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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 27, 1941.
SARDINIA FOREST
SET ON FIRE DURING
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KATHERINE DE MILLER
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(By Reuter's Special Correspondent Aboard
H.M.S. Ark Royal)
We are returning to Gibraltar after a most interesting trip which has one usual and two unusual features. The usual feature is
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ior strength, have demonstrated anew their unwillingness to attempt to engage British surface craft.
NAZI RAID ON LENINGRAD BEATEN OFF
Nazi 'planes attack- ed Leningrad on Mon- day but were dispers- ed, says a Moscow radio report quoted by Reuter.
The unusual aspects are that we have attacked and set blazing an important cork forest in north Sardinia and have shown the Spaniards that Ark Royal has once again been resurrected from the watery grave to which the wishful thinking of Axis communiques have so often consigned her, by BARONET'S WIFE GETS
steaming an hour off Valencia and giving an air display.
The success of the attack on the cork forest was aptly express- ed by The Admiral in a congratu- latory signal which said: "Es'i-j mate enough burnt cork to give every Nazi a Hitler moustache."
Several hundred 25-lb. CX- plosive incendiary bomba were dropped on the forest. A cork factory on the outskirts of the *own of Templo was also tacked.
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Lady (Ruby Joy Gordon) Map- pin, of Garden Coltage, Guild. ford, was granted a decree nisi against Sir Charles Thomas Hewitt Mappin, Bart.
According to the wife, her hus. band was intemperate. In 1938 he stayed at a Kensington hotel with a woman.
OF FINLAND'S share the disastrous consequences POSITION IN THE RUSSO-GER. of the catastrophe in which his MAN WAR, ADDRESSED TO regime will surely end." THE BRITISH LABOUR MOVE- The renly expresses the belief One of the pilots said: "We MENT BY THE FINNISH that all Finns are convinced De- dropped flares and could see
SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY, mocrats but "they must HAS DRAWN A WARNING that a Nazi victory would mean FROM THE NATIONAL COUN-the end of freedom. Democracy "Evidently the Italians were not|CIL OF LABOUR.
and social progress in all coun- expecting a raid in this quarter as The warning states: "If Finland tries under Hitler's sway."—Reu-
i only one A.A. gun went into uc-continues allied with Hitler it will ter. tion and no fighters appeared.
huge area of forests on the slopes of the hills around Tempio.
**We dropped
Incendiaries over an arca of roughly 16 square miles of forest. We could easily see the tiny vivid flashes all over the forest as the rain of bombs exploded, scattering flames over a wide
area.
"The cork factory was a hig three-storeyed building which Wes blazme furiously when we left it against a background of the red glow of burning trees.
Inere were two huge fires rag- lever in the best and many small- er ones which were gaining hold. he HaTICS were sill visible 75 miles away.
Off Spain
"We in'errunted the homeward journey to look in at Valencia.
As we approached the Spanish coast we passed many smull ushing craft whose crews must have received a tremendous shock at seeing powerful British naval vessels steaming so near Spain.
"When the morning mist lifted | we could see the tall chimneys of the industrial quarter of the town and white houses gleaming in, the sunshine.
"When the ships were about eight miles from the COUNT WO turned and steamed parallel with the shore.
"Then 18 bombers, cecorted by eight fighters, flew to and fro just outside the three-miles limit in 'V' formation.
"FIFTEEN OF OUR FIGHTERS ROARED OVERHEAD IN FULL VIEW OF THE TOWNSFOLK, THEIR FORMATION MAKING A HUGE 'V' FOR VICTORY SIGN.
"While the display, which lasted an hour, was in progress, a sub- marine came to the surface two or three miles ahead. An aircraft was
detached to look at it but found it to be à Spanish submar-- ine."
Reuter.
Admiralty Statement⠀⠀ An Admiralty communique states: “Swordfish' aircraft have carried out successful attacks on military objectives north and south of Templo, in the Island 'of Sardinia, Targets were left burn-. Ing flercely.
"During these operations one JU62 was shot down into the sea, A Cant floatplane was heavily engaged by naval fighter aircraft and severely damaged before it made good Its escape."
"Our forces suffered no casual- 'ties.** British Wireless,.
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