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BRITISH MECHANISED UNITS BATTERING BARDIA
Excellent Support Of Free French Forces
CAIRO, DEC. 18 (REUTER) — BRITISH INFANTRY WERE YESTERDAY PREPARING TO PARTICIPATE IN A BIG PUSH ACROSS THE FRONTIER into" Libya." They were weary but triumphant when they occupied Sollum on Monday after two days of chasing the Italians out of Egyptian territory, writes Reuter's Special correspondent in the Western Desert. ›...
Sollum is only a tiny port surrounded by a few white housea. Above the ports Upper Sollum, the main feature of which is the large barracks belonging to the Egyptian Army, bút. long ago blown to pieces by British bombardment while the Italians were in occupation.
"HELL-FIRE PASS"
"DIVISION OF LIVING SPACES"
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 18 (Reuter) -The "New Order" and, the "divi- slon of living spaces" envisaged inį...
| the Axis-Japan" Pact naturally have į
attractions for Sweden and other small nations, declared the the
no
CABLE
Details Of Attack On Mannheim
INNUMERABLE
5.
FIRES
The bad weather did not stop R.A.F. from attacking the
Foreign Minister, M. Under, speak- enemy in South-West Germany. ing at Katrinebom.
This new order, he said. meant that small nations would be placed in an indicat- ed space and would lose their Independence.
Even the industries of the smal.
More details are now available of the attack on Mannheim, which contains the biggest inland dock in Germany, in Monday's night raid. Hit after hit was made on railway communicatiopa, docks: goodsyards and factories.
With a Hittle group of British to prepare defences Rave been States would be controlled and The British bombers went, over correspondents and one American fighting with the areatest bra-directed to suit the great Powers in waves and a large number of I spent the last few days watching very.
Durable peace could not be en- incendiaries were dropped and the the final stages of our assault on
sured by the partition of the world town was soon lit up by innumèr- Sollum, the tactles for which were' The capture of "Hell-tire Pass," along lines which made small able tires. 'just as well thought out as those one of the keypoints of Italian states pauper inmates of the living
at other points in the present resistance, against flerce enemy space of some great power. campaign.
fire was an operation which large-
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1940. -PAGE 1
"You, know the place where to
go
Ports and aerodromes on the French Channel coast were also attacked.
of
for a a real Christmas Gift quality for a man,
woman
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It's.
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ITALIANS SURPRISER ly contributed to the latest British XMHA PROTEST
NIGHT OFF Sollum was first imperiled a successes.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 18 (Reuter-. week ago when a British armour- Here the enemy, in cunningly The manager or station XMHA has
LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)-The ed division, after dealing with a prepared machine-gun posts in lodged a written protest with the Luftwaffe had night off lust whole series. of other objectives, the side of the escarpment, held United States Consular authorities night for the second time since came smashing through Bigbuz a tactical advantage. They pour-today in connexion with the jam-the start of the blitzkrieg, no from Sidi Barrani so quickly that ed a withering fire into our aming of the station's programmes enemy.planes being reported aver which is still continuing. It is now any part of Britain during the Gluseppe Amico,
same time nur те which had been happly en route chantsed forces roared on, batter ducted by the local Japadese radio
reported the jamming is being con- hours of darkness. to Sidi Barrant on normal, relief ing down the wire fence marking control board.
and forging ahead. ¦ duty beileving the war to be miles the frontier away. was taken completely by After some very grim fighting: surprise
they silenced the guns of Fort
the whole Catanzaro Division un- Vance units. der General
At the
The majority of its men were Capuzzo, taken prisoner and nearly all Įta. SEVERE FIGHTING material was left strewn along the very severe fighting is ragin sides of the road.
round the Libyan port of Bardia, i
The British tanks swept on up according to the latest reports rd Bollum while others were coming ceived here tonight.
ap across the escarpment from the Interior.
HAIL OF FIRE
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The Air Ministry communique simply said: "Nothing to report."
LULL IN AIR ATTACKS: SINISTER WARNING
Continued from Page 1.
After battering their way across bit over confident and I suppose it own sake. The odds are plling up the desert. British advance me-
was just that we were proud that and making drastic action more chantsed units are carrying out a we are able to stick it out as we and more urgent for Herr Hitler. formidable attack on the perime did. We laughed at the foolish- ter defences of the port.
ness of Hitler for thinking that
A hall of fire was poured into the defenders of Bolina by the British tanks while the P.A.F. Advanced forces of British In continued Incessant bombings.
he could get us this way.
The
MORE DESPERATE
"In Albania, the Greeks, aided
alight check to the British forces chanised units while lorry loads of people by indiscriminately bomb- occurred when some tanks became stores and ammunition bring up, ing their women and children. bogged in the salt flelds outside the rear.
A fantry are following up the me- truth is that you cannot beat and by the R. A. F. are making things
British
but from now on we shall see the more desperate everyday for Itály
full strength of the British Com-
"In the last few weeks, we had monwealth getting into its stride.
So'lum but this did not seriously Rush" tactics were employed in hamper our offensive operations, the British attack on three fron- only one night bombing attack "In the last few weeks, Herr The British tanks dashed on to tier forts, whose capture was an- and this sinister lull has, knocked Hitler has seen a crack in the occupy the coastal, ' territory. De nounced in yesterday's
all traces of confidence out of us." Axis and he must do all in his yond Bardia. 30 miles or more in communique.
Mr. Lakin next referred to the power not to let it widen. Some s'de. Libya.
VALUABLE SUPPORT
good news that Lord "Beaverbrook take the view that Herr Hitler While they did'su, un infantry
had to give them regarding the all send his troops into Italy to British advanced mechanised -brigade moved up with instruc units are continuing to advance doubling of the output of the air-boost up the Italian regime and
tions not to attack Sollum directly towards Bardia with unflagging
craft production and also of the there is no doubt that Italy is but contain it, letting nobody speed. Behind them and trying increasing fow of planes coming today honeycombed with Nazi escape.
to keep up with them is a con- . By Sunday, the defenders of tinuous stream of infantry, mariy Soilum alarmed at their precarious riding in captured lorries ana position, had moved up to the tof trucks,
of the escarpment, blowing up the Free French forces,
Sollum,
.
which are
to Britain from the United States
MORAL EFFECT
a child!!!!"
or a
CHINA EMPORIUM,
LTD.
The Store with the Christmas Spirit",
POLICE REPORTS Allies'
Acting Sub-Insp. Kelly, of the Pullce, has reported the theft of a Filmo camera, valued at $250, from his residence
at No. 174
Bgents, The Italian may wake up one day to and their country occupied by Germany and their This 1s something that makes
Duce a mere qufsiing. It Imperative for Hitler to speed
"We know the risks Herr Hitler road leading from lower to Upper right in the front line, are giving up his own plans," said Mr. Lagi Tun, if he tries a knockout Prince Edward Road on Dec. 17,
valuable support to the Imperia: "Apart from the material benefit The British Infantry pressed in troops. They showed great cour that wij accrue to us, just think blow at us through an invasion on Sollum despite tire from the age and dash in the final of the moral effect of the idea by land. sea or air, but he has to underlining the United States plan win the battle of Britain in 1941 escarpment and occupled-Lower slaught against Bollum:
to make more planes available for for renounce every hope of dolog Sollum without heavy casualties Although French Army tactics
We shall be ready and who by Monday morning, and by the are very different from the Bri- us as a result of President Roose-$0. same afternoon, the Italians
on tish, months of hard training have velt's scheme which has put an knows, we shall probably have one the escarpment had given up. produced a splendid fighting unit. end to Britain's trouble, about the of two surprises for him too."
to receive They are working in excellently dollar exchange.
A}1 arrangements fresh prisoners from Sollum were with their British comrades. completed yesterday (Monday) at¦ Bugbug. where over 12,000 had al
an-
Thly idea is nothing less than
a full realisation that the arm-: aments that will be lent to us.
ready been fed and watered before ALL HELP FOR will be of more important use to
passing on.
SUPERB LEADERSHI‣
The British advance continues
SELASSIE
the defence of Britain than to be left lying in the American docks and barracks. The present
"The revolt against Italians in world situation has left no denbt
NUTRITION
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The theft of a quantity of cloth ing, to the value of $43, from No. 652 Nathan Road has been re- ported to the Police by Hung Pig-
kan.
Allies' Strength Grows As Mussolini's Wanes
"The Italian people know in their hearts that they are fight- ing on the wrong side of this war and, that is why they are sur- rendering by the thousands,” said MR. HUGH DALTON, Minister of Economic Warfare, when he spoke in London yesterday, mys a Lon- don "message.
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"Even the Alpinis are curren- strength wares." dering to the Greeks in Albanta.. Mr. Daltor
expressed the In the last war the Alpinis never opinion that there should be in-
died surrendered they
like creased bombing of targets in.. heroes: défending their country Italy, Mr. Chen Shu-len, Chairman of against the German invader. This "But we have not enough bom- the Overseas Affairs Commission. is not Italy's war—it is Mussolini's bers at the moment,” he said,
CONFERENCE IN It was decided that the govern-war-and he knows he faces de- "though soon we shall have more
CHUNGKING
ment should exert the greatest et- feat. fort to attain the highest nutri- tion standard for the people by
"While the Alles' strength grow's Signor ...«Mussolini'u
Dr. HH, Kung, Vice-President scientific methods.
A presidiura comprising the
blem,
and with tremendous impetus Abyssinia appears to be making that the best deferice of the United of the Executive Yuan and concur- British troops have penetrated, the { Libyan frontier driving the enemy progress, according to a statement States is to see that Britain should rently Minister of Finance, called Vice-President of the Executive. made by Mr. R. A Butler, Under- be successful in her war against a conference of the government. Yuan, the Ministers of Education, from Egyptian soil.
The almost incredible speed of Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the Ads. Powers.
The Importance officials and civil leaders concern- Economic Affairs Agriculture and the advance may have given, the the House of Commons yesterday, of this new step forward will beed to discuss the nutrition pro- Forestry and Social Welfare, the impression that the Italians are according to a London message. Impossible to over-estimate.
Director of the National Heath He said "We should give all "Now we know quite well, that Among the conferees were Gen-Administration, the Comptroller not resisting. This is not true. The divisións captured in
help to Halle Belassle and to all Herr Hitler will have to do some-eral Chan Chai-tong, Minister of Cieneral of the National Govern- stages were taken owing to the elements in Abyssinia who wish, thing quickly and something dras-Agriculture and Forestry, Mr. Kument Headquarters, the Mayor of superb leadership of the Imperial to fight the Italians."
tle if he is to save his accom-Cheng-kang, Minister of Social Chungking, and the Speaker of the Command.
plice's fate in Albania and Libya. Welfare, General Wu Chung-hain, Chungking Provisional People's Re will have to do it not only Chairman of the Mongolian and Assembly was formed for the Bet- for Mussolini's sake but for his Tibetan Affairs Commission, and ter Nutrition Movement.~(Central
al
on
The enemy had no time and tu A Japanese troops train geing chance to offer resistance, but northward from Canton the rollable. reports from wounded (Canton-Hankow Railway struck a who have been fighting near the Chinese maine at Kuntien, 25 miles Egyptian frontier go to show that north of Canton, on the morning the Italians who had ample time of Dec. 10,
ITALIAN PROPAGANDA IS TRYING TO CHEER UP MORALE OF PEOPLE
ITALIAN PROFAGANDA IS TRYING TO CHEER UP THE MORALE OF THE PEOPLE by reminding them of defeats which the Italians have suffered in other wars before they were finally victorious, says a London message,
An example of this is called to their attention in the Abys sinlan campaign where things had not gone right at first. ...
italian propaganda insists that munique the Italian spirit cannot be defeat- ed and claims that time is on the side of the Italians,
IN GENERAL TERMS
As, however, these are only in general terms this statement will not have much of an impression on, the Italian civilians,
Btern measures are being taken against those who listen to foreign broadcasts and the Rome radio It is stated that up to date the declared that a good Itallan gets Italians have not admitted the fall his "news from the Italian com-of Sollum and Fort Capuzzo.
SURVEY WORK
BEGINS
WASHINGTON, Dec, 18 (Reuters. -Active work has started on the
ITALIANS RETREATING TO DERNA
Continued
surveying of a chain of air and French forces into a first class paval bases in South and Central ighting unit and they are working America, according to authorita excellently with their British com tive sources.
radea
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From Page 1
an attack on a póst in Bomati»-
land by forces which included South African and Gold Const -units.
· LIKE A TONIC Baseg avaliable for forces of all
The Bouth African Air Force the 21 Republics will be provided. The enthusiam of the Austra co-operated in this attack and by the various States and will re-e a tonic to the others and the bomb. Fifty of the enemy were lan units in particular has acted dropped two-and-a-half tons of main the property of: these States.
r.
Australiana are glad of a chance killed and prisoners taken, includ-. It is understood the United to show they can fight as well as ing Italian officers and 50 Colonial States will Arance the fortifica- their fathers did before.
infantrymen. Three guns, several tions, probably by loans to the The Italian morale has sunk to machine-guns and large quantities nations concerned through the zero and the older Italians are be of stores were taken by the British medium of export and import ginning to get fearful of the effect forces, whose casulaties were very bankaj
of German influence in Italy, right.
Although most of the sites have been selected, their location are classed as military secrets,
None are connected with the bases Britain leased to the United States
and then our boinbing will be carried out to a greater extent than it is now.”
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