AIR MAIL REPORTS OF WAR
Brief Messages From Our Own Correspondant
109 BOY SCOUTS SHOT
LONDON, May 17,
With regard to the following story, the Boy Scouts Association ways tha they hare no desire to circulate atro. city stories but are satisfied that tho dreadful episode described is true. It is stated that agents of the Gestapo have been pursuing the Polish. Scauta since the conquest of Poland. They harded more than a hundred of them: in front of the Town Hall at Bydgorer, young boys aged between 10 and 10, wearing either Scout uniforma er school machine gun clothes, and set up a oppaalle them. A priest forced his way through the crowd and with crucifix held uleft gAYO Benediction while the! Scouts knoll in prayer. The priest war removed by forca, the soldier manned the machine gun while the Seouls rangi the Polish National Anthem, and then the machine gun mowed then down to Cries of "Long Live Poland ETOG some of the Germans could not bear to witness the dreadful sight, and describ- ed the boys as "little heto."
BOMBING DESCRIBED
The Captain of one of the lait Dutch ships to leave Holland arrived in Eng→ land and described the indiscriminate bombing of Amsterdam by the Germans. Ile said that all the way down the Dutch and Belgian coasta they could was huge fires raging: 'it was not war but
heer murder.
CIVILIANS MACHINE-GUNNED
At
It le reported on the bent authority from Paris that the Germans are de liberately machine-guuning people work in the delds. They are dying law over towns and villages and shooting hard and indiscriminately. In one case. a German bomber flew 10 low over tiny vlinge that it was wrocked by the exptation of the bomb it dropped on n
Tuesday,
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NAZI BLOOD-BATH
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VALENCICANTA
farmhouse. Of the crew of four, one corridor to the coast under flerce enemy blows which
man was klied and three captured. Ta
May 28, 1940.
GERMANS SUFFER THRILLING
HEAVY LOSSES
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to-day in a battle which shows no alga.of ending for some time yet,
Deadly Race
The battle is degenerated Into deadly race. General Reichenau is screen of tanks attempting to throw around the Allied armies in the north
kking
ESCAPE
How British Pilot
base.
Fooled Nazis
LONDON, May 27 | (British Wireless). The story has been told of how a British pilot, shot down over enemy territory, was and thus out them off from the seable to make his way back to his while General Weygand is every effort to close the Artois sp. through which the Panzar mechanised unite are pouring northwards through La Bamed towards Lille or Armen tiers in the encircling movement.
Every plane in the German air force which can be spared from other fronta has been pressed into service. by General Helchenau, and a hail of high explosive and Incendiary bomba to-day fell on the unhappy French and Belgian villages directly behind the front on both sides of the cor- ridors in a bitter, effort to prevent reinforcements reaching the Allied
lines.
Between twenty and thirty bom- bers raided Rouco, Pontoise, Beau- bais, Clermont, Contlegne and hun- dreds of other towns.
Morciless Hail Of Firo Every village or forest in which the Germans waspected Allied troops might be concentrated was subjected to a merciless hall of fire.
Hallways, highways, alr-Gelds and factories werd. the special targets. but elvillans were equally sacrificed. The intensification of the German air effort brought corresponding in- creases in the German air losses. German At
hundred least onc machines were brought down in twelve hours of dog-fights and the vigilance of the RA.F. and French Air Force, assisted by the small and Czech Belgian, Dutch, Polish units prevented disorganisation any In the Allled communications.
Railways everywhere have gangs of Sappers ready to repair the lines
Over east Belgium in the carly days of the German push, the Flight Lieutenant was returning after en gaging enemy bombers. He was at- tacked by six fighters but managed to get away. However, his engine had been hoted and it became evident that he would not be able to reach home.
He landed in a field and with the help of peasants who were working near, he pulled branches to cover la aircraft, He had just time to hide in a.ditch before German bombers came over.
Successful Camouflage
my
"I thought they had spotted aircraft for certain," said the pilot. "They kept cruising around for about ten minutes, coming quite low, and all the time I expected them to open the up with machine-gun fire; but camouflage must have been quite good, for they finally few away.
The pilot emerged from the ditch and examined the engine. He found two small holes, but the aircraft was otherwise undamaged,
Walking to the nearest town, he called at a garage, oblained motor car petrol and oil and persuaded At a several men to act as bearers, grocer's, he bought a packet of chew- ing gum.
"I chewed the gum to get it tacky and then plugged the holes," he said, "It set very well. I got the petrol and oil put in and then took off for home."
the amazement of the vegeth, one General Walter Von Reichenau is said to have unleashed ware any direct hits. Bomb craters Tin Quota Up
was their own village pharmacist,
who had lived among them for many with utter disregard of the frightful losses his armies are can be filled and
years without their having dreamed hai
War a dorman.
Weary groups of refugees trailing Suffering.
into France relate how they have had| A French military spokesman to-night said
no respite from bomb and machine gun! attacks during their journey; one man whose arm had been blown of had lost mother and nephew on the toad, and his sister was wounded. BOMBING OF CHILDREN
and
Norther France, In two towns in confrmation processions of boys girls were bombed and machine-gunned an they were proceeding to church. NINE RAIDS IN ONE NIGHT
The people of Naney, Franer, weto kept awake all night on May 15 by nine Meparate air raids, and an undisclosed number of people were killed and wounded. Twenty-nine German bombers awooped on a Belgian-town-released dosena of high explosive and incendiary hombs on crowds of civilians and fugees with appalling effect. British war correspondents there helped to Terae people from the debtb, including attle boy trapped in a celiar who Amiled at them despite his wounds and Kuld "Merch, Messieurs." TREACHERY IN HOLLAND
Fitteen thousand Germans in posses-
alon of Dutch uniforms and established
all
available German reserves have been thrown into the
wild battle of Flanders, in which the casualties are higher than in the famous battle of Verdun in the World War.
Ger-1 He claimed that every
could be man plane which spared from other fronts is being used and at least 100 were lost to-day.
CALAIS IS STILL OURS Nazis Indulging In
Al 8 o'clock this evening military sources said the battle for Courtra! Germans and Menin had raged along a 24-
Suicidal Tactics mile front all day. The have achieved partial successes bul the battle is going on with no-decisive]
LONDON, May 27-(Reuter).- results.
able to "Calais is firmly in our hands nol were While, they
German claim, and will be defended with. ut- formally deny the
most-energy" stated the Paris mimry sources asid they believed.
radio commentator to-night. Calais to be still in French hunds.
reck- Afler mentioning the utter lessness with which the Germans are SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
the and materials, PARIS, May 27 (UP)-This even-wasting
French Communique
men
Antwerp and
are
Flanders In the chief towns in Holland were the Ing's communique says the British commentator said the German tactics key factor in Fifth Column-action in made a successful attack on superior in Holland; anys Datch offelal now in Parts German transport planen drop- German forces along the river Lys, insuicidal.
ped 10,000 German soldiers in Dutch Belgium.
uniform and about 1,000 other para- chutlate. The OMelal further says that
Dutch Naxis and Communiste began to
do all in their power to help this force
Enormous Casualtios
very
As an example of the appalling wastage, the commentator quoted a single German air raid on Calais in 43 German planes which
were
LONDON, May 27 (British Wire brought down by fighters and A.A.
Casualties guns. high whose tactics consisted mainly of the less).-The basent kind of trickery. They would suffered by the Germans in the at march through the streets anging Dutch tacks of the past few days were men.
BOOK A Crowd had songs, and an collected would open fire on them with tioned in French official communiques
a machine gun. Again, if they met a last night and this morning. Un. Batch officer, their leader would saluteofficial reports reaching London to- him and then turn and shoot him in day lend further
the back. The Dutch cops fought
lightly, but their heroit was largely negatived by the black treachery
their own countrymen.
ANOTHER METHOD
of
emphasis to
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northern
and
R.A.F. RAIDS
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at dawn they could see the fires they
the fighting in DI rest and Balgium.
The losses infilcted on the Germäiß military spokes- were described by
had started from 30 miles away. assuming
In one case German troops were man in Paris as at times of Information ha proportions of a massacre,
hit it. Miniatry
The planes then went down low warned the public that German pro- added that the French were amazed crossing a bridge as the British bombs paganda stories, intended to undermine by the German persistence after a confidence, are in the next weeks bound slaughter in which whole German and the gunner completed the work to be launched in greater volume even units were wiped out by French guns of disorganising the column.
recent deve- Ihan hitherto. The German wireles In their accounts of has already announced to Dutch laten-
The
ers that the panic and far of Invasion lopments on the battle front, British
so great both in Britain and Francs correspondents also constantly refer England and the to the magnitude of the German losses that the King of
French Government are preparing leave for Canada.
POISONED SWEETS TOO
66 Planes Downod
LONDON, May 27 (UP)-It is to and to the fact that every ounce of officially announced that the French the enemy's strength and resources and British brought down 50 German was being thrown into the present planes in five hours fighting over
Sunday and also the losses Boulogne-on battle irrespective
during Sunday's massed raid Calais.
of
refugees suffered.
Only Local Successes
Among a party of Dutch arriving at a South coast harbour wors several expectant mother and a large number of very young children, mem-
bers of the Dutch Parliament, Journ In the Lys sector, says ona correr- that the Germans had sprayed the pondent, the Germans threw arul-
sllats and a burgómaster, It was slated
streets with poisoned chocolates
andery, motorized troops, infantry and
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Over
Germans Thrown into Panic SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
28 (UP) The May PARIS,
|
new rails laid almost before the German bombers land at their home bases.
To 100%
lin
Allied Air Activity Despite the numerical superiority Committee Announces
New Decision air force has been almost equally of the Germans in the air, the Allied
LONDON, -May-27--(Router) the highly Indus in the whole of active behind the German lines and
and
Westphalian Under the extating conditions, trialised Ruhr basins, which are being system-circles are not surprised by the In- ternational' Committee's decision to atically bombed day and night.
Hamburg, the Amsterdam airport raise the quota from 80 per cent, to and other paints along the German, 100 per cent. Danish and Dutch coasts regularly bombed.
are also
Germany's biggest fuel depot at Hamburg has burned for four days and nights as a result of last week's big R.A.F. raid and all efforts of tanks have the firemen to Save apparently failed.
It is considered that the market is unlikely to be materially affected. It is pointed out that the actual produc tion is not affected by the increase as the building up of mine-head stocks has been proceeding for some time. Also the ensincos of price in the past few days may prove suff- cient to discount any depressing effect of the Committee's recom- BERLIN, May 27 (UP)-German mendation to the signatory govern- milliary sources admitted at & o'clock ments to permit shipment against ex- to-night that the B.E.F. in the north-port rights before the commencement ern art was conducting a fierce of the third quarter. rear-guard action in Flanders.
Gorman Rep
SPECIAL TO THE IGRAPH”.
It is alleged that the apparent alm the
is a large-scale evacuation of
the northern sector. troops from have been sighted at Ostend, Dunkirk Large number of Ailled transports and Zeebrugge by German recon- naissance planes.
King George Upsets Berlin
Violent Reaction To It is claimed in Berlin that any
Empire Broadcast attempt to evacuate British and other Allied troops from these ports would
LONDON, May 27 (Reuter). prove perilous in view of the con- stant German air raids on the portsThe Berne newspaper, "Basler
the adjacent and on shipping
Nachrichten" states that Berlin waters.
The Germans claim that the posi-has reported an unprecedented tion of the BEF. is more serious and violent reaction in Germany than at any time since the blitzkrieg
in
started as a result of the capture of
Boulogne.
"We are now able to completely
Channel these quarters said to-night dominate the entrance to the English Threat To England
the world's "London, hitherto greatest port, is now cut off from "But England's immediate and all trade through the Channel. most deadly threat is from the air. A great blow against Britain itself is now imminent."
against His Majesty the King's Empire broadcast.
that it
The newspaper considers exercised a profound influence can only be that His Majesty's words world opinion.
OF
Noxis Delicato Problem The "Gazette de Lausanne' saya that a delicate point for the Gerrauns is to plan the continued supply of munitions and petrol which have been seriously hampered by British Air Force.
the
The German newspapers also de-
According to experts, the German vote themselves to the subject of an troops are using petrol and crude oil invasion of England. They believe in astronomical quantities to such an south serious difficulties if the hattle Inst that any invasion if undertaken, extent that they will would be undertaken in the
encounter
of England by concerted action on for a long time and with the some the part of bombers. troop transport intensity. plants,
submarines, parachutists, speed boats and transport ships.
Berlin Baliof
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” BERLIN, May 28 (Domel)Ger- man observers believe that air com of munication betweens London and Paris may be disrupted soon as a resalt of the increasing activity of the German alt force...
that German residents and their houses aviation into a determined drive to French General Staff analyst as bases of attack on neighbours. Rebreak the Belgian line but registered operations declared to-night that the fugees landed at another port said that only slight local advantages at tre-derman civilian population has been surprised by the Intensity of the Next parachute troops had been found mendous loss to themselves. wearing button on whith were plans In the vicinity of Valenciennes, Allied air raids and the case with of various districts. He said that young the Germans threw everything they which French and British bombers German women were also dropped by parachute who had worked in folland had into two attacks on French post- are methodically attacking central and were able to give valuable informations on-the Scheldt, but without tuc- and western Germany. tion as to localities to other parachuts cess. The Nazis sustained enormous
1roops.
ITALY
losses, the correspondent says.
In many cities in these centres,
ITALIAN PRESS MORE SOBER
Another factor which is generally regarded as decisive is the morale of the troops..
In Germany it is believed that the tenacity of the French, British and Belgians troops can be conceded to nobody in the world.
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Golden Griffin Bronchial Toa. thrown into a panle because ROME, May 27 (Reuter)—The In the Montmedy sector, he mays, been
havo believed In Goering's Italian press to-day shows signs that
The famous Golden Gridi Medi- the German losses on Saturday were they SOVIET WARNS heavy. The French, boast that a curtain of fire would a little more attention is being made
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French High Command through Ansaldo says that the war will not treated neutral channels, mass evacuation of
end until Germany has invaded and European: Chemisia.
Obiainable Chemists ană. De- Huge Air Louici Referring to German air losses, the the civil population has begun from captured Britain.
Bignor Gayda does not think that partment Blores, in 75 cents and
$2.09 packages, or direct from the war is near Its end. correspondent says that the enemy's the Rhineland provinces and West- losses are now estimated at 100 or phalia.
FROM PAGE ONE between 11.30 pm, and 6.30 am, daily.
Italians Loyalty To France 225 daily
Losses mechanised etc., BELFORT, May 27 (Reuter) --The uk sies of metod to be on large Extreme Quietness. Italian Ex-Servicemen's Organisation, scale.
same correspondent writes On Stock Exchange
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LONDON, May 27 (Reuter).-On
In the districts of Belfort, Bellard, Audincourt and Herimeon- that according to military circles in court, has sued an order affirming Paris, enormous number of German: their complete loyalty to the French tanks and armoured cats have been the Stock Exchange, to-day, despite destroyed, especially during German the extreme quietness of trading, The French nation, stated the Or-advances into Picardy.
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Dealings opened in two per cent
stock at 90%
"We are placing our unakakenbie confidence in a victory for the Allie, PARIS, May 27 (UP)-Four conversion We're ready to fight the barbarous Communist workers in war factories dividend.
·Cormatstgressors on the akde of our in Paris have been charged with old brothers-in-armi, concluded a sabotage and condemned to death. of support. spokesman of the Organisation. Two of them were only, 38 years old.
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Aircraft Equipment GOLDEN
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LONDON, May 27 (Reuter).Lord Beaverbrook, Mininer of Aircraft Production, announces that he has appointed an Emergency Commitice to deal with the production of air- croft equipment.
The Commitice is as follows! 16 Mr. C. J. Stewart (Chairman), Bir Allan Gordon Smith, and Mr. F. J. E. Brako,
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