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Vain Italian Effort REGULUS.
To Stop The Greeks
FROM PAGE ONE
announced fluit one area of the coastal
OVERDUE
Considered Lost
British Assault On Tobruk Soon
> FROM PAGE ONE
used in all weathers and is deep sector in the interior north of LONDON, Jan. 8 (Reuter)-enough for large warships. Chimara has been entirely mopped? The British aubmarino Regulus, (Commander F. B. Currie), is Important strongly fortified positionsidered lost,, states the Ad- now overdue and must be con-
up.
The
Greeks have. occupied on
in the Mokra mountaina,
Italians Désporate
miralty.
SOFIA, Jan, # (UP),~~~The Athens The Rogulus was stationed radio announced that "the fact that in Hongkong for several years 35.000 Itillan *Boldlers yesterday evacuated from Valona shows the just prior to the outbreak of desperate situation of the Italian | War.. forces.
"We have had some new successcă between Tepelini and Kiisura where the Italian troops are now in a des- perate situation."
Closing in On Tobruk ("AKUTER WITH BRITISH
HEADQUANTKASI CAIRO, Jan, 8-The Italian gur- risan ni Tobruk is unlikely to receive] any more reinforcements and position is becoming increasingly seriouz,
مال
No Italian movements are delected by aircraft reconnoitring over the Tobruk area while the British Im- perial forces are hourly closing in on
Spanish Envoy To this town
Italy Recalled
British Headquarters here at Cairo are unwilling to poke much com- ment on the nature of the advance but it is
Is gathered that the operations are proceeding to the "utmost satis- faction" of
of the commanders.
Heavy Artillery In Action ATHENS, Jan. 8 (UP)-Sources in Wärned To Be Ready the Pogredetz sector say that the LONDON, Jan. 6 (Reuter).The Italian in the Mokra mountains are Spanish Ambassador to Italy, Senor using new heavy guns capable of Garcia Condoy-Mendez, has been re- firing a distance of 10 miles. They called and has been told to hold are mounted on railway cars to take himself at the disposal of the Spanish the recull and increase their mobility. Foreign Ofice, says a Madrid dis-Blackshirt commanders deserted their
Local Fighting
to the "Stefani" agency. ATHENS, Jen, 8 (UP) The War · Senor Mendez became Ambassador Ministry, announced: To-day was to Italy in July, 1937, shortly after restricted to local fighting. We have an Italian Ambassador had been ne~ coptured 300 Italian soldiers and credited to General Franco's Governly abundant war materials of all sorts, ment. Including many autoratle rifles ond
whole battery of mortars.
patch.
"Our aviation successfully bombed Further Raids On
and machine-gunned the enemy, Greek planes shot down three Italian Al our plones returned
zately
A communique stated that the Italians bombarded Salonikn
ficant damage.
Yunnan
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" KUNMING, Jan. 7 (UP),--Three
The complete collapse of morale among Graziani's forces is illustrated by omelal disclosures that three
men on the night before Bardia fell. The whereabouts of General -Ber- ganzoll, who commanded the Bardia garrison, remain a mystery. Initial- reported captured, he is now stated to be missing.
A military spokesman al Cairo to- night suggested that the Blackshirt General who has since been captur- ed may have been mistaken for Ber- ganzoll. The open rocky mature of the terrain, uld the spokesman, doubtless facilitated his escape from Bardia.
Japanese scouting planes ranged Before the British force launched there were no vletins and insigni- over Yunnan to-day, one of which the final onslaught, it might have was over Kunming. Yesterday, nine been possible for a small batch of Japanese planes bombed south Yun-tallans to creep through the curdan man and another nine planes bombed round the town. the Yunnan-Burma highway.
| Thailand Indo-China
Conflict
FROM PAGE ONE
19 Killed Aboard British Ship
COMMUNISTS CHALLENGE
FROM PAGE. ONE
tlon between Thailand and French SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Indo-China.
LISBON, Jan. 8 (UP).-According Oficina explained that when M. to the "Diario Nolicas's" correspon- proposals, Chou En-tal and Yeh Gorreat first arrived here, he was dent at San Vicente Island, Boca Chien-ying proceeded to Chungking presented as the Chancellor of the Verge, the explosion aboard the on December 31, French Legation. However, later the British steamer Shakespeare, which French Government at Vichy inform was torpedoed off Salisland by on posals, Communist authorities
In return for the Communist pro- will ed Thailand that M. Carreati has Italian U-bont last Monday, killed 10 undertale to withdraw been officially appointed neting Minis- members of the crew.
the New Fourth Army to the north of the ter and therefore Thailand has ac-
Yellow River by the end of March. cepted his eredentials.
Observers said that in view of Chungking's recent strong stond, the Communist proposals are not likely to be accepted, but on. the contrary will further arouse the feelings of anti-Communist elements in Chung- king.
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The increase of 42,000 in personnel raises the Navy's inanpower to 232,000 Including the reserves on active duty. More Auxiliary Ships WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UP). The Secretary of the Navy, Colonel Frank Knox, sald he would soon osk Congress for authorisation to struct 280 auxillary vessels.
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In-Laws Would Not
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A MAN whose wife left him on their wedding day was grant- ed a decree nisi at. Newcastle Assizes recently because of her desertion.
The case for the husband, Fred Maurice Slee, of Tamworth-road, Newsnelle, was that immediately after the marriage on Feb. 27, 1035, he and his wife went to her people,
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