
"A particularly heavy attack was made on Benghazi, many tons of bombs being dropped, all of which fell into the target area.
These were drop- ped on the motor transport and repair sections, as well as on railway sidings, yards and dock installa- tions.
and attacked a searchlight post. while other aircraft of the Royal Air Force raided the landing ground at Gazala and Sovuth where fires were seen to break out.
"Four violent explosions and many fres were caused. Our bombers also machine-gunned an aerodrome south of Benghazi and motor transport which was dis- persed near Tobruk and Bardia.
Some bombs burst close to "Several large
the aircraft and a large column dropped on workshops and build-of smoke was observed. The tar- ings
in and started fres compounds, destroying vehicles
bombs
were
the get was also machine-gunned
mary
was
The harbour at Tripoli again bombed. One hit on the i power station caused a violent explosion which was scen 100 miles away. "One of
from a low level.
Ship Torpedoed "During the same night Sword- fish aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm attacked a ship of 1,300 tons in air-Syracuse Harbour and two direct hits with torpedoes are believed to have been scored. One caused an explosion amidships. They also dropped bombs on the Gerbini, Sicily aerodrome.
attacking our craft came down to a low level
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1 Goddess of
the harvest
4 Walked with
difficulty
9 Demure
12 Cost
13 To shun
14 Crude metal
15 Light brown
16 Carnivorous mammai
17 Carpet
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lace
20 To rebound "
22 Escaped
24 Roman
bronze
25 Gaming
cubes.. 20 To bring
forth Elek 29 Conjunction
30 Durable
white fibre
31 Tale
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30 Head
-covoring
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forco
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bird
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52 Roman
magistrate
53 Worthless leaving
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55 Denomina-
tiona
56 Brood
VERTICAL
1 Poetle:
frequently
2 Edible seed
3 Axiomati-
cally
4 Cried
5 Humming-
bird
6 Moved
nimbly
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vian literary worka.
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION..
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8 Expensive
9 Pity
10 Anglo-Saxon
money
11 Sull
10 Paid notice
21 Chief Norse
delty
22 Symbol for
iron
23 Lariat 24 Some 26 To provide
food
27 Spanish
article
-29 Part of "to be" 30 Japanese
coin
32 Chances- 33 Weight
AREHAG ALASS 34 Interjection
MASTA
30 Hamitie
LANE DALALA
language 37. Hebrew letter
OLEN SAMPAN
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EDDA OPAGE IDIA 40 Japanese
ASPE
BIL
FABRENO
ZADAR
回饋線對
RINA
meakure
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ern Indians'
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beverages
44 Ship channel
45 Melody
47 Murio: high
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"During Monday, Tomahawks of the South African Air Force shot down one of four Mes- serschmitt 110's which they on- countered off the Egyptian coast, and R. A. F. Hurricane fighters shot down a Henchel 126.
"On August 10, aircraft of the Royal Air Force bombed a collier at Lampedusa, leaving it sinking and down by the stern. Patches of oil were to be seen near the position on the following day.
"A Sunderland shot down a Dornier over the Mediterranean and from all these operations our aircraft returned safely."-Reu-
ter.
AMERICAN RED CROSS WORK
(By Reuter's Special Correspondent)
Invaluable work has been per- formed by the American Red Cross since the signing of the Acre Armistice Convention and the conclusion of the Syrian cam- paign.
Already they have distributed 800 tons of food and clothes, with 100 tons of medical supplies to wounded refugees or those ren- dered destitute as the result of the campaign. All the goods arrived by sea and a further 700-tons is expected shortly-Reuter.
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