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HEAVY RAID
GENERAL
WESTERN MACEDONIA BATTLE German Army Contained
In Centre Of Serbia ON LONDON Verles Bridge Destroyed By NIGHT FIGHTER_ACE R.A.F. In Daring Raid
IN FULL PROGRESS German Mechanised Units Halted With Severe Losses By Greek, British Forces
LONDON, Apr. 17 Reuter)-The battle in western-Macedonia which began on Tuesday is now in full progress, says the Athens radio last night. The announcer adds that the Greek army has inflicted serious losses on the Germans...
After their slight push westwards on Monday, the Germans attempted to make further progress on Monday and brought very consliterable forers into play, supported by Gerinan aircraft.
ITALIAN CONVOY
WIPED OUT
mechanised columns
"BAGS""" THREE
The
ATHENS, APT. 17 (Reuter) - The German army is held in the LONDON, Apr. 17 (Reuter-Al centre of Southern Serbia as the result of successful bomblar by raid alarms sounded atanthe RAF of the bridge across the Vardal Riyer at Verles, early hour in London last night story of how hell-diving British bombers carried out this hazard- and introduced what shortly after-ous task shows that the explolf ranks with other epic attacks on wards appeared to be one of the strategic points in this war such as that on the bridge at biggest raids on the British metro-
polls for some time.
H.M.S. Mohawk Only any point to pierce the new Greek out of the sky
British Loss ...
110
stricht.
Mae-
In one respect 1; differs from similar tents of heroism In that all British aircraft returned safety. The British pilots knew when they took off for this night raid that the bridge at Verles was a communications key in the centre of Southern Serbia and would be strongly defended,
ed
a
few
Enemy planes began to drone their way over London in waves immediately after the sirens had The announcer quoted the Greek Press and a Ministry bulle--
died away. tin which said, "All the ordered movements of our forces in tak- ·
AA guns hurled shells into the ing up their new positions were effected without loss,
Searchlights stabbed the sky snips while their country. WAS The British Imperial forces co-alr over a wide area with the operating with the Greek army heaviest Jacket of the year Over and German antiaircraft batteries aghting for its life.
German one of the outer districts, a large hurled tons of explosives into the She had been a little worried succeeded in repulsing
many number of flares it up the streets sky when the British arrived when for a week she heard no points, and inflicted considerable and many planes were heard fly-over the target but not one at- news from King Peter, but after damage on the enemy. Despite ing much lower than in previous tacking bomber was even scratch-Belgrade had been bombed she their tremendous efforts, the Ger-raids.
heard he was well and safe. One German bomber was blown mans have not yet been able at
within
One pot ran the gauntiet four
HUNGARIAN COMMUNIQUE minutes of the alert when flying times before he was satisfied that his bombs could be released with the at about 5,000 feet.
LONDON. Apt. 17 (Reuter) High explosive bombs fell in one the greatest effect. His stick of
the Hungarian bombs struck the bridge and de- The progress of Lordon district soon after.
molished 1 and the second fell invasion of Yugoslavia is recorded adjacent to the railway line while in a "High Command communique Issued from Budapest. which incendiary bombs set fire to
states. "Our troops yesterday oc- tounding Bulidings,
of Other British
aircraft. when cupied the south-west portion
trans-Danubia up to the Croat they arrived, found "the" bridge
frontier already cut and promptly bombed Naz! armoured vehicles which had been brought to a standstill
QUEEN MARIE
LONDON, Apr. 17 (Reuter) "Have faith in Yugoslavia and in
LONDON, Apr. 17 (Reuter) An entire enemy convoy. con sisting Eve supply ships escorted bound Dy three destroyers and
sunk from Sicily for Tripol. was on Tuesday night by British naval forces.
of
line of resistance...
"While the situation northern Greek front is stili serious, there are good grounds for hape. On the Albanian front the Greeks have repulsed local Italian attacks and have inflicted heavy Jusses on the enemy.
RAF. fighters soared to attack the Luftwaffe and machine-gun fire was heard as the enemy was engaged.
"The R.A.F. again distinguished
NIGHT FIGHTER ACE themselves by playing havoc with
One British pilot of a night Announcing this, the British German columns on the march.
fighter shot down three German *Two Admiralty states:
the and heavily attacked German up-bombers last night, the Air Minis- supply ships were vessels of about ply bases."
try announces. with tons heartly laden 5,000
RUMOUR NOT CONFIRMED
This ace was recently awarded motor transport. These were sunk.
There is no confirmation from the DF.C. and promoted to Com- "Another was an ammunition
the Greek or British Commands inmander of his Squadron for mark- ship of about 4.000 tons which Greece of the rumour derived from ed ability in night flying, and he blew up with a terrific explosion. German sources that the Allied has now destroyed ten noctural The other two ships of about 3,000 line has been broken in the Mount raiders. tons also blew up
Olympus region and that the plain A fellow pilot shot down two of Larissa in consequence has been bringing the Squadron's total bas "The convoy was escorted: by laid open to the German advance, to five.
British War Office com-
that It is learned Italian destroyer Luca Tarigo says a
enemy bombers were destroyed of 1,628 tons and two smaller des- munique, troyers. All three were sunk."
over England last night, making a
-ESCORT ALSO DESTROYED
Heavy fighting, however, is
one total of eight, an-taking place in more than "The Admiralty regrets to nounce that during this success-sector of the aliled line. ful operation. H.M.S, Mohawk was
sunk. The
·G.H.Q. Communique
two
more
"
$1
"Mapping up of the region be- tween the Danube and Tisza rivers, and the enumeration of pro- war prisoners and booty is ceeding..
"According to present indica- my son and all will be well. 1tions, the number of prisoners the end," said Queen Marie, of totals 15,000 and is increasing. The Yugoslavia to Reuter when inter booty, Included about 100. "guns viewed yesterday in her 13th cen- and other very valuable material.” tury cottage,
The Queen declared that King Beter took the decision to fight ratner that surrender without consulting her, but his decision was not unexpected to her seeing coun- try's interests before everything.
hit by torpedces and
CAIRO, Apr. 17 (Reuter)-Opera LONDON. Apr. 17. (Reuter) that he always placed his majority of the ships com-tions in Greece referred to in 'yes- Mr. Anthony Eden, British For
a send-off The Queen, who was lying on plement, including the Command-terday's British G.H.Q. communique|eign Secretary, gave
Quoa couch wrapped in a ruk. sald ing Officer, was rescued."
consist mainly of "feeling forward" luncheon in honour of Dr. by the Germans who are en-al-chi, outgoing Chinese Ambasshe was sorry nit Illness had ber deavouring to ascertain the posi-sador to the Court of St. James's, prevented her from being at tion of the British forces by mears at the Foreign Office yesterday. son's side, and sharing his hard- of patrols, these circles stated.
There are no signs yet of a
ENEMY HARASSED
LONDON, Apr.
17
(Reuter)- Ships of the Royal Navy are con stantly and successfully harassing enemy operations on the Libyan coast by bombardment.
This is stated in a report by the Commander-in-Chief in the Medi-
major attack.
BERLIN STATEMENT LONDON,
Apr. 17 Reuter)-
GEN. PESANTI CAPTURED
terranean given in an Admiralty Rumours current abroad of nego-. WHILE ESCAPING FROM
communique;
tiations being conducted for the in the Enemy positions and transport cessation of hostilities
not confirmed by columns on the encarpment, road Balkans are west of Sollun have been bomb political circles here, said a Wil- arded with particularly good re- helmstrasse spokesman in Berlin sults,
| yesterday.
ADDIS ABABA ON MULE!
ADDIS ABABA, Apr. 17 (Reuter) - General Pesah, the Italian Divisional Commander, whose capture was announced yesterday. El Gazala aerodrome, to the west The semi-official statesman con- was overtaken by the Imperial forces when he was plodding along of Tobruk, has also been heavily tinues "It is doubtful whether on à mule between a remote village and Addis Ababa, writes Ree- bombarded from the sea and at there are any quarters in Serbia ter's Special correspondent in Abyssinia.
A
least five aircraft were destroyed which would be able to negotiate He is now occupying the bedrom of General Santini. who has
an anthoritative agreement on this score. Military events in Ser-Deen removed to an unknown destination.
on the ground
DARLAN ORDER
of the notorious Another prisoner is Colonel Rolle, Leader bla have entered a stage where an
officers and armistice is out of the question as Banda (native levies) group. He, with a staff of 11 the Serbian army, as such, is com- 500 Banda were captured near the Awash river by two South Afri-
can subalterns tone the grandson of General Botha) and 17 men.
· COUNTERMANDED pletely annihilated."
BY PETAIN
WASHINGTON, Apr. 17 (Reuter) -Marshal Petain, according to re- ports reaching Washington, recent- ly thwarted Admiral Darian when. the latter attempted one of his anti-British programmes.
AIR OPERATIONS ATHENS, Apr. 17 (Reuter)— British pilets are lighting here with fearless ferocity against
In the." Goering's Luftwaffe. short time since the Germans started their latest aggression in the Balkans, one B.A.F. squadron alone has brought down 100 German planes. One young British pilot has bagged five German aircraft in the last three days.
Two enemy bodies 500 strong Nazis have increased the strength
from of their forward units. approaching to surrender opposite directions opened fire ou Six were killed be- each other. fore the south Africa Regiment intervened and took them pri-
SOVIET COMMENT MOSCOW. Apr. 17 (Reuter) Colonel Popoft, the Soviet military expert, reviewing the situation in north Africa in the newspaper, columns are no Red Star expects rather Im- retreating portant" developments in the next Italians in three main sectors, few days.
sonera.
The British at the neels
tre
to
These reports, which are, con- firmed from two high sources, de-
namely the Mussolini Pass, 100 He cites a "considerable in- clare that Marshal Petain, having
miles from Addis Ababa WIL the crease in the activity of the R.. learned accidentally that Admiral
Dessie road: in the heart of the A. P. in North Africa 13 an in. Darkan had given orders for The salient fact in the present Arussia mountains east or thedication of coming events. "The French Fleet units, including the air war over. Greece is that the Abyssinian takes; and on the British Command is doubtless battleship Dunkerque, to be moved Germans are employing large fleets Omo river on the way to Jimma preparing a counter-blow. Where from North Africa to Toulon, sum- or dive bombers in attacks on Im
Abyssinian patriots are increas the blow will come It is dificult moned Admiral Darlan to give an perial troops and harbours, but explanation,
many of the bombs are falling ingly helping to disintegrate the to say. It may be trom the To- Admiral Darjan 1s stated to have harmlessly on mountain sides or Duke of Aosta's forces. They are bruk region. the Siwa Oasis or
and Mersa Matruh. replied evasively and then to have in the sea, for no aircraft can pos- showing restraint, however,
... ITALIAN PRISONERS launched into ag anti-British sibly concentrate on bomb aiming are permitting the Italians
NAIROBL Apr. 17 (Reuter)--A. tirade. Marshal Petain thereupon when speeds. British Hawker-Hur- reach the British lines, Issued special written instructions (ricane fighters are on its tall.
A Colonel of a Transvaal Regi- cea less stream of Italian pri- forbidding the "movement of any The result of all these air battles ment met an army of 10,000 pa-onets continues to come in at French warship without his prior has been a considerable depletion triots headed by six-foot three Addis knowledge.
inches Rus Gurasan, of German dive bombers,
Has Gurassa informed him that
4. communique issued here. saya TERRORIST ACTIVITY CANADIAN PREMIER the South African Rank was bays been taken. *
threatened by two Italian batta...
that the Italian native unite are FOR WHITE HOUSE The Colonel thereupon WASHINGTON, Apr. 17 (Reuter) sent a letter to the Italians threa-losing numbers by desertion and in one case deserters formed A Chinese was shot dead and an--The Canadian Prime Minister, tening to attack with "my big
ex- guns and tanks and with Garassu. themselves into bands which are other was seriously wounded early Mr. Mackenzie King, who is
now operating independently against the Italians, yesterday morning in a terrorist pected here today, has been in The Italians melted away shooting in the "Badlands." vited to tea at the White House night
A further batch of 2,500 Italian prisoners, including officers, have landed at a port in the Union of South Africa today. Enemy pri-
IN "BADLANDS”
SHANGHAI, Apr. 17 (Reuter}
The shooting is reported to by President Roosevelt.. have taken place in the dormitory Over the teacups, it is expected
over-
|_ PATROL ACHIVITY CAIRO, Apr 17 (Reuter) The
Ababa, although Italian troops were evacuated from the city. Several complete battaliona
cording to well-informed circles 10,000
of the Bank of China employees that the two statesmen will hold Libyan situation has been station mess and is believed to be are-a highly important conference ary for the last four days, ac soners now in the Union total prisal for the shooting of, an em-bearing upon war problems ployee of the Central Reserve
VICEROY NEGOTIATES Bany yesterday...
PATOKYO, Apr. 11 (Reuter)÷Eight While patrol activity continues CAIRO, Apt. 17 (Reuter) - It hundred and twenty houses were in the Bollam area on the Egyp-is learned here in well-informed MALTA, APT. YI (Reuter-Under burned down and 5,000 Deople Han border there has been occa- circles that the envoy of the Duke Malta's compulsory service scheme, rendered homeless by fire at 8sional hard fghting. Enemy losses of Aosta, Viceroy of Abyssinia has. the secima see group-22 to 23-town in the Toyama district. 180 run into hundreds, it is stated, arrived at General Cummingham's will be called up on Monday. miles northwest of Tokyo",
There is no Indication that the headquarters.
STATE OF WAR
WASHINGTON, Apr. 17 (Reuteri. -President Roosevelt procialm-. wer ed yesterday that a state of
Yu- exists between Hungary and goslavia, and added that Hungary attacked Yugoslavia "without jus- tification."
The effect of the proclamation is to place these two nations an
neutrality der the United States regulations.
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