THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 15, 1941.
GERMAN CONVOY BLASTED
Vivid Eye-Witness Story Of Arctic Naval Battle
PANDA TO BE FLOWN TO H.K.
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panda from China pre- sented by Mme. Chiang Kai-shek and Mme. H. H. Kung through the China United Relief Fund.
The panda will replace the It animal that died last year,
Filmalayan was snared in the foothills on the Tibetan border by a party of 20 hunters under the direction of all American mis- sionary.
FINNS TO FIGHT ON
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A reliable authority in Washington disclos- ed yesterday that the Finnish Government has notifed the United States of its intention to continue fighting against Russia on the side of Germany until further strategic points are occupied.— International News Service.
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Nazi Ships Caught in A Trap
Minister of Here is an eye-witness account of the attack by British light naval forces off North Cape, the northernmost point of Norway, last week when a German convoy was scattered and several ships sunk, by Reuter's Special Correspondent, with the British Home Fleet.
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Dr. H. H. Kung, Finance, will act concurrently as to be Chairman of the Board, assisted by a Chief Secretary and two Deputy Chief Secretaries.
The Board will consist of four depart- departments. The first ment will be in charge of check-
"I WAS IN A SHIP WEARING THE AD- ing applications for foreign
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organs MIRAL'S FLAG WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE for Imports. The second depart- ment will be in charge of foreign| NORWEGIAN ` COAST / WHEN BRITISH exchange obtained from exports and of absorbing overseas remit- FORCES SANK THE 1,500 TON GERMAN tances and buying up gold
GUNNERY TRAINING CRUISER, BREMSE, TRAWLER, ARMED The third department will ONE DESTROYER, AN in charge of loans funds, while the fourth will bc AND ANOTHER SMALL ESCORT VESSEL, in charge of general affairs.
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"There was not a single casualty on the British ships. The raid was aimed at Ger- man trade routes between ports in Norway ́ and those in Finland through which the Ger- mans fighting on the Murmansk front are supplied with war materials.
In addition to inflicting losses, of the raid will have the effect forcing the Germans to maintain a much stronger force in those waters if they still wish to main- tain this particular route.
"We entered Norwegian waters and that completely unobserved night the crews of the ships took up action stations. I was on the bridge and had a remarkable view of the battle that followed.
"Suddenly came the cry, alarm in port.' About 150 yards ahead the semi-darkness of the Arctic night, was a German destroyer,
"It was too late to alter the position of our guns and impos sible to ram her. The destroyer crossed our bows, and as she did our machine-guns opened fire.
Shell After Shell
The latter, however, fired at her from point blank range and literally blasted her out of the water.
Smoking Hulk
"Shattering broadsides left her more than a smoking nothing hulk which slowly heeled and sank.
over
"Fire was then opened on a trawler and we at once scored a
hit
£ with broadside. direct
more was seen of the Nothing trawler and although she was not actually seen to sink, the effect of our broadsides on a vessel of about 000 tons must have been fearful and her loss can be taken for granted.
""The weather now suddenly cleared a little and we had a destroyer She imme-
good view of another
"Patches of mist con-
obscured the tar
British gunnery
"Flashes from the guns lit up about 600 yards off. the tense faces of the crews diately opened fire on us. Bri- grouped round them and we could! tish ships replied and a running see shell after shell tearing into fight ensued the bridge and superstructure of the German destroyer. She was stantly taken completely by surprise and get, her answering fire of scattered again proved its superiority and bursts from her machine-guns we could see spurts of red flame shells crashed into the was very wide as we could see as our the tracer bullets passing some German ship. way from us.
but
"After at least' Bevon 'directs there was a had been scored. violent explosion aboard her of smoke and a great volume rose Into the air.
Direct Hits
"The destroyar then began laying a smoke-screen but be- fore she was able to hide her. self we had trained our after guha on her, and with a breath- taking roar a broadside, of shells crashed into her.
"This fortunate break in the "She was then only some 500 yards away and we could plainly weather was short lived and visi- see the terrible havoc wrought in bility began to close in again. her. Her bridge and control tow- Before we lost contact with the ers were completely blown away enemy, however, we managed to and there was a terrific explosion engage more targets. in her, after which she developed
a heavy list to port.
"It is impossible to estimate the damage or even to see what types of vessels we were firing at but direct hits were scored on at least two more ships. The whole Then she was lost in smoke. action lasted less than half, an Later we came across her half hour
Almost Chaotic.
awares:
submerged, hulk, *- The battle "The fact that we salled.right was now almost chaotic with the into the middle of the German German ships not knowing which force and blasted them from all way to turn to escape the terrific sides without a single casualty to onslaught of the British, forces ourselves, shows the skill and which had caught them un-resource, with which the whole action was carried out. So, with "Coming out of the smoke we our mission completed, we re-
Reuter. saw the Bremse which was fir- turned to harbour ing at one of our consorts with her five-inch guns. We imme- diately opened fire, and us. the Bremse drew clear there was a tremendous explosion in her and it seems probable that she was struck by a torpedo fired at her. The Bremse sunk almost immc diately.
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"We turned our attention to another enemy ship and with our the extending of the death, son- third, broadside hit her heavily tence for Frenchmen found in pos aft. She could still manoeuvre session of firearms and weapons, and got between us and another are announced, in Paris Inter British ship.
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