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HONGKONG TELEGRAPHY
OUTER DEFENCES
Canadian
OF BARDIA Minister's Escape
FROM PAGE ONE
FROM PAGE ONE
view and made their decisions in a took flashlight photographs of the manner which would have horrified liner, old-time conventional generals but
Tribute To Seamen which obviously had the full blessing of General Sir
Mr Howe added that it was due to Archibald Wavell Instead of waiting to mop up each the memlacent seamanship of Cap point of resistance,
tain Reid in getting lifeboats away in our armoured forces crashed right through in great the dangerous seas and to the skill of encircling movements on the theory the captain of the rescuing ship, that tant # demoralised and surprised the casually let was so light,
The crews of both ships behaved enemy force, knowing itself cut off
tho passenger's and subjected to continual bombings, marvellously and could safely be left to surrender.
behaviour was grand. There was not These tactics were used for Sellum a trace of panic. and a number of desert forts.
Enemy Methods
Explaining why his party was perhaps, more comfortably dressed than the other rescued passengers. Mr Howe said that their womenfolk interesting discoveries were made made them take a small case contain- regarding Italian Army methods ing lumbermen's trousers, Jersey, The Italians seam to be very short overshoes and a torch in case they of metals but show considerable were torpedoed and these cases were tutent for rapid rond-making, or the only things they had time to ganising hospitals and foodstores grab when reused from sleep. Huge water supplies are efficiently stored at Bugbug.
Their intelligence service is good and their organisation is carefully thought out.
it was only when they came to close quarters with the British troops that they broke, and once the spirit of surrender began among them it spread like a discase.
As one British officer expressed it. "the Italian Army would make an excellent supply column for another army doing the actual fighting."
December
1940.
GREEKS MEETING RESISTANCE
FROM PAGE ONE.
Porto Polermo but are being re- pulsed with heavy losses.
Yesterday, using captured, Italian mortars, the Greeks broko up the italian rear guard and forced them back on to Porto Palermo,
Report Confirmed ROME, Dec. 10 (UP)-It has been confirmed that Porto Palermo is still in Italian hands.
Albanian War Position. LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter), Italian resistance in Albania still seems to be strongest in the coastal aron and they appear to be still hold- ing on to Porto Palermo which is under Greek shell-Bro.
Communications with Valona along the constal road have been the object of the latest RAF, nltack..
Despite fierce starms on Tuesday our planes bombed a motor transport column. It was not possible to observe the full effect of the attack but a number of bombs. Iell near the column and the vehicles were sub- sequently machine-gunned. All our planes returned safely.
Captain's Farewell LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter).—How Captain Keld, commanding the Western Prince, went down with his ship, although he could easily have Tepelini is under heavy Greek saved his life after the liner was shell-fire but has not yet been taken. torpedoed, was told by the Chief Very wintry weather prevalla in Engineer,
the northern sector with deep snow
The Chief Engineer said that when at 2,000 feet and frequently 18 de he got the signal "Abandon Ship," grecs of frost. Despite this the he found Captain Reid by a life-boat. Grocks have taken two smail hamlets Urged to get in, the Captain walked slightly in front of their previous line away to the bridge and sounded the and many more prisoners and .war siren as the ship went down.
materials have been captured. Our Superior Tanks
Mr C. D. Howe, the Canadian Moreover, Italian tanks lost all Minister of Munitions, said that five! battles with British tanks partly e-boats got away safely but the owing to the dashing spirit of our sixth overturned, and it was then that tork commanders and crews and the casualties occurred. partly owing to the fact, in some cases, pf superior armament.
Newly-Weds
Duce's Propaganda
The anxiety of Mussolul over the effect of events in Albania and the Western Desert on the murale of the Italian people is shown in Italian propaganda. One line is to attempt to cheer the people up by recalling The survivors include the Mother reverses in other wars. Rome Radio Many Italian lanks have "Achilles heel" in their rear, where the arma-Superior of a convent in China and
spoke of inevitable ordeals and this
The ment
novice. was and
young is weakest,
Mother points out that five years ago things bad tanks Superior said that both
also were not guing sʊ well in Abyssinia. by our quickly discovered
autflanked which
the survived terrific machine-gunning on
In repeatedly
On the subject of the war
Radio said that time Iltans and shot them up from the the
Albania, Rome babies, who were hoisted to is on the side back.
of the Italians. ship, were Defeatists the deck of the rescue
punished. are severely also among the rescued.
Rome
Radio says that the good Italian The missing include a honeymoon gets his news from the communiques.
to their that couple who had returned
be but it so he is not cabin to collect their presents. very well informed because even now! Long. Line, of Retreat
Message To Premier The will know nothing about the cap- OTTAWA, Dec. 18 (Reuter).The ture of Sollum and Fort Capuzzo by LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)—The Prime Minister's office has received the British. Information that Italian formations a message from Mr C. D. Howe say- are retreating towards Derna is in- ing Life-boat overturned while at- teresting inasmuch as Derna is about tempting to transfer occupants 100 miles west of Tobruk, which it the rescue ship in heavy sea."
News of the death of Mr. Gordon self is 60 miles west of Bardia. It seems, therefore, that
Scott and others has shocked Gov-Į Italians are retreating about 100 ernment officials here, miles
from
om Bardin, which is now the scenc of the main fighting on land.
But in the last analysis, the reason for the British victory undoubtedly was the simple fact that British and Empire troops knew what they were fighting for while the Hallans did not.
the
The object of the present opera- tions seems to be to isolate Bardia and then to mop it up in the way that was so successful in the cases. This of Sidl Barrani and Sollum, would very
neatly round off the operations which began at Sidi Bar- rani.
Vigorous Warning To Spain On Coup
FROM PAGE ONE
to
Government carefully to reconsider the advisability of continuing the
Indian's War supply of food through the British
Gifts
·Minesweeping Trawler LONDON, Dec. 19 (Reuter) The Maharajah of Baroda has made a further war contribution of £50,000, according-to-the-All-India-radio.
The sum will be used for the purchase of a trawler for the Indian Navy for mine-sweeping and anti- submarine duties.
The vessel will be named Baroda. The Maharajah has already given a similar sum for fighter planes for the R.A.F.
American Dentists' Gift To Britain
A mobile operating room for the treatment of facial and jaw injuries, given by the American dental pro- fession, was presented in London re- cently to Sir Harold Gilles, the plastic surgeon.
Sir Harold is facial surgery adviser to the Ministry of Health emergency hospital scheme.
The operating room will be manned by વી plustle aurgeon. a dental surgeon, dental mechanic and an [annesthetist.
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the
Mr Butler sald that he had used words "with all the consequences flowing therefram to indicate the gravity with which the Government
view the latest event,
Mr O. E. Baker (Leb.) asked that if the negotiations were not success- ful, Government would bear in mind. the fact that oil which might be stopped was still being allowed to reach Spain.
Mr Butler: "Everything will be borne in mind."
may
Mannheim Again Raided
·FROM PAGE ONE
of bed and going to shelters which are lacking in henting arrangements."
According to evidence available in London, the discomfort and harsh re- gulations are having a greater effect on German morale than the fear of bombing.
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