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GENERAL
SURRENDERS DESPERATE ITALIAN BID
TO STEM GREEK DRIVE
BARDIA GARRISON TO ANZACS AFTER 36 HOURS OF FIGHTING
Graziani's Invasion Army
INTERNAL DISCORD IN RUMANIA
Now Non-Existent: Colossal OPEN HOSTILITY TO Number Of Prisoners Taken
BARDIA, Jan 6 (Reuter)
dered,
• GERMAN TROOPS SOFIA, Jan. 8 (Reuter) - "The
control.
ON EL BASSAN
SUCCESSFUL
R.A.F. RAIDS
ATHENS, Jan. 6 (Reuter) - A highly successful raid on road junctions and other military objectives at El Bassan by British A bombs fell on the town and a number of fires bombers un Saturday is reported by the R.A.F. headquarters bere. were started: Photographs show that many direct hits were also made on build- ings.
harbour
J
ITALIAN CAPTIVES
Italian soliders captured by the Greeks frequently break into songs which are loudly by their comrades
cheered
Internal position of Rumanía is A reconnaissance fight over rapidly worsening and the saTripoli on Jan. i proved that dur The Italian garrison has surren-mmistration is scarcely able to ing the rald on the previous night, The last remaining pockets of resistance were mopped up maintain
according to when shipping in the by Australian infantry shortly before 6 p.m. on Saturday and the information from the Bulgarian was attacked, one motor vessel of Italian flag was hauled down from
the mast over Government
| Rumanian frontier,"
10,000 tons, which was anchored House and resistance ceased.
A special correspondent of the A large number of alleged com in mid-harbour, was "sunk,
Athens newspaper. Ethnos, makes munists have been arrested and Numerous reconnaissance
this statement in the course ci it is rumoured that many
wil: fights were carried out on all
the pe shot
fronts. From all operations all an article when he discussed Iron Guard malcontents are re-aircraft returned with the exccp-question of whether or not Ita- tion of one fighter in the Western clusion is that Italian soldiers can lian soldiers can fight. His con- it officially announced in ported to be openly demonstrat
13 Calro that the whole Italian forces ing against the presence of Ger.. Desert
ccupying the northern sector of man troops In Rumania. the Bardia. defences have been torcen to surrender.
Thus in 36 hours the Australian"infantry, fighting in perfect co-operation with British mechanised units, Royal Air Force fighter- bombers and big ships of the Royal Navy, smashed the iron ring round this much vaunted stronghold,
Machine-Gun Attacks On East Anglia
1:
LONDON
h
EARLIER REPORTS LONDON, Jan. & (Reuter
1
The Germans are sald
to
be
VITAL INLAND BASF
El Bassan is now the most in-. assisting the authorities to keep portant vital Italian Inland base urder at present,
in Central Albania. SPECULATION I FLUD
The Greek Aghting north At the time of writing no news The cost of living is rising Pogradetz, where according to the nas been received in London that rapidly and there is much speculatest available information fur Bardiu has completely falleration in, food."
ther Greek local progress was
nght but that the present war simply does not inspire them,
He says that officers who had gained rank prior to the advent of Fascism are profoundly dis- of tressed at the reverses suffered by Italian arms and consider Fas- cism responsible for miliations.
EVENING ALERT IN though the capture of 15,000 pri- The reports add that most ofmade. is aimed at threatening soners. officially announced yes the fresh German troops are E1 Bassan from the east while terday afternoon. leaves little directed to the Soviet frontier Greek pressure on the coastal LONDON Jan. 6 Reuter)"-
doubt as to the outcome of the and Danube ports with certain sector and at Tepelin and KI One elemy raider attacked
battle. East
units along the Yugoslav fron-sura threatens the town from the Anglia in daylight yesterday and
A military spokesman nas tier
south-west approach, greatly eased dropped a few bombs which did a pointed out how
Britain's maintenance problem will become with the capture of Bardia. The use of the fort will save the long overland jour ney from Mersa Matruh and the port of Sollum which, few days ago, was
small
amount of damage
injured a few people.
and
Elsewhere in East Anglia ma- chine-gun attacks by single raid ers were reported.
-011
fire
One plane dived to open
cattle in the field but the
animals escaped. unhurt.
An
LONDON ALERT
alert was sounded after dark here yesterday evening.
Gunfire was heard and basketa
o incendiary bombs were report. ed dropped., in one district. Heavy anti-craft fre these early raiders.
greeted
31
untit
a
RED AIR FORCE TRAINING
under Sheli PERIOD RAISED TO
FOUR YEARS
fire from Bardia, will be of greater use.
LONDON, Jan. 6 (Reuter)
The water supply at Bardia is also believed to be better than The period of compulsory train- ary available at Mersa Matruh,ing in the Soviet Air Force
Sidi Barrani, Bugbug or Sollum.
of The
extension affects
their hu-
SPIRIT OF FASCISM
The younger officers. Imbued with the fanatic spirit of F'as- cism, do their best, but without! success, to prevent captured ran- DRIVE ON EL BASSAN kers from expressing their views. the ON THE
Reserve officers with whom ALBANIAN
correspondent TIER, Jan.
spoke, (Reuter)
expressed minute efforts
views similar to those of the or аге being by the Italfans to stem the Greek dinary soldiers. drive to El Bassan while
6
FRON
Last- made
rem
Con
"General speaking," he nants of 11 Duce's crack troops cludes, "faith and elan appear to tortify the route to 151 Bassan be qualities completely lacking from the main port of Durazzo. among"Italian officers and men.”
The Italian left flank is not far from Pogradets,
still
has
Intense cold, bitter winds
and
a nightmare of frost-bite render
a rapid advance impossible.
Larger supplies or proper boots and equipment are required. by
non-tremendous
for
TRIUMVIRATE TO RULE FRANCE?
LONDON, Jan. 6 (Reuter
been increased from three to four The spokesman also emphasised years.
The that the capture of Bardla-the
new decree making this first Italian township to fall-will change was published yesterday
· COMPARATIVE LOSSES
be another severe blow to Italian but no explanation was given. the Greeks, whose morale despite Broadcasts from unoccupied France prestige while the
capture LONDON, Jan. 6 Reuter)
remains have, as yet, made no mention of hardships During the week ended at, mid- 15,000 prisoners, with the promise commissioned officers and men. unconquerame.
the appointment of a triumvirate
night on Jan. 4
that
liable German of more to
Registration of men
Admiral Darlan; the
Certain places in the front line consisting of Luftwaffe, In ralds on
Britain. Marshal Graziani's army, destined military service in the Red Army are far from the nearest point General Huntziger and M. Flandi lost three bombers.
for the invasion of Egypt, no this year is taking place" today which motorised transport and to the. one on aight of Jan. 3 and
the longer
has and on February 12. These men even mules can reach, and heavy Petain. two
exists. In fact, it
the
called British been disposed of in less than a will not be zajlowing day while
for service artillery must be dragged up by montu,
hand.
10st one fighter on Jan. 4.
During the same period seven British bombers falled to return
come,
means
M
FREE FRENCH FORCES
A datacnment of marines 01
be-
From heavy raids on Germany the Free French Forces has suc. -two on the night of Dec. 28/20, ceeded in cutting the road one on the night of Dec. 29/30, tween Bardia and Tobruk, an- Two on Dec. 31, one on the night ounces
press service of Jan. 2/3 and one on the night Free France in London of Jan. 3/4.
was
shot
One German plane down while trying to intercept.
SIGNAL SUCCESS
Fire-watchers scored
a
the
The service adds that at
of
the
ot
time of this success, this detach- ment
Was patrolling west positions still held by the Italians. signal In Sudan. the announcement during the Luftware's says, detachments of Spahis had various encounters with enemy When three successive waves Datrols which were rapidly scat- of raiders dropped hundreds of tered leaving several enemy dead incendiary bombs in one. district in the field,
success
visit last night.
the fre watchers acted with such promptness that not a single Domb was alight long enough cause a fire.
"
Wi-
PREMIER'S MESSAGE The Prime Minister, Mr. to ston Churchill, has sent a con- gratulatory message to the Prime Minister of Australia
the "magnificent manner
which
re-
in
בבט
Enemy planes were also ported from Liverpool, from & town in the Midlands and towns the Australian offensive against in north-west and north-east Bardia has opened." England.
FREE FRENCH MOVEMENT
OFFICE SET UP IN SHANGHAI
||
Mr. Churchill adds: "The pierc
until autumn
N.Y. PAPERS IN FAVOUR OF ALL AID TO BRITAIN
NEW YORK. Jan. 5 (Reuter) --Both the New York Herald Items Tribune and the New York Times yesterday carried strongly favouring all aid to Britain.
The Herald Tribune says bluntly that Hitler' will not consider alding Britain as an act of war until it suits him to do so. "As this will not be until Britain "falls" the newspaper continued, "it will be safe for America to give all the aid she can while Britain is still fighting.”
Professor Barton Leach, the Harvard University Professor of
MERRY MIX-UP Law and a well-known jurist, writ
OF THE AXIS PROPAGANDISTS Professor
Reich Still Toying
ing in the New York Times asserts that the United States already is In a state of war with the Axis.
In a letter two columns long,
Leach
the develops argument that the technical status of policy is merely a delusion and that full and effective aid to Britain alone can keep the United
ing of the western sector and the With Invasion Idea. States out of active fighting.
capture. of at least of 5,000 pri soners in itself constitutes a fine
At the minimum, he suggests, to Britain should include
LONDON, Jan. 6 (Renter)-Axiata
teat of arms and is, 1 belleve propagandists are meeting with the seizure of Axis ships in United and trust, the prelude to "even some difficulty in explaining the States ports, internment of Axis greater success."
various Italiar defeats and are consular staffs and American con- BREAKING THE NEWS floundering around in a sea of voying of supplies. “' LONDON, Jan. 6 (Reuter) - boasts and contradictions.
The cessation of diplomatic re- Preparation of the Italian public Rome Radio, for instance, made lations, with the Axis Powers is for news of the fall of Bardia the remarkable claim last night advocated by Major Fielding Elliot. CHUNGKING, Jan. 0 (Central, was undertaken by Signor
of Count -To enlist the support of the saldo, editor Frenchmen in the Far East for newspaper, Il Telegrafo, in his cause, Gen. De Gaulle, head of weekly radio talk to the the "Tree France" Administration forces.
in England, is reported to have
The German news set up an office in ouanghai to quotes Bignor
Ansaldo
take charge of publicity and to tng: "Whatever, the fate of raise funds.
dia may be, whatever the
An- that the situation is more favour the Herald Tribune military expert. Clano's able to Italy than one would American protection of Elre and
his think.
the use of Firean bases by the Italian In a broadcast to. Turkey the United States is another of his German Radio goes even further proposals. Major Elliot advocates agency and says that in the Mediterranean this step as a stimulus for the
697- the British Fleet is having great policy of convoying supplies. Bar- difficulties owing to the increasing
POLICY ATTACKED ..... hour pressure of the Italian Fleet!
TOKYO, Jan. 6 (Reuter),"There
During November and Decemn-It may fall, the heroic deeds of The effect of all this on the is no more dangerous game for ber, a considerable number of her defendera call for the thanks Turks can be judged Frenchmen in the Far East left of all Itailans."
for England to join the De Gaulie force. More supporters are ex- pected to be won this year,
ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF MAYOR OF TSINGTAO
Ankara
He added that the defence of night.
Berganzoli Bardia by General
for 20 days was a source at pride
to Italy. Bardia was not a
from
Radio broadcast
WILD BOASTS
5
an America to play," declares the last Asahi Shimbun. in an attack on
President Roosevelt's polley, of more aid to Britain.
"Who can guarantee that Ame- for Apart from wild boasts Axls rica will not join in the war was merely equipped propagandists are also contradict- ultimately?" continues the paper. tress; It with entrenchments and that the ing themselves and each other which considers that President Italians held out was due solely about where the main theatre of Roosevelt has ready made up his to their heroism.
war really is. Some Germans end } mind--otherwise a man of his im- Signor Ansaldo stated that the Italians agree that a decisive ac-portance would not have made SOMEWHERE IN SHANTUNG, military results of the defence tion can be expected in the Med1-such bold remarks to take quasi- Jan. 6 (Central)-Chao Chi, pup-were clearly recognised,
It had terranean."
war measures and make new pro- pet Mayor of Tsingtao. had a stopped the English offensive and #The German magazine, Dasposals for aid to Britain. narrow escape on Dec. 29. when had given the Italian troops in Reich, and German broadcasta In The paper claims that Germany an attempt was made on his life. Libya time to rally.
Czech and German have it that and Italy never extended or thrust the main thing is the invasion of totalitarianism on America. It resulting in serious injuries to his
Britain. Thus Das Relch saya concludes that friction was due leg.
Following the occurrence of the started a city-wide hunt for the that the British threat to Italy la solely to America's unnecessary
effort to and offensive interference Initident, the Japanese and the would-be assassins. As a result, only important as an puppet police of Tsingtao immemore than 600 innocent persone eliminate her before Germany's construction of a new der in diately declared martial law and have been arrested as suspects. new onslaught against England. Asia and Europe.
with
rule France, under Marshal
A German-controlled Havas des patch denies the appointment of the triumvirate but this, too, has not been broadcast from Vichy
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