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No. 10252
FOUNDED 1801 WATAAN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1940. ŁTRA
Wavell Orders Scots, Anzacs And Indians
To Dig In As Desert Blitzkrieg Begins
500,000 ITALIAN TROOPS MARCH INTO EGYPT
Special to the "Telegraph"
OVER 100,000 Scots, Australian, New Zealand and Indian troops were reported last night to be entrenching around Marsa Matruh, where, apparently, General Wavell plans to begin the real fighting against Graziani's invading Italian forces.
Streaming over the desert tableland along the southern caravan highways, Italian forces totalling over half a million men are converging on Alexandria, 250 miles away, from at least three directions, says "United
Press."
Premier Remains Quietly Confident
BRITAIN READY FOR ANYTHING Our Increasing Resources
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter)-Prior to attending Parlin- ment, Mr. Winston Churchill lunched with His Majesty ni Buc kingham Palace and had a long audience with the King.
When he rose to address the House of Commons, the Prime Minister did not keep the House waiting with a pre- amble.
Almost immediately he announced the advance of the Italian Army in Lybia and the expectations of an attempted Ger- man invasion.
The Prime Minister Blinated that
he did not feel it necessary to make
an extensive statement as practically
at facts not of a secret nature bad been made public
Italian Advance
An advance of the Hallan Army m
and Laya was in progress, he suici two British platoons which had been helding Sallam had been withdrawn
ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE
R.A.F. Planes Search Out
WOO
The first column in the desert blitzkrieg is marching along the coast from Sollum to Bugbug, where it hopes to join an overland column which, according to Italian
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AUSTRALIANS ARE READY FOR GRAZIANI
Australian, New Zealand, Scottish and Indian troops are reported entrenched at Mersa Here are some of the Australian troops arriving in the Matruh, awalting the Italian advance. Middle East. With them are Australian nursing sisters who have now established base hospitals in Egypt.
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The overland column is re
ported to be cutting across the
tableland at least 50 miles from the coast-out of range of the British warships which have been shelling the coast,
Nazi Shipping LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuters, - From dawn to-day reconnais-
The third column is operating the Coastal The relay was still at some dis-satire aircraft of
combing the about 200 miles from the const. tance from the British pushions of Command
enemy coastline over the entire along the caravan route which resistance
Deployment of German barges and, Channel
arra. states the Air begins at Gagab, on the Libyan ships in preparations fra an invasion: Ministry news service.
border, and winds into the heart at Britain und Ireland continued, Mr
Searches on a large scale had barvo of Egypt at the desert junction Churchill added, and we must ex- peet that Hitler will make an attempt organised overnight to ascertam the of Bir Mogharn,
changes in disposition + at what he judges to be the best sudden
German
Conces These changes our preparations | Germ All upportunity.
were imposed on the ebony after a must, therefore, be maintained in u
of tuuassing and botubing action state of vigilance" (Cheers)
and
consequener of the strong westerly wind which swept Wi Channel throughout the night.
Mr
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Damaged Nazi Bases Continuing.
Churchill Kuid "The process of waiting, keyed up to concert pitch day after day, after a while to use its churm of aft had been hat sighted
I blew with gnie force in expoæed la pl places and where
German
surface
it New Positions Located
novelty. There is no doubt that
Impores a heavy strain on all con- cerned, but we must nut under-rate
on his concentration of ships and on scurried to seek sheller. alt focal points.
SIGN PACT
VICHY, Sept. 17 (UP)—It is the officially
that annouitted Non-Aggression act between Thai and Franc concluded on Jane 12 last, will become effec- live within a few days.
the
The pact provides for willement, by arbitration, of the dispute of long standing regard- int the Dorsersion of several and in the Mekong Liver. The river forms the frontler be- Indo- and French tween Thal China,
Certain elements in That have taken advantage of the negotia- tions to claim the return of terri- tory which belonged to That be- fore 1893.
The Petain Foreign Office has formally told Bangkok that France will nok, under any cir- cumstances, consider these de- mands.
AGAINST VICHY
Rioting Throughout Casa Blanca
A REVOLT against the Petain Government is reported to have broken out in French Morocco, the great įprotectorate of 162,120 square miles on the Atlantic coast
A few days ago a squadron of lof Africa.
French warships, Including three Only the most meagre details cruisers, left Toulon in France for
Morocco. are available.
"United Press", quoting des patches from Tangiers, received through Gibraltar, states that there is rioting throughout Casa Blanca, the big seaport,
to
Spanish troops are massing on the
frontier, necording northern ◆◆ janother message.
Iceland Invasion Rumours Grow As-
Reich Masses Troops
Our Efficient In Northern Norway
Ack-Acks
Take Heavy Toll LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter). -Evidence of the growing
Com- were
Came Through Sweden
northern Norway.
LONDON Sept. 17 (UP).—Reports reaching here Must of the Channel Was wy efficiency of Britain's night from trustworthy diplomatic sources stated that there the damage inflicted on the enemy by rough ani, as expected, enemy ships. the very heavy nightly tumbardment and small craft had scattered and defences is shown by the fact was a substantial increase in the German troops in |that all the four enemy bombers Their new positions were quickly which an Air Ministry locuted to-day by the Coastal Communique reveals to-day
North of Trondheim, it was "Undoubtedly serious injury has mund.
brought down on Monday night estimated that there were 20,000 These operations been done to his ships but mean- able to while our strength, I am
mentary ไฮ the routine anti-were shot down by anti-aircraft | German troops up to a few days assure the House, develops steadily at sea, on land and above all In the marine and convoy escort patrols fire, says "Reuter's" air curres- air (Cheers). The rocent battles have been the most fruitful of any fought on a general scale
up to date by the LA.F.
were
supple-
icon which 15,000 miles were down in pondent.
a few hours notwithstanding the zeneral bad weather.
Increasing Confidence "There are very good reasons for time that believing at the present
been very grievous inroads have mude
the an
enemy's numerical superiority, and we may await the decision of this prolonged air battle with a spirit of increasing confidence. "German attacks on the civilian population have been concentrated
mainly on London
221
To-day the Coastal Command gave escort to many large convoys of merchant vessels and there was not ļa single enemy attempt at molestation by air or sea.
Universal Horror
1 is understood that none fell in the London area but along "lanes" followed by the enemy to the capital.
It is disclosed that yesterday two uther enemy bombers were victims »R.A.F. night fighter patrols.
These six are believed to be n record "bag" for the defences in which, wherever conditions are favourable, anti-aircraft barrage balloons and fighters will be used more and more effectively
hopes of At Attacks Made By Nazis together. torrorising the citizens into submiss- On Buckingham Palace
lon or throw them into confusion, .and, of course, with the silly
to
Idea
guns,
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter)The Packard Makes Rolls
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that they will put pressure on the Belgian Ambassador, os doyen of the at called Corps, has make peace. Diplomatic Government
оп Buckingham Palace to express, (Laughter).
of his colleagues, their "Deliberate and repeated attacks behalf upon Buckingham Palace and upon sympathy and also their indignation the persons of our beloved King and at the recent deliberate bombing at- our beloved Queen (Cheers) are also tacks on Intended, apart from their general home.. barbarity, to have on unsettling effect upen publie opinion,
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INVASION BASES
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Professes Ignorance
I'm going home to my
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SINGLE RAIDERS ATTACK LONDON'S
WEST END
LONDON. Sept. 17 (Reuter)-The first hours of the raid this evening ap- peared to be far less lively than in the last three days.
Planes came over singly or in small groups. Bursting shells
followed clouds.
them through the
Raiders in the London area were greeted not only by the usual barrage but by à number of searchlights. These had been markedly few during the past six days.
to-
Very soon after the alarm WES sounded, several plunes drove wards Central London, but they swiftly moved out again when met by salvo after salve from many guns.
Fighters Driven Back
LONDON, Sept. 17 (UP)—Fifty German planes, the majority of them fighters, crossed the southeast coast during the afternoon.
The formations were broken up by
| hull-aircraft fire and shortly there- after a number were seen returning to their bases over the Channel. All the pinnes were flying ot great height,
Damage in West End
On Monday night, n four-storey business house on Savile Row, West End, was fattened by a direct hit by 1 bomb after which Jt caught fire.
Ble apartment blocks in the West End, accommodating about 1,000 per- TURN to Page 5. Column Six
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Air Battle In Gale
LONDON, Sept. 17.(Reuter).---Air. bottles were fought in a 10-mile an hour gale over Kent, Sussex, Surrey and the Thames Estuary this after- noon between British and German
Lord Caldecote And Theaters.
Indo-China Situation
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter). -Lord Caldecote, in the House of Lords to-day, said he had no definite information as to the
According to the Air Ministry news rervice the Germans sent over the Channel-after having their bomber squadrons "cut to rags and tatters" than 200 Messerschmitt and Heinkel in Sunday's fights over London-more lighters.
Although the British pilots were course negotiations were said to handicapped by heavy clouds when
searching for the enemy, they des be proceeding between Indo-troyed four machines, while anil- China and Japan at Hanoi.
the southeast aircraft gunners on coast also shot down two, In view, however, of current re-
The Best formation of Messers- ports that Japan had been pressing chmitts approached the coast at 2 the Government of Indo-China to
pm.. and continued to come over in allow the passage of Japanese troops waves of 20 and 30 for the next half
naval
nach stabilament of air, and an hour.
bases in the colony, Hla
At 25,000 feet over Maidstone had
made twelve Spitfires, says the news ser- Majesty's Government clear to the Japanese Government vice. routed
formation of their Interest in the maintenance of
Messerschmitis. Although these the status quo in that area,
do famous former auxiliary pilots The question of provision of petrol not claim to have definitely destroy- ed any of the German pilots, they for distribution of medical supplies said on landing that "one was sway
a dive ing in
smoke with white pouring from its fuselage; a second It was hoped that a definite pro-was flying very slowly at 1,000 feet posal on this point would be made to and a third was spinning out of the Japanese in the near future. control."
in the interior of China had been actively pursued.
Relentless R.A.F. U.S. Warship Flotilla
age, it is stated that now there are between 60,000 and 100,000. It is believed that all came directly from Germany, leaving the German garrison in southern Norway intact.
that Unconfirmed reports say
Lroops several thousand German traversed Sweden and for that reason
LONDON, Sept. 17.(Reuter). the purpose of the German military movements to northern Norway are-Daylight raids on invasion at present obscure.
bases are announced by the Air Experts are inclined to, disregard the theory that the troops are in-Ministry, which says that day tended to support Finland against light raids on Calais, Ostend, Dunkirk and Veere were carried another Russian attack.
out on Monday afternoon by The supposition La finding more credence here that Hitler may be R.A.F. medium bombers. contemplating an javasion of Iceland,
Named After Churchill
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter)-There were changes in the Chamber when the House of Commons met this afternoon to hear Mr. Winston Churchill on the war situation.
Most of the valuable stained glass His Majesty had approved that the the leader of the fret At Veere on the Dutch island on both sides had been removed and name of
Botilla of American destroyers trans- of Walcheren, a concentration of plain glass substituted.
As the House. assembled, Mr.ferred to this country should be İSTOCK EXCHANGE barges in the canal lock was
Churchill's "wailing banshees" herald- Churchill.
#5 this... Mr...Churchill blushed bombed from a low level.
ed, the approach of German raiders;!
made and one STAYS STEADY
but an even more insistent note was announcement was
to the. Prime Harbour Installations and shipping made by strong.patrols of British member called out 6,000 Motors for Britain
(UP),— Sept. 17
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Router).--Tho at Dunkirk and Ostend were attack-ghters overhead as these scurried Minister, "Hold your head up."
Mr. Alexander intimated that the Their Majesties' London Packard Motors is starting the
ed under cover of low clouds and at through the skies while the House of mediate construction of a factory to Stock Exchange to-day was mainly Calais a salve of bombs was seen to Commons proceeded, with the time names of the rest of the flotilla would be towns and villages in the United Telegrams from the colonies con-produce 5,000 Rolls Royce motors for steady with the turnover improving burst on the quayside of the outer honoured questions and answers.
the States and United Kingdom as the session progressed.
Mr Neville Chamberlain, tinue to reflect the horror of people Britain and 3,000 for the United
Meanwhile in the Upper House a former Prime Minister, entered just Most groups finally were about un- throughout the Empire at the attacks States.
changed on the day after a dull and
before question time for the first time war atmosphere also obtained. Here Had Opposite Effect on Buckingham Palace coupled with
heartfelt relief at the providential Besides the $125,000,000 British easier opening.
A convoy of 12 barges and three since his illness and he was loudly Lord Caldecote, stated that in the "They, of
bave the DOUTE,
escape of Their Majesties,
contract and the $60,500,000 United Industrials notably improved lo
elvillans, Including many women'and' some sections where small net gains escort vessels was intercepted and cheered by members in all parts of first half of September over 2,000: Mauritius, the (Laud Cheers). opposite effect
Malta,
Supreme States order, I the work progremes
children had been killed and about boarbed off Zeebrugge and an attack the House, They united the King and Queen Moalem Council of Palestine, the according
Premier Blushës 10 schedule, Packard were recorded.
8,000 wounded, by air bombardment. Henceforth from to-day the market was also made on three self-propelled
bevere, raised by Mr. Four-fthe of these figures applied to their people by new sacred bonds Halfa Jewish community, Southern Motors will have the option of pro- of common danger and they steel Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Uganda and ducing 10,000 more motors for will close at a pin: B.S.T. in order barges patrolling off Ostend harbour. Further cheers were.
These barges, opened fire on sighting AV. Alexander, First Lord of the to the London area, added Lord to facilitate trade. all-bearia to a stern, unrelenting other dependencies are
our alteraft.:
Admiralty, when he announced that Caldecote. TURN to Page 5, Column One senders of such messages.
the Britain and 5,000 for the United among
States.
Wall Street was firm.
harbour.
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