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二拜禮 號十月二十央港香 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1940.
800 ALBANIAN REBELS
AMBUSH ITALIANS:
GREEKS PUSH FORWARD
Special to the "Telegraph"
STRUGA, DEC. 9 (UP).—FRONTIER REPORTS SAY THAT 800 ALBANIAN REBELS TO-DAY AMBUSHED THE ITALIANS WHO ARE RETREATING FROM SANTE QUARANTI, KILLING THREE OFFICERS AND 87 SOLDIERS AND WOUNDING 170, WHILE 75 REBELS WERE KILLED AND 190 WOUNDED,
It is reported the Greeks who are advancing northward from Argyro-Castron, last night broke
Must through the weak Italian resistance and occupied
Italy Lose The Dodecanese Islands
SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH"
ANKARA, Dec. 9 (UP)| Well informed Turkish circles predict that Italy will he forced to surrender the Dodecanese Islands within two or three months.
the village of Subasi, capturing one Italian officer
and 70 soldiers.
In the Moshcopolis sector the Greeks are advancing along the Devoli river and early this morning occupied the village of Bersnik,
In the Premeti sector the Greeks from the Dangli mountains have now swung westward and are only six miles from the junction of the roads to Tepelini and Berel, and about 12 miles from Tepelini. The Greeks, who last Thursday occupied the village of Sopot, have continued their infiltration down the Gostina Valley.
GREEK'S CAUTIOUS ADVANCE.
"REUTER'S" SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
ATHENS, Dec. 9.-The Greeks are advancing cautiously They said that neither Italians Chimarra, 22 miles west of Argyro-Castron on the coast nor neutral-ships are reaching between Sante Quaranti and Valona.
the Italian garrison there, which
Political circles welcomed reports) from Salla that Bulgaria wishes to remain out of the war and more than willing to meet Turkey half way
The movement threatens the Blank of the Italians who
are
is estimated to be over 20,000 withdrawing northward from men, plus many elvilians.
Sante Quaranti. Reports indi- cate that the Italian rearguards are stubbornly resisting the Greek push and are employing tacties designed to draw on small detachments of Greeks which would be vulnerable to counter- attack.
In order to improve relations.
BRAZIL'S GESTURE
LONDON, Dec. 0 (Reuter)-The
Brazilian Government has decided to appoint
Charges d'Affaires to Norway, Holland and Poland in Lon don. The decision may be regarded us an extremely friendly gesture by Brazil to Britain.
A cavalry screen has been thrown out by the Greeks in order to counter this plan. Bitter fighting is raging in the centre of the present 80 mile long front where Italian resistance is ported to be very fierce.
re-
An Indication of the actual position This is the first visible outcome of however, is scen in orders found in the Willardan mission's visi to Brazil, and shows the sympathy the possession of an Italian officer which one of the largest South captured at Premeti instructing him American nations feels for Britan in to shoot any Italian who "unneces her struggle against the Dictators, sarily retired.”-
Canadian Airmen
Welcomed
Rome Admission SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
ROME, Dec. 9 (UP) The Italians have withdrawn from Argyro-Cnstron to a line apparently aimed at the de LONDON, Dec. 9 (Reuter). The fence of Valons, one of the two main R.A.F. to-day welcomed more Cana-Albanian
ports.
British
OSS
ROAD
TWAY
Cruiser Said To Be Overhauling Nazi Raider
Drectal to the " "Tetenraph". * MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 9 (UP)-There appears to be
i every possibility that retribution is swiftly overtaking the Nazi raider which attacked and damaged the Carnarvon Castle.
It is unofficially reported that the British cruiser Enterprise_last_night_sent-a-radio-message to the officers of the Carnarvon Castle that she was overtaking the German raider which had engaged the British. auxiliary cruiser dur- ing the week-end, and had then run away.
500 Italians Captured Near Sidi Barrani
CAIRO, Dec. 9 (Reuter).—A bag of 500 Italian prisoners was secured by the British in operations in the Western Desert. The prisoners were taken in an engagement south of Sidi Bar- rani.
A communique states that advance elements of the British forces are now in contact with dian airinen, trained under the En- According to despatches from the Italians on "a broad front." pire Air Training Scheme as fully Tirana, the withdrawal was carried qualified pilets and craftsmen.
out in the snow-covered roads in the continued extensive activities in the In the Sudan, British patrols, have They will join R.A.F. units in vor-mountains after the bloodiest hand to Gallabat area, and British artillery
parts ous of the country. All said that hand fighting of the entire Italo-again successfully engaged enemy they were itching to get at Jerry. In Greek
rearguard action, targets. is almost certain that they will find aided by hundreds of planes heid whatever unit they may be sent to it back the repeated Greelt attacks. The other Canadians and men from the communique emphasizes that there dominions who have already hit the were no losses in men or materials enemy hand in bombers or fighters.
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NAZIS IN RUMANIA
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NAZI IDEA OF
"KULTUR"
Here is a particularly il luminating example of the Nazis' idea of Kultur. The picture shows St. Thomas's Hospital in London after il had been hit by bombs. The hospital was badly damaged and there were casualties. On Sunday night and Monday morning the Nazi raiders repeated this sort of thing on nine other London hospitals.
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NINE HOSPITALS HIT IN RAID
Dastardly Work By Nazis
~Special to the "Telegraph"
LONDON, Dec. 9 (UP).—Latest reports show that nine hospitals were bombed by the Nazi "Kultur" raiders Jast night.
In one instance many casualties were caused among
LONDON, Dec. 9 (Reuter).— "We clouted Dusseldorf good and hard" said one pilot of the British bomber planes which participated in the concentrated attack last night on the large Industrial area of Dusseldorf.
The raid began shortly after 6 p.m. in bright moonlight. Visibility was excellent and the Rhine bridges were clearly dis- Linguished, one crew bombing from a
height of several thousand feet was actually able to see flames streaming from windows of a factory in the arcu of the chief target, which was again blast furnaces of a steel- works manufacturing railway and shipping equipment and other war material.
Three large fires and many small ones followed the bursting of the first bombs, and British alreraft then crowded in in quick succession, kays the Afr Ministry, dropping heavy bombs accurately on the steel works, and pelting the entire area With hundreds of Incendiary bombs.
Great banks of smoke, obscured the scene for some of the latecomers, but the pilots generally did not meet this trouble, and as they returned to their base, one after another reported great destruction, and stated that from 35 or 40 miles away. It was plain that many fires had taken firm hold.
U-Boat Bases
LONDON, Dec. 9 (culer)--The RA.F. made a return visit to Germen U-boat buses at Brest and Lorient on Sunday night which were attack- ed only 24 hours before as well as to that at Bordeaux.
A great fire was started among the buildings between two of the dock basins at Bordeaux; and at Brest the roof of one of the dockside buildings was seen to fall in; while other -TURN to Back Pago, Column 5
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both patients and staff, owing to a direct hit being scored. BRITISH
BADOGLIO & BALBO
START OFFENSIVE
TELEGRAPH
SPECIAL TO THE
British troops have taken the LONDON, Dec. 10 (UP). offensive in the Western Desert, according to very reliable sources in London.
Many of the injured have now heen extricated from the debris. Another hospital was hit by three high explosive bombs and several incendiaries.
Yet another received the full Impact of high explosives which cut
ROME, Dec. 9 (Reuter)- the building in half. Churches And A Convent Hit a farewell visit to-day and they Marshal Badoglio paid Mussolini Four churches, a convent and three had a cordial talk, according to [vicaroges suffered damage in the an Italian official nows agency.
London raids.
Two hundred and fifty persons ed a gold medal of military valour to
Mussolini has posthumously award were sheltering in the crypt of a Air Marshal Balbo, Enjoy A Free Hand
The operation is described as church and escaped when a shower In the of incendiary bombs and high ex-Balbo is referred to as "a faithful
announcement, Marshat being on a rather large scale." LONDON, Dec. 9 (Reuter).- plosives dropped on the church soldier of the Duce" who made "the on this page says that in
"Another and earlier report Aerodrome Attacked
Germany can send an unlimited and adjoining conmercial buildings. supreme sacrifice of his herole life number CAIRO, Dec. 0 (Reuter),-RAF Rumania since the number is of effectives into
100 Raiders In Action boinbers attacked the Benina acro-
while preparing to hurl gallant troops course of operations in and powerful air squadrons across drome in the Western Desert on the not restricted by any clause in estimated that 100 German bombers
Western Desert 600 Italians were LONDON, Dec. 0 (UP)-It is the frontier." night of December 8. One hangar the
captured and important gains German-Rumanian was completely burned out, and three signed in Berlin during the London with very heavy calibre PHILLIPS IN U.S.A. Simultaneously the Royal Air
pact participated In last night's attacks on
secured by the British forces. other fires were started, announces visit of General the R.A.F. Egyptian headquarters.
Antonescu, bombs.
Force carried out attacks Incendiary and high
writes the Istanbul correspond-
German Boast explosive
WASHINGTON, Doc. (Reuter) Italian aerodromes and bombs also fell among aircraft, while ent of the "Free
The cancellation of Sir Frederick supply stations. France BERLIN, Dec, 0 (UP)Informed Phillips' appointment at the United Agency."
German circles state the Luftwaffe States Treasury to-day was apparent- The Rhodesian Squadron bombed
dropped 100,000 kilograms Adardeb in
The correspondient adds that the explosives and between 80,000 and because he had not yet completed the of highly, according to Treasury officials, Italian East Africa, ational Park of Rumanis has order-100,000 incendiary bombs on London data which he wished to prosent In achieving a direct hit on a machine ed new printing presses from Ger-ast night and this morning.
un post. Several dres were started. and bombs fell among stores, dumps technical capacity for printing notes to increase the country's
continuation of Friday's discussions.
The next conference is expected and a second machine gun post was is the present capacity of nine million
Danish Nazis
Jeered
one was set on Are.
By Demonstrators
CX-
Operations Extending
SOVIET BORDER to be held to-morrow.
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United Press". Staff Correspondent COPENHAGEN, Dec. 9' (UP)-Several thousand Haderslev citizens massed outside the Haderslev gnol until four a.m. this
silenced by machine gun fire from the lei daft Incficient to meet the R.A.F. traft. morning singing Danish national songs, cheering the pollee, and
w extraordinary expenses due to Jeering the Danish Nazis who were being questioned by Police
Asmara was attacked on December territorial amputations, recent earth- 7 causing a fire in the hangars we quakes and the German occupation. Chief Nej. Hartmann in connection with Inst night's battle, in
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" a petrol Are was started. which six policemen and a number of Nazis were injured and
MOSCOW, Iron Guard Mass Acres
Dec. 9 Enemy fighters were intercepted
(UP)-The nowspaper "Lenin's Banner" -at 350 gaoled.
during the rald and one R.A.F. plane Rumanian Commission of Inquiry the northwestern frontier involving LONDON, Dec. (Router) The Petrazavodak reports an incident on were present including the
was shot down. The first clash between the Minister of Commerco, M. Moeller, demonstrators and police occurr believe that foreign methods suit us.
Into_the "erimas committee against the killing of one, and the capture who in a speech declared, "We do not
~ Iron Guard" during the previous alive of two alleged armed spies, who ed on Sunday when a handful of We believe in a popular Government, tions in the Western Desert are ex-are either dead or have fled the
CAIRO, Dec. 9 (Router).-Opern-all the instigators of these crimes ja neighbouring foreign State.
ime has been dissolved becausa tried to enter the Soviet Union from gendarmes attempted to halt the the right to think and speak freely, tending satisfactorily, says a special country" states a Bucharest dispatch. march of several hundred Nazis and the right to promote what we communique Issued by G.H.Q. Cairo from neighbouring towns Into united in our destinies as Dunes and already been captured in one area.
onsider right. We are irrevocably to-night.. Over 400 prisoners have
The last of the men against whom NANKING NOTES Haderslev. The gendarmes bat- Scandinavians."
the Commission, had proceeded were tled with the demonstrators until
SHANGHAI, Dec. (Reuter),– The General Officer Commanding massacred by Iron Guard extremists The Nonking Regime is Issuing its A different note was sounded by one of the Italian forces engaged has in Jilava prison a fortnight, ago, midnight...
M. Stauning at a Labour meeting at been killed and his Second la Com-
own currency on January 15, accord-will be Major General Giffard to Belgium during the present war and The first occupant of this post served with distinction in France and Many Nazis Arrasted
Copenhagen on Sunday when he demand captured.. STOCKHOLM, Dec. (Reuter) one of the most fortunato countries
Aries since the start of the war Nanking, but will continue recognis-Quesne Martel,
ing to "Trans-Ocean" report from Many Nazis were taken into custody in the world since she preferred sub- CAIRO, Dec. 9 (Router)-British of an escarpment some 15 or 20 miles Chungking notes will be exchanged has been Deputy Director of mechani. Command, replacing General Au- was In Command of the British Ex- British Initiative
They were directed mainly against Ing the Chungking the Italians' right flank along the top for a certain period, after which of the Tank Corps in the last war and is now appointed to the Southern Government notes General Martel served on the staff days of the evacuation from Dunkirk, peditionary Force during the last after à disturbarice at Haderslev,!:
Danish Conservatives held a ment that Denmark had more ample food Desert began operation to-day on a Graziant's advance base en the const former will be declared valueless in
mission to destruction. He claimed Imperial Forces in the Western Muth of Sidi Barrant, ing on Sunday, and 15,000 people supplies than most other counte
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It is also officially announced that mander-in-Chief of India-was-recent- chlech, whose appointment as Com- occupied territory.
Lieutenant General Alexander, wholly, nouned.
clared that Denmark was at present
LONDON, Dec. 9 (Reuter),~The attainment of a definite stage In the policy of rapidly increasing the armoured strength Commander of the Royal Armoured Corps.
of the British Army is marked by a new appointment namely,