Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 12, 1940.
90 PLANES CHALLENGE Command R.A.F. BUSY PERFECTED
RAID CHUNGKING
Bombs Dropped In Many Areas
TO HITLER Of The Air
Amery Dares Him To
Britain Daily Nearer
Ascendancy
Send Air Legions LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter). -The hope that the Indian leaders would join the Viceroy's CHUNGKING, Aug. 11 (Reu-Council to assist in India's war ter)-Ninety Japanese nero- effort was expressed by Mr. L. planes in three flights again ] S. Amery, Secretary for India scas; 80 heavily bombed Chungking this and Burma, epeaking at Black- afternoon, all appearing over the pool to-day. city at the same time.
IN LIBYA Troops And Transports
Are Attacked
AERIAL DEFENCES
Skillful Staff Work
Aids Fighters LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter). "Reuter's" air correspondent with the Fighter Command spent the morning at the headquarters of a Fighter group in southern England defending Channel ports and shipping.from German air attack.
CAIRO, Aug., 11 (Reuter).— LONDON, Aug. 11 An R.A.F. communique states: "Military camps and motor (Reuter).—“Just as we re transport concentrations in the tain our command of the Sabra Salen area (Libya) have we are rapidly been successfully attacked by assuming command of the bombers all of which returned air," declared Mr. A. Duff-jsafely.
"The wreckage of an S79. Pointing out the success of giving Cooper, Minister of In-1
a crowded which has been washed ashore freedom to the countries of the
presence of formation, to
near Casaba (Mersa Matruh), la Empire, shown by the Dominion armies to defend the com- audience at South Wood-believed to be the aircraft which
Amery sold: "We Japancac planca released mon cause, Mr.
more daring ford, Essex, to-night when is reported to have been inter-at bombs in various parts of the city, are engaged upon including the western suburbs, the experiment of applying the name Mrs. Churchill, who was on cepted and damaged by our northern bank of the Chialing River, principles to India, which of Nazi the platform, was given a fighters on August 4. the lower city and the vicinity of the to-day
tremendous reception. Yongtse,
It is believed that casualties were Amall while damage to property was negligible.
The
it is revealed that some bombs were also dropped on the south bank of the Yangtse.
started, These Two res were were quickly brought under control.
Chinese Opposition
guns greeted the Anti-alturaft raiders with a heavy fire and Chinese fighters engaged them,
The planes first appeared at 2 p.m. The "All-Clear signal was given at 3.30 p.m.
An alarm was sounded here at noon were sighted heading when ralders for the city.
It was reported that the second Bight of planes dropped bombs on n town below Chungking while route here.
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"If Dominion Status could be finalised after the war, there nothing to prevent preliminary dis- cussion and negotiation during the war."
Aircraft Bombed
The enemy offensive, begun at day. light, was then at its height. Reports and orders which kept the telephone
the elbow of the Air Vice-Marshal commanding the group buzzing every
Force Up to
few minates indicated that Spitfires and Hurricanes for away over the coast were engaged in a day of battle "In Eritrea, the Barentru acro-
as furious as last Thursday when 80 Mr. Duff-Cooper continued: drome and aircraft dispersed on the
Nazi aircraft were destroyed, "We were outnumbered-it mayground were bombed and machine-
Big Tally well be that we are still out-gunned.
"A formation of $79's raided R.A.F.
cáľ Air To-duy's tally numbered but every engage- |
landing grounds in. the Sudan with.
Auccesses, mounted rapidly. ment into which we enter with out causing damage or casualties to lunch-time, it was confirmed that
enemy diminishes his R.A.F. personnel.
enemy losses in four separate atiaeks the
"In a raid on Karrim Pass (Somáll-on shipping ranging from above the superiority and increases our
fell land).
bombs
among Hopes.
anti-Thames Estuary of beyond the Solent amounted to 18, while 32 other enemy "This very day we have forn down alreraft pusilions, some of which were
German silenced. Our afternit returned safe-nircraft were known to have been the skies kome 50
13.
damaged and many of these were be- lieved destroyed.
Facing Storm Alone Continuing, Mr. Amery said: "We in Britain are left to face the coming stand prepared. siorm Alone, We whatever form the attack may take.
"If Hiler thinks that our spirit | from
attacks can be broken by maks from the air, he is grievously mis-planes,
and take us and break us.
If he
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"Enemy troops and concentrations and an important water hole near
altacked were
and twice
"Three S70's have raided Aden, causing slight material damage. Two
natives were killed."
Naxi Inferiority taken. He has got to come over : "It is a remarkbale fact that the Dubato dors, he will tall disastrously and Germans who have been preparing bombs were seen to fall on a motor hts Tailure will bring the end of so long, should at this crisis of the transport column. the war nearer than anything else war have demonstrated their in- terlority both in machines and, what could possibly do." He might hope to send bombers is for more important, in pilots. Day and air-borne troops to stiffen their and night our pilots go out seeking half-hearted Italian alles in their battle and it is their almost in- variable experience that when they attack on Egypt and upon our whole are in sight, the enemy flies before
in the Middle East and are in Africa. mect
warm climate and a,wärm reception. Nothing he can do in that quarter can protect the heart of Germany from our growing strength in the air.
After dreling for some time in the outskirts, the three lights of 90 pinnes lett in mass formallen spread out In Ave los with a single row of positio. if he does, his men will them.
27 in the lead.
27th Air Attack
SPECIAL TO THE
TELKURASH"
A JAPANESE AIR BASE, Aug. 12 (Domel) The Japanese Naval Air Force carried out its twenty-seventh attack on Chungking on Sunday, ac- cording to an officlat communique issued last night.
Chinese fighter planes latercepted the raiders and several dog fights ensued,
"Heavy losses" were inflicted on the Chinese, the cominunique claims.
Congress And The Viceroy
Interview Offer Is Turned Down
HOMBAY, Aug.11 (Reuter),~~~"I am not meeting the Viceroy at pre- sent as I do not find any meeting ground or score for further discus- slon." Maulana Avul Kalam Azad, i President of the All-India National Congress, told "Reuter" to-day,
Unshakeable Confidence
We could face with unshakeable confidence the terrors the next few weeks night bring and whatever sacrifices may be required to regain | the lost ground in Europe and over-
сая
"Sooner or later at some unexpect- ed moment, the German Empire, built of hatred and contempt for all moral law, will dissolve and we shall wake from the nightmare of war to find that we have ence again kived ourselves by our exertions and the world by our example, concluded Mr. Amery.
INTENSIVE
AIR RAIDS
R.A.F. Bomb German
Aérodromes
The Mauluna added that the Con-
LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter). gress Working Committee, which is meeting at Wardhu on August 18.-An Air Ministry communique would give a formal reply to the states that yesterday R.A.F. bombers made daylight attacks on a number of enemy-occupied
in Holland Turodromes France.-
Viceroy
Lord Linlithgow had invited Maulana Azad for an interview be tween to-day and August 20 follow- ing his statement on British-onlier in India.
Mie
Wide Gulf
CAWNPORE, Aug. 11 (Reuter).-
view that there is a big gulf between the Viceroy's offer and the Congress demand was expressed by Pandet Jawaharlal Nehru, former President at Congress, in an Inter- view.
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Hit were observed among the hangars at Schipol, Queryueville (airport of Cherbourg) and Waal- haven.
Aerodromed at Flushing, Dinard and Caen were attacked. The air- port at Guernsey was also bombed.
Two of our aircraft are missing.
"Every battle brings the numbers of our fighters and bombers nearer to theirs and brings nearer the day
unquestionable superiority In war when we shall have established that which we already exercise over all the seas of the world."
Assassination In Albania
Italians Accuse Greek Agents Of Crime LONDON, Aug. 11 (Retter).
Cairo Communique LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter).---A Cairo communique states that in the western desert on August 10 patrul- in and reconnaissance of enemy activities continued.
In Somaliland, contact on the main The situation at Burns, and to the positions are not yet established. cast is normal.
There is nothing to report in Pales- tine, Kenya and the Sudan.
NAIROBI Reconnoitre
Aug. 11 (Reuter) communique states that our ground troops carried out a reconnaissance to Dobel (30 milles south of Mayale), which
was found to be strongly held by the enemy.
Our aircraft carried out a recon- naissance in the northern frontier district. There was nothing to re- port.
-The Italian news agency BRITISH
reports from Tirana the assas- sination of a "great Albanian patriot" named Daut Hoggin near the Greek-Albanian fron- tier, allegedly by Greek agents.
It adds that the Greek authorities placed a price on his head several years ago as the result of his ogita- tion for the cersion of the frontier region of Ciumurla to Albanie,
Decapitated
It is alleged that Daut Hoggia's head was cut off and paraded by the assassins in Clumurian villages as a warning to other "patriots."
The despatch asserts that the crime follows a series of "oppressive arts" against Albanians in Clamurla. In rerent-months.
Italy May Also Withdraw Troops
STRATEGY
So keen is the watch kept by the Air Force, Navy and Army that often nowadays Britain is forewarned of the approach of big formations of enemy aircraft soon after they leave their forward bases along the Euro
pean coast-line.
Not Much Chance Of Surpriso
"I don't thing we are likely to be caught out often nowadays," claimed the Air Vice-Marshal modestly,
There was early proat of this The first two assertion to-day, attacks of the day were followed by another far away down the Channel. Two squadrons of Spitfires were there to meet a hundred or so raiders, and others toon joined in.
The Air Force are not to be drawn to defend with the full weight of their Fighter aircraft in one secilon of the coast but should Hitler order: but bigger and bigger formations in a desperate bid to gain air supremacy. our Fighters will be ready to take them on.
British Fighters are au'slick on the job is Are fighters, blazing away in the danger zone with a stream of bullets as thick as R Dow from a hosepipe within three or four minutes
of an alarm,
A successful interception can bo lust on caly tyo minutes' delay.
U.S. Warships For Britain Urged
Luring Italians Into Untenable Position CAIRO, Aug 11 (Reuter). An official statement on recent gestion developments in British Somali-Britain immediately was voiced on land, issued. by G.I.Q, states: Saturday night by Admiral Stanley,
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discussed by an Amerient Mission Night Attacks
goal is not the gaining of which is being sent to Britain by "Our goal Heavy attacks on military objec Predicts that Italy will probably
in Germany were continued last flow Britain's example and with territory but the destruction of the President Roosevelt, Informed quar-
draw her troops from China "as a enemy's forces. The
theters stated to-day night.
included docks At
and Although uffiçin), quarters decline Hamburg, the naval base at Wil- lead to other Powers who maintain italians dissipate their
their means, the more they will to comment, it is believed that an helmshaven, oil supplies at Frankfurt troops there."
No French Decision lengthen their communication and understanding between Britain and and Hemburg, the power station and
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of the
French Government has taken no city, furnace north
from the International concessions in Hamm and Soest, und several
China. aerodromes in Holland und Germany. One of our aircraft is missing.
These
more forces
wharves is Ducsbers, supply depots decision to withdraw French troops Setting Stage For of Naval Operations,
300 Evacuated Children At Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Aug. 11 (Reu- ter).-Three hundred children arrived to-day from London.
2,000 Expected
CANBERRA, Aug 11 (Reuter)- Sir Geoffrey Whiskerd, the British High Commissioner in Australia, stated that he expected, that over 2,000 children might be sent from Britain to overseas dominions month.
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Blitzkrieg
LONDON, Aug. 11 (Reuter)-Hit- ler is a prisoner of his own systein and cannot live indefinitely on his present achievements, writes the of the militory correspondent
Spectator" to-day.
Northern Europe has 10 to 11 weeks ISTANBUL, Aug. 11 (Reuter).- The newspaper, "Cumhuriyet," has of good campaigning weather left. been suspended by a decision of the Everything suggests that Hitler is Council of Ministers as the result of setting the stage for an offensive in publication of matter "impairing the the most favourable condition.
Preparations for this attack country's general polley."
may be The "Cumhuriyet" recently seen in the concentration of barges published an article favourably dis- and ships in countries occupied by posed to a "new evder of things" in the Germans and reports of long- set up on the Europe as proclaimed by the Axis range guns being
French side of the Channel. powers,
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Fawkes Showing against Britain's actions and urging Government to strong
LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuter)The
counter-action.
Air Ministry news service. states that Hand-bills and posters appear-a Pollee guard against Air Force attacks on Guernsey on ed in Tokyo calling Japanese to has been refused. Friday apparently caused the Ger- attend a "monster anti-British mans to move aircraft from there. meeting" to-morrow.
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The raids on north-west Germany included an
an oll it is expected that delegates from attack depot at Frankfurt, whare the first the meeting will afterwards proceed section of bombers was over the tar- to demonstrate outside the British get.for an hour and a half.
Sir Robert Craigle, the British Police Guard Refuidd --- According to newspapers, a request) Ambassador, is returning to Tokyo. by the Bellish Consulate at Omaka for from a short holiday.
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