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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1940-
522 ENEMY AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN
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TO MANDALAY
RESOLUTE RESISTANCE, FIERCE EXPRESS TRAIN STRUGGLE WILL SHATTER JAPAN'S AMBITION TO CONQUER CHINA
Chiang's
Royal Air Force Beat Up Enemy Everywhere
ENCOUNTERS ARE RAGING ALONG COAST, NON-STOP
Exhortation
In "Occupied"
Chinese Areas
NO DISTORTED PEACE OR ABJECT SURRENDER' CAN AVERT THE JAPANESE SLAUGHTER OF CHINESE CIVILIANS AND THEIR SINISTER DESIGN OF EXTER- MINATING THE CHINESE NATION.
"Only by resolute resistance and a fierce struggle can we shatter their ambition to conquer China," declared GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK in a manifesto issued to the Chinese in the Japanese “occupied" areas on the third anniversary of the outbreak of the Shanghal hostilities. yesterday.
Generalissimo Chiang said that under Japanese. aggression the Chinese were living in the dark. Not for a single moment had he forgotten the sufferings of his It is officially announced fellow-countrymen, especially those in Shanghai and other that ten bombers and one fighter are known to have destroyed yesterday in
enemy “occupied." areas.
So long as the enemy were
bee a dents and three of our not all driven out of China, Chinese "Air
fighters are missing, states
and the Chinese were not fully emancipated, he con- an Air Ministry.communique, sidered his duty not fulfilled. according to Reuter.
The communique "continues that enemy aircraft ap proached the coast early yes- terday morning at points ranging from
the Sussex coast to the Thames estuary. Bombs fell ir, several seaside towns, causing a few casualties. but no military damage was done.
Some of the enemy alreṛaft- crossed to the south coast and CHIANG
Force Day"
Generalissimo CHUNGKING, "Aug. 13 (Renter) Chiang stated-Celebrations will be held to-
efforts at
slaving and nar- cotising the Chi- dropped bombs in the country disnese. Over 400,000 ronin and mer- trict of Hampshire, causing a chants had migrated to the "oc- small number of casualties some cupled areas for the past three of which were fatal.
years, Koreans and Formosans as RAF. fighters engaged the well as immigrants to Manchuria enemy and anti-aircraft guns being included. opened fire.
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DERAILED
A message from Rangoon, which was broadcast from Da- vantry last night, itated that four persons were killed and 21 injured when the express train to Mandalay was derail- ed.
An investigation showed that the trick plates had been removed.
NAZIS LOST WELL OVER HUNDRED AIRMEN
BATTLES FROM BREAKFAST TO
LATE AFTERNOON The Air Ministry says that Germany lost well over 100
airmen in Monday's battles,
while 12 of our allots have
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COSTLY PRICE IS PAID FOR RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT RESULTS: OVER 400 PLANES LOST IN LARGE SCALE RAIDS
UP TO FIVE O'CLOCK YESTERDAY MORNING, 522 German planes have been brought down in and around Britain since the war began, states a British Wireless message receiv ed last night.
Total British losses in these engagements were 111 cluding four reconnaissance aircraft.
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Since June 10, when the large scale raids began, 454 enemy aircraft have been brought down with British loss of 107 machines:
The enemy has paid a heavy price for achieving re- latively unimportant results, the British Wireless report adds. On Sunday 66 enemy aircraft are known to have been des- troyed over Britain and around the coast with the loss of 26 Royal Air Force machines.
CONFIRMED LOSSES IN MONDAY'S BATTLES were recorded in the Air Ministry communique issued early terday morning as follows. “It is now established that 61 enemy aircraft were destroyed in yesterday'i fightinground- our coasts. Thirteen of our fighters were lost but the pilot of one of them is safe."
This is the third time in five days that 60 or more German planes have been shot down in a single day in and around Britain.
not returned, saygazeutes
The action consted of a that he had fre-morrow as Chungking, Kunming series which beg over the quently received and Chengtu, or Air force day Kentish coast breakfast reports on the when three years ago the Chinese time, ranged far down the situation in the Air Force had its first engagement English Channel during the Japanese "occu- with Japanese aircraft and also middle of the day and ended pled" areas. Dur-bombed the Japanese fagship Id-back again over the Kentish Ing the past year zumo at Shanghal, the Japanese had General Cheng Cheng will pre-coast in the late afternoon. intensified their side at the meeting in Chungking, The first rald off Kent was a General Lung Yun at Kunming comparatively small affair with and General Ma Chao-chun at only ten Junker dive-bombers and
An Air Ministry communi- 12 Messerschmitt 109S as escort. Chengtu.
General Chu Shao-Hang will Six Messerschmitts were destroy-que states: "Full" reports of casualties sued right back to France. show that a total of 62 enemy preside at the meeting in Lan-ed and the remainder were pur-Monday's enemy
SHIPPING.. BOMBED
aircraft were destroyed made Three hours later, à force con-up as follows:- sisting of 50 Messerschmitts and 30 Junkers returned to the same area ar began to bomb shipping. This time nine of the enemy were shot down, including six Junkers and a new Heinkel 113 fighter.
No sooner this action was over, that 50 Messerschmitts, operating bombers. and Junkers 878. coast At Everywhere the R.A.F. are
crossed the Kentish beating up the enemy.
least one Messerschmitt was des- "Unofficial reports to far point to Increasingly atrocious methods
troyed and a number of others a great success for the defenders. were employed by the Japanese In
NEW YORK, AUR. 13 (Reuter)seriously damaged and air escort- Monday's battles show eight were i Enemy planes are reported down an attempt to break down the Reports of the shelling of the ing Messerschmitt staunch Chinese morale. In July British coast from France are pro-also brought down. here, there and everywhere,
Something like 20 appear to have they burned down more than 7,000 crashed either on land or into the villages in western Shanghai, Taingpu, Sunkiang and the vicini-
CONSIDERABLE LOSSES
THREE STRATA
The Chinese in the occupied " Enemy losses are, believed to be areas were actually under three considerable, but full reports "are strata of enslavement. The Jap- not yet available. Air battles are anesc armed forces form the first raging non-stop along Britain's stratum, the Japanese civilians the coast and spread yesterday after-second noon to the south-west.
sea,
and the Korean and Formosan ronin the third. In ad- dition, there were the Chinese traltors and puppets.
An eye-witness said that at one ties and slaughtered over 10,000 stage of the battle over the south-families.
east this morning, hundreds of Cont'd Page 6, Col 5
planes were in the sky at once.
Besides dinners and theatrical performance the Chinese pubile will present gifts to the Chimese pilota,
No Shelling Of British Coast
minent on the front pages of the American newspapers today.
as
Aghter
was
MIXED FORCE Meanwhile a mixed force of Jun- NO CONFIRMATION LONDON, Aug. 13 (Rester)kers, Dorniers, and Heinkels were There is no confirmation of the attacking Portsmouth, reported shelling.
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Learned Of THREE AUSTRALIAN CABINET
Awards Few MINISTERS BURNED TO DEATH
Minutes Before They
Took Off
With -reference to Monday's mass attacks on harbours, aero- dromes and shipping along the south coast of England, British Wireless reports that two pilote learned a few minutes before they took off to engage the enemy that they had been awarded the Dis tinguished Flying Croas
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26 Bombers, 23 single-en- "gined fighters, 11 twin-engined Aghters and fighter" bombers.
Sunday's total of 60 con- sisted of 12 bombers, 10 Bghter bombers, .19. single-engined fighters, 18 twin-engined fight- ers and one seaplane."
TYPES BROUGHT DOWN An analysis of the types of Ger- man aeroplanes brought "down in
Junkers 88, six Junkers 87, three Dornier 215, two Dornier 17, 11 Messerschmitt 110, 24 Messersch mitt. 109 and one Feinket: 115.
In addition seven bombers were shot down by anti-aircraft fire.
These are thought to be Junkers 87's.
LONDON. Aug. 13 Reuter) Germans again raided Britain this morring
Waves of enemy aircraft circled Fuver part of the south-east coast
and a big battle is going on
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CANBERRA AIR TRAGEDY LIBYAN DESERT
CANBERRA, Aug. 13 (Reuter) Three Australian Cabinet Ministers were among
ten persons burned to death when a Service plane travelling from Melbourne to Can- berra crashed near the Canberra Airfield.
The Ministers were:-
BRIGADIER HON, G. A. STREET, Minister for the Army; HON. MR. J. V. FAIRBAIRN, Minister for the Air Force;
HON, SIR HENRY (SOMER) GULLETT, KC.M.G., Minister for External "Affairs, and Vice-President of the Executive Council.
Others killed included"
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AIR FIGHT
Somaliland
(Reuter) &
ROME, Aug 13 communique states that the first clash between the Italians and the main body of the enemy in Bri- tisk somalliand started at 9 pm. on "Aug. 11.
GERMANY YET TO REACH BLITZKRIEG FORCE OF WHICH SHE IS CAPABLE
Vast Pool To Draw Upon
REUTER'S AIR CORRESPONDENT, SAYS THAT THE R. A. F. RECOGNISES that the new and more determined wave of air attacks on Britain, which began on Thursday, has yet to reach the blitzkrieg force of which Germany is capable.
Enemy formations are hardly likely to exceed in daytime the 200 aircraft reported over the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, but they can, come more widespread." The total number of Nazi planes į estimated to be engaged in any one day crept up to 500 on Man- day. Nevertheless, despite the losses and interference in production caused by the B, A. Fraids on Germany, she has a vast pool of planes yet to draw upon.
It is believed that she could afford to send up to 1,000. planes daily ln'a bid to smsaada her way to air mastery, but it will take more than this to dim the present confident out- Look caused by the great raccepises. of Britain's "sixty- x-day" fighters.
-On Other - Pages
PAGE 2-Charity gala at South China A.A; Open pairs bowls result; London cricket; Local tennis results; Triangular aquatic gala tonight; U.S. baseball,
PAGE 3 B.B.C. maltese broad- cast; Radioprogrammes: Coming events; Crossword, PAGE 4-Heavy German, losses
in
battle over south-east coast; Fuehrer of Bouth America arrested: Clare fight praised; French Air Force gains, losses Army of 100 divison
PAGE 6 Lawyer on what his
tory will have to say of pre- sent" war; Empire's war dona tions; Queen, thanks Hong- kong: Eternal triangle in Chai Wan hut.. very
Mass raids over the past five days hitherto have been confined to the south-east coasts, Objec tives have been chosen for the Nazi bombers only with the effec- ITALIANS TAKEN.
tive operational range of the pro- tecting fighters. Should the BY SURPRISE
bombers go outside of this are in LONDON, Aug. 13 (Reuter) large numbers in the daytime The Air Ministry news service they will be pounced on gives fullex details of the fight heavily Permanent appointments will be over the Libyan desert in which British Gladiators destroyed 15 The Government will shortly de-Italian fighters, cide whether by-elections will be held to replace the three Minis- tera killed, or whether their va- cancies will be filled at the next STOP-GAP MINISTERS CANBERRA, Aug, 13 (Reuter) election in a few months time. SIE HENEY GULLETT It is officially stated that Mr. Fid-TB H den and Senator McBride, at pre-
LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR (CYRIL) BRUDENELL (BING-made later. 'HAM) WHITE, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., D.S.O.. Chief of
Staff, and members of the crew of the airliner." The crash is being officially investigated. One is a Canadian Flight-Lleu- The Cabinet meeting that was tenant and in Monday's air battle to have been held today and that he shot down two more enemy of the Loan Council have been raiders bringing his total to six adjourned
The other pilot is South AfriAs a mark of respect, Par-
lament Is adjourning im can On Monday he shot down
mediately after the meeting tomorrow.
one Messerschmitt, fighter making.
his total bag alsó six,
The Hon. Sir Henry Gulett, who sent Ministers without portfolio was knighted in 1933, was born on
The Italians were so taken by surprise that, before the last British pilot joined in, six Italian aircraft, wire blazing on the ground.
BRITISH UNMATCHED. Within this arc, the British fighter is still unmatched in combat with the enemy nghter. The new. Heinkel 113 has shown itself faster and more manoeuvrable than the Messerschmitt 110 or the At one time, five Italians were 109, but it is outpaced, outclimb descending by a parachute to-ed and outgunned by the Spitare. A new nighter group was formed gether
recently to share the heavy
The pilot of one of the two Br
will be shortly sworn in sa stop March 28, 1878, and joined the tuh machines shot down has responsibility of protesting that
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gap Ministers for the Alr and the
Army.
since returned
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FAGE 6-Leading article- Famine threat in Europe; What America thinks Re gistry. weddings. PAGE 8-Round the Police Courts Cheque dispute in Shanghai Cycle, car in collision NE WANA PAGE 9-Canada's refugee in- dustry; Living costs soarin Shanghai, H.K. Mines Ltd., output an
PAGE 10-Finance. PAGE 11-Colombo landmark to
disappear,