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DETAILS DETAILS Australian
CHASE, DESTRUCTION Labour's No.
WARSHIP
THE KELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THE CRACK NAZI WARSHIP BISMARCK, WHICH ON SATURDAY SANK H. M. S. HOOD IN AN
BISMARCK To Coalition Government
ENGAGEMENT OFF THE COAST OF GREENLAND, BY UNITS OF NORTH IRELAND CANBERRA, May 28 (Renter)-
THE ROYAL NAVY AND AIRCRAFT OF THE FLEET AIR" ARM WHICH CULMINATED IN HER DESTRUCTION 400 MILES OFF BREST IS CONTAINED IN A REUTER MESSAGE FROM LONDON QUOTING A DETAILED ADMIRALTY COMUNIQUE.
The communique states: "Air reconnaissance by Coastal Com- mand aircraft revealed that a German battleship and a cruiser, which had previously been located in Bergen, Norway, had sailed. Certain dispositions were, therefore. ordered and as a result H.M.S. Norfolk (Capt. A. J. L. Phillips, R. N), wearing the flag of Rear, Admiraj W. R. Wake-Walker, and H. M.S. Suffolk (Capt. R. M. Ellis, R. N.) were ordered to take up position in the Denmark Straits.
CONSCRIPTION
The Australian Labour unanimous-: ly rejected the ides of forming a coalition Government at a meeting yesterday,
Mr. J. Curtin, Labour leader, såld
operation wES
Mystery Cleared Up that they believed the present co- By Lord Glentoran helping the war effort.
more effective
in
The "National Government" as a
LONDON, May 28 (Reuter)-"In his wisdom Mr. Winston Churchill, political formula would not add a has decided against conscription in scrap to Australia's united deter- will continue to receive just the Northern Ireland. Nevertheless, hemination to win the war, he said.
Labour is pledged to give and is
"On the evening of May 23, Rear-Admiral Wake-Walker report ed sighting an enemy force of one battleship and one cruiser pre-same help and support from the giving all in the struggle for hu-. ceeding at high speed southwestward. Visibility in the Denmark Uster people as if he had decided man liberty.
enemy otherwise."
Straity was bad and extremely variable. The range of "the
was only six miles when first sighted and storms of snow and sleet' Lord Glentoran. Northern re- MIDDLE EAST ARMY
and patches of mist at times redured visibility to one mile.
[land Minister of Agriculture, made "Despite difficultles of visibllity, Prince of Wales (Capt. J.C. Leach)[this statement yesterday after Mr. the Norfolk and Suffolk shadowed in company, made contact with Churchill's announcement. the enemy successfully through
out the night.
"Meanwhile other units of Royal Navy were taking up positions at high speed with view to intercepting the enemy and bringing him to action our heavy forces.
dis-
the
with
"In the early morning 24. H.M.S. Hood (Capt
of May
R. Kerr, H.N.), wearing the flag of Vice-
continued: was immedi- He
"Reports
in
of
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1941.
It isn't so much how much you get It's
how sure you are
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of getting it
THE
COMMUNIQUE MANUFACTURERS LIFE
CAIRO, May 28 (Reuter) - A British Middle East Army com- munique reports no change in the situation at Tobruk,
east-
giving
the enemy. Action ately begun. During the ensuing many quarters have led the public the engagement. the Bismarck received to believe that there
was "some damage and was at one time seen mystery about the question
In the Sollum aren, small co- | conscription in Ulster and that it to be on fire.
lumns again crossed the frontier The Hood, as already announc-was a political move by the Gov-
Ireland and advanced several mies ernment of Northern
wards. ed., received a hit in the magazine and blew up. The Prince of Wales Neither view is correct"
Lord Glentoran said
Although temporarily sustained slight damage.
CHASE CONTINUED
facts were that Mr. Churchill ask-round, our forward troops
and slow- ed the Premier of Ulster to come successfully harassing "The chase was continued on
over and, give his views on the Ing down the advance of these course Southwesterly
the with
matter to the
columns. Norfolk and Suffolk shadowing vister was anxious to help the war British Cabinet, the enemy and maintaining con-effort in every way including con. tact in spite of all his efforts to shake off pursuit.
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scription,
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the enemy's speed had been slight- MOSUL AERODROME
reconnaissance
ly reduced and aircraft of the Coastal Command reported that she was leaving a wake of oli
Armour Protection Of HM.S. Hood
are
LONDON, May 28 (Renter)—Sle Alfred Knox (Conservative) 'asked whether HMS. Hood had special
In equipment to guard her magazines was in view of what had happened at air-the Battle of Jutland in the last
RAIDED BY R.A.F. CAIRO, May 28 (Reuter) Iraq, an aerodrome at Mosul "On the evening of May 24, the again bombed and German Prince of Wales again made con-
craft bombed Habbaniyah on tact with the enemy and action Monday afternoon without caus- was joined for a short time: Theng damage or casualties, German ships at once turned away
to westward and swung round on
to a southerly course with
forces still in pursuit.
TORPEDO ATTACK
OUT
Mr. Churchil replied that HM.S. Hood was re-fitted about 10 years
In Libya, Benghazi was again ago and during the war she had. bombed, on Monday.
been several times in hand for Other operations in the Medi-short periods to get her turbine terranean included successful blades attended to but no such attack on enemy merchant vessels major reconstruction of the ship "Other of our naval forces were off the North African coast and which was known to be thinly now approaching the enemy and a raid on an aerodrome on Scar-armoured was possible during the during the night, nava: torpeda panto Island, bombing aircraft from H.M.S. Vic- torious (Capt. H. C. Bovell, "R. N.) deliveded a torpedo attack on the Continued Page 9 Col. 1
war.
NAZIS CONTINUE TO POUR PLANES, MEN INTO CRETE: Washington SITUATION THOUGHT GRAVE
Thrilled
By News
WASHINGTON, May 28 (Central) -News of the sinking of the Bis marck sent a great thrill through Washington when it was announc- ed over all radio stations yesterday morning.
Ever since the Battle of
tlie
Denmark Strait early on Saturday
LONDON, May 28 (Reuter) The situation in Crete was des- cribed last night in authoritativa military ches here as follows: "Very seyere fighting is going on around the Malemi, and Canea. areas. At Malemi the Germans continue to land troops and the
situation is serious.
"They are suffering very heavy losses but the Germans never care about losses if they can achieve their object and the ques- tion is how long are they going to continue pouring men and air- craft into Crete.
parachutists "The troops arriving are not
but air-borne troops landing in troop-carrying planes on Malemi aerodromé which is littered with the wreckage of burnt-out planes
the progress of the British naval "Messages received from Crete; However, youngsters and old men forces had been eagerly' followed, contain little more information are giving a good account of them- fears that the German ships had than that in the communiques. It selves. got away alternating with hopes is clear that the centre of the Despite heavy bombing of Suda that the slower British ships had battle is to the east of Malemi Bay, Cretan dockers are undaunt- been able to catch up with the "In the rest of the island Ger- jed, working day and night and Germans.
man resistance remains only in a resting only during air raids, While not minimising the loss of couple of centres including one
NAZI AIR LOSSES... Hood, general opinion is that Ad-near Retime on the coast west of The British air force continue to mtral Raeder cannot afford to trade Canea."
inflict heavy losses on the enemy. battleships with Britain.
in Crete on Monday, states yester- com-
Detalls of the battle were await-
ed with feverish interest.
SPEEDY REVENGE
the end of the Bismarck.
་་
HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING
CAIRO, May 28 (Reuter)-Despite day's RAF Middle East the ferocity of the German mill-imunjate.
tary and air attack on Crete, where Five troop-carrying planes, laden NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuter-hand-to-hand fighting continues with troops, were shot down dur- Great black streamers on the front unabated, the civilian casualties are ing a highly successful attack at pages of the Press here heralded comparatively light.
Malemi and a number of Ju-52s Women, children and olduen were also shot down. The New York Sun, in a leading were evacuated beforehand to the
Three British fighters failed to article entitled "Speedy Revenge," hills, which offered excellent pro return,
marks that at the time of writing tection. Tac hillsides around British fighters also attacked no details were to hand but no Malem and Suda Bay are littered about a hundred Ju-52s closely details were needed to give the with parachutes giving an appear-concentrated on the ground at British public and the world an ance, from a distance, of "fallen Malemi inflicting heavy damage. impression of complete and speedy dower petals.
At dusk, R.A.F. bombers renewed revenge,
British officers have been detall. the attack in the same area and The sinking of the powerful new ed on to instruct the Greek troops set fire to several enemy aircraft battleship was complete revenge in the art of combating parachute on the ground. even for the loss of so powerful a troops which continue to drop in During the previous night, unit of the British Fleet as HM.B. large numbers.
heavy attack was carried out on the Hood.
An officer from Crete says that beaches and aerodromes by British Who challenges the British Lion the Cretans courage is beyond bombers.
ut sea must be prepared to take as praise: They have not been arm- well so give hard "blows.
ed but many already possessed muskets and old rifles which they NEW UNITED STATES have supplemented with tommy- guns taken from the parachute DEFENCE VOTE troop.
SYRIA & LEBANON ENEMY TERRITORY LONDON, May 28 (Reuter) Byria and Lebanon will hence- -MOUNTAIN FOLK HELE・・ forth be regarded as enemy oc- Mountain folk are co-operating cupied territory for the purposes closely with the British, scouting of trade and economic warfare, in villages, reporting the presence says announcement of the
an
WASHINGTON; May 28 (Reuter) -President Roosevelt has asked. Congress for uppropriations, total Ung $3,319,000,000 for Dew aircraft for the Army, and Navy.
of pockets of German troops, and Board of Trade arid Ministry of The sum of $2,790,000,000 will be indicating the shortest routes lead-Economic Warfare yesterday. spent on Army and $529,000,000 an ing to the capture of the enemy. All goods originating in Syria Navy planes,
The youth of Crete as largely and Lebanon are able to seizure
The request is being sent to absent since the majority of the by the British authorities and Congress by Mr. Stephen Early, the Cretan division which went to goods destined there will be re- President's secretary, in a letter Greece. and fought with greateärded as destined to enemy ter- to the Speaker of the House of valout, died or were captured and ritory for the purposes of con- Representatives.
have not returned to Crete.
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