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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1940. 日八初月五
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WHITEAWAY'S
German Bombs and Shells Convert Parts of Paris into Raging Inferno: Situation Admitted To Be Grave As Strategic Withdrawal Is Continued
FATE OF PARIS
PARIS IN THE BALANCE AS NAZI GUNS
GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE
ENTERED
CITY, BUT
REPORT IS UNCONFIRMED
(SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”)
An Urgent "United Press" message from Shanghai, received at 2.30 p.m. to-day, states that the Italian Ambas- sador has informed the Japanese Embassy that German. troops have entered Paris.
It is emphasised that this claim should be treated with the utmost reserve, as there is no substantiation from any other source.
Although the Italian Ambassador in Shanghai is believed to have deliberately exaggerated the extent of the German advance, the situation in Paris this morning
THE ORZEL
Poland's Most Famous Submarine Is Lost
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” "LONDON, June 12-(UP)—Nero of one of the raost remark able episodes of the present war, the Polish submarine Orzel Is reported to be so much overdue that she is presumed lost.
This was revealed to-day by the Polish Naval Staff, who added that the submarine was carrying a normal complement of 58 officers and men when she set out some time ago on what fa now believed to have been her last mission. -
was admittedly grave.
Many parts of the city are burning fiercely as the Germans pound it with bombs and heavy artillery.
The advance on the city has developed into a race between two German armies one of Which advanced down the Olse and the other along the Marne.
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The German Army advancing down the Oise has reached Chantilly, 18 miles from Paris. The forces advancing along the Marne are reported to have reached Meaux, 24 miles from the city.
Rheims, the famous Cathedral city, and Compiegne, at the junction of the Olse and Alse Rivers, fell yes- terday.
The Germans on the Marne are (now attempting to establish bridge- hends across the river at several points.
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MORE RAIDS ON ITALIAN BASES
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, June 13 (UP),.~Another successful Royal
Air Force raid has been carried out on Italian bases in
The French High Command report. Libya and Eritrea.
ed this morning that particularly According to the B.B.C. official obsérver in the bilier fighting was in progress at
Meaux and Chateau Thierry, where Middle East, to-day's raids were even more successful repeated üfforts to establish bridge: hends have been repulsed.
Last night's offlelal French: com-
munique (issued at 7 n.. HK.T.). ndmits that the Germans are 35 miles
than yesterday's.
Italian planes yesterday raided Aden, the observer
from Paris in the west, 18 miles in stated. Most of the bombs fell into the sea.
the north and 24 miles distant in the
north-east.
Turin Is Raided
West of the city, have sue- LONDON, June 12 (Reuter);
ceeded in crossing the Seine River at-An agency message states that ITALIAN
on the Eure River, a tributary of the
several points and are now pushing an Allied plane, believed to bo Seine, with the obvious intention of British, flew over Turin about 1 súrrounding Pårls and Versailici, Já.m. to-day and dropped severnl
Official Communique
The communique says:
"The battle continues with the same
violence on the entire front
bombs on the outskirts of the city.
There was anti-aircraft action for about two hours but ng plane
"The enemy has accentuated his efforts along the Seine from Rouen was brought down....
WARSHIPS. DAMAGED
CAIRO, June 12-(Reuter)- -The R.A.F. this morning
to Vernon. Between these two eltics, There wero four air raid in an attack on Tobruk har- he is attempting to increase the alarms to-day between midnight bridgehead he. Ina. succeeded in and noon. establishing across the river.
A
"South of We River Seine, the Italians Move Slowly enemy is attempting to push in the
PARIS, June direction of Evreux and Pacy, on the
12' (Reuter) Brilliant Escape
When he grew worse, it was decid- ed to land him at a neutral port, and held by our units,
Eure River. He le being strongly French military spokesman thin after The story of the Orzel's cacape from the submarine thereupon put In at
noon said the Italians have not yet "Elsewhere, the enemy has launch-although they have brought up
shown much military the Baltic to England last year the Estonian port of Tallinn, where
activity, ranked among the navies of the world the First Ldentemnt took commanded reconnaissance detachments on the heavy forces of troops and material. Las one of the most brilliant accom- Because a Gemman merchantman north bank of the Selne in the direc-
He estimated, that from 60. to 70' plishments over achieved by an was leaving the part at the time, the tion of Caudebec. underwater craft
Estonian authorities made the Örzel
divisions had been mobilised on the the lower
front, Oise the enemy Alpine front. When Germany Invaded Poland, the remain for 24 hours. Then they an-has made contact with our defending Orzel slipped out of Gdynia, and Turn to Pago 7, Second Column Beaumont, on the right and left banks FARIS, June 12
troops in the region of Persan and Italians Blow Up Bridge criásod_submerged in the Gulf of
(Router). The Danzig for four days,
of the river respectively."
Italians have blown up a bridge atj Ventimiglia, five miles from Franco-Italian frontier
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warplanes, but she escaped into the
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users on the way.
The perlis of the trip were nol the
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
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The main railway lino, imicing
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Esternay Sezanne
Australian Warship In Action
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
MELBOURNE, June 12 (UP). ~ An Australian cruiser has intercepted the Italian ship Romolo (9,780 tons) in the Pacific.
The crew act fire to the Romolo and took to the boats.
The fate of the ship and its passengers is not yet known.
war
The Romolo shadowed by Australian air force planei and naval units from Brisbane.
Never Worked
So Hard
bour, Libya, extensively Men And Women damaged enemy vessels, in-
Of England cluding one warship and two submarines..
LONDON, June 12 (Reuter). The warship was set on fire. Herbert Morrison, broadcasting The Minister of Supply, 'Mr. R.A.F. Activity
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Vadr
BIRTHDAY PARADE
Colourful Ceremony This Morning
An impressive display of the Colony's armed forces was given this morning when more than 3,500 men took part in the King's Birthday military parade and march past held at Hennessy Road, Wanchai.
Although the march past the Officer Administering-the Government, H.E. the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, at the saluting base took one hour and a quarter, the number of men participating, did not represent anything like the total number of the garrison.
Thousands of Chinese lined Hen- |nessy Road and crowded buildings to watch the parade. and the march past of units from the Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Volunteers, whe were assisted by five revimental bands..
Notables Present
On the official dals at the saluting base in the Children's Playground, Turn to Page 7, Fourth Column
LATEST
"Inevitable U.S. Must Enter War"
to-night, said millions of men LONDON, June 12 (UP) The and women in Britain are work- Air Ministry announces that heavy ing harder than they have over British bombers operating from basea worked in their lives before. -, in Britain bombed milltary objectives in Turin and other targets at Genoa.
But the men and women standing One British bomber is missing... at the benches and lathes are not tired, over-driven galley-slaves but Italian Crow Captured csger defenders of their own demo- DURBAN, June 12 (Reuter)The cratic treedom. crow.of the. Italian steamer, Timavo, Mr. Morrison continued: “They which was beached yesterday, were connot, of course, make up in a few today.
He added;", "Wo" cannot possibly weeks the gap caused by captured to-day. They were trying Germany's long lead over us in war stand outside the condict. Inevitably to make for the Portuguese border.
vipreparation,
NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuter),- "Unquestionably the fate of Labour everywhere depends on the victory democracles”. D. Bald· Mr. Matthew Wolf, vice-President of the American Federation of Labour
the
LONDON, June 12. (UP)--Accord-|-TOURS,-June-12-(Domel)-Rouen, ing to reliable sources here Moscow strategic point on the lower reaches France and Italy passes through has informed Stockholm that 'Sweden | of the Sefue, is still being held by the Lu Captain Falls: 111
could count on Soviet assistance in French forces, according to a com
Palestino Polico Act: "event"^of ruggression. leseaned by the fact that the Sweden, krossion against munique Issued by the French
JERUSALEM, June 12 (Reuter)
in Flanders. The task la harder and
ation, aggravated by the losses we shall be in," Command Oracle Soaplain was loks man de Soviet ik reported to have told of the German The Palestine Polles have put an end WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuler). longer than thai-hus we can take whim, the, vessel started out, and Scandinaviary oficial that Rusin High Command communique issued he became so jil that he had to be would ... view "with pravo, coticarn" to-day: torthe knot that the city in khand. Hundreds of. Italiang Have By 47 votes to 35, the Senators could go from this spirit-in which it| fused to approve voluntary military Mr Morrison concluded with the
Is, being tackled" hoisted to the conning tower by any further Geman, move to the already; born fath by the Common been internes. Others who are sustaining for youths belonging to the
Minorth,
Sun, 10% Param - Second. Column Civilian Conservation Corps
exhortation to work at NAWEED until the ITS UTE
to all tallar activity in the Holy