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GENERAL
EIGHT VICHY AIRCRAFT BIG BATTLE BETWEEN SOVIET NAVAL UNITS AND LUFTWAFFE
DESTROYED IN SYRIA
CAIRO, June 25 (Repter - The destruction of eight Vichy aircraft on the ground, und damage to a very farge number of others during raids 9 Nyrin are announced in a Royal Air Force comunique issued this evening.
A number of hits on flying houds at Syracuse and the dis covery of 75 burnt out (talian aircraft at Jimma, Abyssinia, are other fighlights
"Syria Arera'i
HARRYík destruyag eight Vichy a
were craft on the ground active in Syria yesterday A large number of others were
and
Australian Ar
Konee
A very large dainaged
force
drome
machier gunned on Baalbek Tall
attacked Whe acro- and another
and seeprel damaged in the air
DROME ATTACKED
and
!
FINLAND AND
POLAND
LONDON. zune 25
Reuters
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Spectre Of Nazi Victory Is Removed
LONDON, June 25 Reuter: Hitler's "mistake" iri Invading Russia has removed the spectre Tot a Nazi victory and has decided¦ 'A squadron of the AAF car ried out machinegun attack on the issue of the war. declared Dr.
aerodrome
Presiden1 of One Eduard Benes. Hodi
the Republic. broad hangar and & number of other Czecho-Slovak
Czechoslovak several casting to the buildings were burnt out
na- transport vehicles were in tonight.
and
an
noar
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Vichy Olena
Di
htt
Benes compared mans' action to the howling and raving of a wild beast in a power- lese rage
the Ger
|
Finland no langer recognises the damaged
Inde Martin exislemen et Poland as
Wae destroyed pendent State and yesterday after ground noon handed a note to that offert "A number of fighters were Bi- to the Polish Minister in Helsinki tercemed about, the semidrime and The reason given is that since tw: were shot dewu while a numo Poland is occupied and Adminis ber of others were damaged tered partly by Germany and part- "Bember air:rafi attacked Fort hated
Saurida
ly by Russia the "activity of the Legation Tests without any prae- teal fundation "
The Polish Minister has kept Foren nole of protest 1.c Finnish Office
VICHY DESTROYER BELIEVED SUNK
the
REPORTED IN BLACK SEA
ANKARA, JUNE 25 (REUTER) -- A SEA FIGHT IS REPORTED TO BE GOING OFF THE BULGARIAN COAST (BLACK SKA). 10- cording to rumours from Varna. Soviet eruisers, destroyers and submarines are said to be fighting German aircraft but there is not confirmation.
The Germans are known to have mined the Bulgarian and Ru- manian coast but they are believed to have left a narrow channel at the mouth of the Bosphorus unmined.
Axis sources here admit that the Germans Afr meeting тету strong opposition la Bukovina and state that the Russians are not fighting a defensive battle but are attacking.
Russian sources tell of a huge taken the initiative on Tuesday air battle all along the front with after "desperate" resistance by the Soviets holding their own. the Soviet army in song sectors Reports from Bucharest state on the first two days' campaign
Rumanian
from that a
kilometres Galatz advanced eight Lowards Tarutin, due south of Kir.
For the past six months. he binay sald. the Germans knew that they i could not defeat Britain and de
among themselves
column
SEA
BATTLE
NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuter)
A sea battle south of Helsinki is reported in the Swedish newspaper Russians here. however assert
"Allehanda." according to a Stock- that the Rumanians are not par holm despatch. Gunfire has been what cipating in the
heard off Stockholm and the they ought to do. These disputes held in reeerve
Swedish island of Gotland,
"Sicily' Yesterday RAF air
led to the fight of Rudolf Hass Prafi attacked Flying-boats at who because of previons contact a Syracuse.
A number of hits were with British circles, believed that made on lying boats as well as on, he could persuade the British to stop the war which could only lead to a German defeat.
a hanger and barracks.
BENGHAZI BOMBED "Cyrenaica - The harbour Troghurt and an enemy transport in the same area were bombed on Sunday night.
Abyssinia Eleven Capront air- 1 almost epath and fr that a Vichy destrover
CR 32's were! certainly sunk by torpedos from found burnt out when nav afrerait
LONDON, June 25 Renter
An Admiralty
commandquie says
submarin
centered 31umin
German leaders were particular ly anxious to end the war and in tended to Attack Russia after Britain had been defeated.
fighting.
belne
RUMANIAN CLAIM
German aircraft are reported to Rumanians claim that they have have bombed Tallin Helsinki and crossed the River Pruth al Galatz ather Finnish coastal towns have Jassy and Lippani They say that neard distant explosions from the the most northerly Polumr. is direction of Esthonta across the hended in the direction of Kiev Baltic. Smoke and explosions are and other two towards Odessa, also reported to have been seen which is about 150 miles from the along the Esthonia coast. present. frontier.
BUCHAREST RAID
LONDON, June 25 (Reuter Bucharest had & 20-minute alr
Germans here boast that the campaign will be over in six weeks when, they say, they wil have oe-
our troops NORWAY A NAZIled White Russia Ukraine and rate alarm at 640 pm Festerday.
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LO the German cmcial news agency.
GERMAN REPORT
LONDON, June 25 (Reuter are, The officia] German news agency
reported last night:
sian prisoners as labourers for the! Retch since French prisoners of war are useless because they
Ured and unruly."
LONDON. June 25 Reuter : There is no doubt that the Ger nians are undertaking large-scale evacuation nat Oerman civilians and Administrati Norway to seek rust. Fram the re- NEW YORK, June 25 Reuteri lentless British bombing of Ham-The enemy's attacks are being
oficials
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ATTACKS REPULSED
"Today there is nothing to ind:- cate systematic offensive move- ment by Soviet troops. The Ger
burk. Bremen Klep and uther successfully repulsed." Mostow mans have taken the initiative." torth German towns SAYS the Radio announced yesterday ac- This statement followed
cording to the Columbia Broad-ey of the first In the last few days the Ger- casting System. mans have requisitioned thousands;
Norwegian telegraph agency,
"We congratulate the heroic Red flats and houses in Oslo and Army on its first military sucres. The surrounding distries and also ses." the Soviet announcer added in Tranheim and some towns and villages in Inland parts of the west coast.
west
N.Z. CALL-UP
WELLINGTON. June 25 (Reuter
A further territorial call-up in valves 23-year-olds and those who have become 19 or 41 since the last territorial gazette.
A similar call-up will be made again in about a month
bringing
in 18-19-and 41-year old men.
The age limit for overscas Ser vice is 21 to 40.
SOVIET RAID
VICHY. June 25 (Reuter) So
a Bur-
two days' cam- paign from which, declared the news agency. the following points emerged: the German forces were advancing according to plan; the Soviet troops were resisting des perately in some sectors. and the Luftwaffe has shown its superiori-
vlet planes have carried ont two tr raids on the Rumanian Black Sea The striking power, equipment port of Constanza, states a Rome dispatch.
and experience of the German forces have been "well tested"
next few days Galatz has also been bombed.
The importan; Danube town or battle, and "the
will show what defence the S0-
One Soviet plane came down on viet troops can put up" against Rumanian territory, the dispatch the German might. adds.
GERMAN INITIATIVE
LONDON June 25 (Reuter)
RUSSIAN BREACH
The news agency's review began
by referring to a breach in the i
The official German news agency Russian frontier positions" achley-
reports that
the Germans had
House Of Commons & Debate Support For
Lords Soviet
Russia In Her Great Task
LONDON, JUNE 25 (REUTER)-MK, H. G. LEES-SMITH, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION. WHO FOLLOWED MR. AN- THONY EDEN in the House of Commons debate, declared that if Hitler imagined that by this act he would be regarded by any party or quarter in this country or the Uulted States as a cruisader against Communism, he under-estimated our intelli- gence. (Cheers).
His last art on Sunday morning merely means that owing to the increased forces which we now have in this country, Hitler has realised that he must defeat Russia and release the great air force and 10g divisions from the Russian border before the final assault on this country.
"Before Mr. Eden spoke. I was apprehensive test this country might allow Political pre-posses- slon to interfere with full strategic co-operation and I was relleved by the statement that the differ-
Winston Churchill
And Syria
LONDON Jube 25 (Reuter) --
shock troops. ed by the German supported bт engineers. artillery
and armoured divisions despite
"stubborn resistance."
Speaking of the High Com mand's "great reserve" regarding the progress of land operations. the news agency dismissed the Soviet High Command reports of counter-attacks on "solated parts of the front" as following "the notorious example of the Poles" and promises that in the next few days will show "who is right."
Despite great distances to be covered the Luftwaffe scored suc- cesses on all fronts and had "des- troyed a great number of enemy aircraft, inflicted substantial la- lary to ground troops and des- troved transports of all kinds and communications in the zone Operations."
NAVAL ATTACKS The German Navy made daring attacks in the Baltic and the Black Seas in support of German flanks. TDC news agency reports ♫ "unusual case" about a Nazi J-
ences of political system did not Mr. Winston Churchill, the Frime boat sinking a Soviet submarine.
allow us to obscure the realism or
the situation." he went on,
"The realities in the altuation are that Hitler is now fighting a war on two fronts.
Minister, stated in reply to a ques- tion in the House of Commons yes- High Command terday that the in the Middle East has full au- thority to lake whatever measures "Perhaps the most Important are necessary, however drastic, to statement the Forela Secretary occupy Syria and that no restraint made was that a
military and is being leconomic mission is about to pro-grounds.
cecd to Russia.
"Germany can never conquer Russin II Russia has the same spirit of resistance today that she had against Napoleon,
Hitler, after next winter. will
be faced with irls situation:
Imposed
The Prime Minister
Besides mining the Baltic Bea. the German Navy 1s mining the seas to Soviet naval bases which had led "to enemy losses."
MOSCOW A.R.P. TEST
MOSCOW. June 25 (Reuter)-(The city's first air raid alert lasted from 3 a.m. to 4.25
but it said that was later officially announced that
political
0.7.
he had specially enjoined to the in spite of heavy and light anti- High Command to beguided by aircraft barrage and the sound of military considerationa
LONDON, June 26 (Reuter) ..
It la announced that a new typc
shell bursts, this was just "rea- ism" and that the whole Dair was a teat of A.R.P. precautions.
The population went quickly to
ho of Bren-gun carrier has now been the shelters while wardens and
will have to hold down in Europe received from
Canada for the other defence personnel went to
a great number of nations deter-Canadian troops in Britain. Gen- their stations and posta, and lor- mined to fight, for their freedom era Machaughton, Commander-.ries distributed are-fighting ma- as soon as the opportunity comes In-Chief of the Canadian Forces, terlal
same time hold
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down 180 000,000 faat new carriers and took a long Moscow sky is dark for only a Continued Page 9; Col 1 drive in one of them,
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very short time and the sky was already clear when "ralders" flow LONDON, June 26
BOMBAY, June 25 (Reuter) over and the sky was dotted with Queen Elsaboth yesterday after-Over 1,000 omcers were among rod and black bursts as the ground Moon recolved the Empress of the 1,000 Italian prisoners of war defences went into action, Ob- Ethiopia and her daughter at who arrived in India in two servers noted the effect of the Buckingham Palace.
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