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roytron of 六拜禮 號八月二英港香 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1941.
No. 18377
BATTLE FOR ETHIOPIA
NOW UNDER WAY: BLITZ METHODS ARE ADOPTED
"Reater's" Special Correspondent with South African Forces in Abyssinia
Feb. 7.-The battle for Abyssinia is now under way. South African troops in large numbers crossed the bordor from Kenya and captured the strong Italian post at Gorai, a crater twenty miles inside Abyssinia.
The Italians suffered considerable losses both in men and materials, At least thirty Italians were killed, and about the same number were wounded, and forty-seven wore taken prisoner.
Desperate Italians
- Mown Down
Greeks Pursue with Bayonets
LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter).-Large forces of advancing Italian infantrymen were literally mown down by Greek fire in a two-hours' abortive attack on the Albanian battle front yester. day, according to the Athens radio to-night.j
R. A. F. IN BEST
FORM
Bombs Plaster ·
Coast Ports
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
Air
This action was "blitz" battle carried out with great. generalship and great courage. by troops who had never pre- viously been in action.
Two days later the Springboks also crossed the border over which it has hitherto appeared i impossible to move an army. In 48 hours engineers had cut a road through the wilderness at the surprising speed of one mile per hour.
Two Tasks Carried Out Two forces penetrated into Abya-
Winant Departure
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Reuter), Mr John Wihant, the new United States Ambassador to Britain, will probably leave for England In ten days time, according to an nouncement by Prezident Roosevelt.
an-
Benghazi
In
日三十月正
DELHI POST FOR HONGKONG MAN
NEW DELHI, Feb. 7 “(Reuter)—While Major- General W. C. Holden will be Officer in charge of the Central Provision Office to be established as the result of the Eastern Group Conference, it is understood that Mr J. Whyatt, who was one of the officers to the Hong
the kong delegation to Conference, will be Secre- tary of the Eastern Group Supply Council.
Mr Whyatt has arrived in Delhi.
Taken
A Sandstorm
(BY:
“Router's" Special Correspondent)
Elgumu was taken at 4 pm. und/elapsed since the beginning of Benghazl from the east, appearing
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WHITEAWAY'S
Japanese Land More Troops At Haiphong: Indo
China Concession
Special to the "Telegraph"
SAIGON, Feb. 7 (UP)-Unimpeachable diplomatic sources declared to-day that the Japanese during the. past four days continued landing troops at Haiphong, bringing the total number in Tongkin to nearly 13,000.
A number of Japanese war- ships, including transports, have been sighted off Haiphong and the Japanese air force in Tong- kin has been strengthened.
One diplomatle source alleges that after the conclusion of the peace parleys at Tokyo, which are likely to end on February 15, the Japanese may receive permission to enter southern Indo-China, where they will be able to make preparations for u southern expansion If necessary.
The Japanese concentration · in
Control Of H.K. Cement Prices
Announced
Government this morning an- nounced that it had prohibited the export of cement, without a
New Aerial licence, and had fixed retail
Weapon
Britain Improves On Luftwaffe
With another lightning leap forward in their record-breaking advance across North Africa, the British Imperial forces yester-Tongkin is a precautionary measure day entered Benghazi, the last Italian stronghold in Eastern against the growing Chinese concen-
trations on the Indo-China border. Libya after a swift and sudden battle in a blinding sandstorm.
Italian resistance is believed; Barrani. The Italians had expected. The announcer stated that the inta simultaneously. The task of one
was to capture and hold the fortified to have been negligible. An an attack along the coastal roads Italians were driven back, position of Elgumu the junction of idea of the magnitude of the Instead, the British armoured troops through the most difcult country. feaving many dead on the field. the road from Goral to Ganchiaro,
The Grecks made a bayonet charge The second force was to capture and British success can be obtained swept across 130 miles of barren and from consideration of the fact waterless desert from El Machili and drove the Italians beyond their hold the Goral front, lines, taking many prisoners and a Both tasks were accomplished the that less than two months have along tracks only used occasionally
by Caravans.
They thus attacked considerable quantity
war same day. of material.
This desperate Itallan attack was yet, launched when the weather was still engagement fasting Dity minutes are now 400 miles from Sidi long before the Italians anticipated. bud and was supported by
taken by an was
Barran and 600 miles from the attack, artillery barrage. •
unit containing some of South
Alexandria.
Magnificent Effort youngest regiments formed since the
To-day British uniforms can be MELBOURNE, Feb. 7 (Reuter outbreak of war. After preliminary skirmishes, guns pounded the Italians seen in the palm-lined avenues In their trenchies and rock-built pill- Benghazi, providing the bewildered have had a motor race: extraordinary boxes and the fort was then carried inhabitants with evidence of the how the Italians cleared out."
This comment was made to-day by a swift intensive onslaught. Goral crack-up of the Italian Empire.
Despite the rapidity with which Major-General V. A. H. Sturdce, is an extinct volcano containing sul- Benghazi has fallen, a complete C-in-C Australian Imperial Forces, phurous water which is strategically scheme for British administration in when he was told of the capture of important in an almost waterless the occupied territory is already in Benghazi. existence.
Major-General Sturdee afrived here | Looking back on the whole cam- paign, it is clear that British innks last month from the Middle East.
Mr A. W. Fadden, Acting Common have played an ostonishing role, charging forward hundreds of miles Wealth Prime Minister, said that he and taking one point after another was delighted at this culmination of the brilliant success of "our Austra- completely by surprise.
Ilan boys."
Eritrean Front Breaking
by
Middle East Air Arm
LONDON, Feb. 7 (UP).—Re-
Resistance At Karen garding the overnight R.A.F.
Ministry LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter).-Two region. activities, the announced that a number of powerful thrusts which are
pushing were started at the Italians dally nearer the Red Sea, brisk fres
| have brought British forces right up Dieppe.
to Keren, a town on the main road and railway from Agordat to-Mas- sawa and is rapidly increasing the retreat from pace of the Italian Barentu
point twenty towards o milles eastward.
The Italians
are reported to be making attempts to resist at Keren no doubt chiefly because local con- ditions favour them in this respect, but they have come under British
Bombs fell on many docks and basins causing several fires and large explosions during a two- hour raid on Boulogne.
At Dunkirk, bombs burst near some barges and shipping and incendiary bombs caused fires.
At Fecamp the railway and eastern
end docks were hit,
were ob-
At Calais attacks were made from a low level and explosions served on the warehouses beside the
docks,
Boalogne Masked
capital
of Eritrea to
Desert, East Africa And Albanian Actions
Coast And Interior Roads
of "A magnificent effort: our forces must
.
Should Carry on The Advance Into Tripoli
Greek Joy Unbounded LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter)-News In the case of Libya, the British advance has been carried out not of the capture of Benghazi was re- Jonty by coast roads but also by the celved in Athens this afternoon with interior. road running clear across unbounded joy and enthusiasm, Cirenalen behind a mountain range. states the Athens radio. CAIRO, Feb. 7 (Reuler).— The capture of Benghazi was an- "It had been confidently expected are from batteries brought up the R.A.F. activities before the cap-other master-stroke of strategy, com- that this important Italian military hillside in the last few hours.
In the sector east of Barentu, the ture of Benghazi are described parable with the capture of Sidi! TURN to Page 6, Column Five Italians have been so persistently in a communique issued from harassed that it very unlikely, that R.A.F. headquarters in the LONDON, Feb: 7 (Reuter)-Waves more than half their original force Middle East. of RAF, bombers to-night made an will reach the main road from
The communique states: altack of considerable scale un inva-Asmara the
Addis Ababa along which they ob-"Bombing aircraft of the R.A.F. sion ports on the French coast,
The centre of the attack appeared viously hope to make a getaway more curried out raids on Benghazi, to be the Houlogne area, which was effectively.
Berka and Jedabyn during Wed- heavily bombed the previous night.
nesday night, Several tons of Fog had blotted out the Chahnel all day, but to-night there was some
bombs were dropped and consi- improvement although a layer of mist
derable damage was cnused. hung
over the sea.
Including one enemy aircraft TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Domel)-King destroyed by a direct hit. The ralders, who dropped parachute flares, were met by terrific anti Ananda Mahidol of Thailand 1 "Our fighterp continued offensive
Are, streams of tracer bullets celebration of the 2,000th anniversary aircraft and "Baming onions" which could be of the foundation of the Japanese patrols during which machine-gun seen on the southeast coast above the Empire, has presented to the Japan-attacks were made on the aerodrome fog.
The explosion of heavy bombs Emperor a gold clofssonne cigar-at Benina and a number of enemy box set with diamonds and a gold bombers on the ground were damag- echoed across the Channel at frequent cloissonne stand. The gifts will be cd.
"At Benghazi, our fighters patroll- intervals, and the sky was lit up by presented to the Emperor by Mr brilliant flashca
Phya Sri Sena, Thai Minister, in the ed without encountering any enemy
opposition." Imperial Palace on Saturday,
East Africa Dealing with Italian East Africa,
|és
KINGLY GIFT
SPECIAL TO the "YeżegnAPH"
Fire Lights Sky After the rald had been in progress for an hour, two vivid sheets of orange coast. Soon afterwards a bright red the communique added that a South dames shot up from a point cast of glow spread across the sky, apparent. African Air Force squadron patroli- Boulogne, accompanied by violently due to a fierce fire which was Ing near Asmara encountered enemy explosions, which shook the doors itself, screened by the bank of fog in fighters and shot down two of them. and windows al houses on the Kent | the.Channel.
Sikorski Tells Poland Of Allied Strength
Other aircraft of the same squadron machine-gunned Bahdar aerodrome, destroying three enemy aircraft and causing a large petrol fire,
Keren was again bombed, particu- Inrly the railway and military build- ings, whlie bombs were also dropped jon a largo transport yard at Assab.
In Albania
prices.
Mr W. J. Anderson the Stores Con- troller, announces that the maximum prices at which cement in this Colony inay be sold, except imported cement,; are as follows:
In gunny bags of 250 pounds, 35.50° · per bag.
In paper bags of 14 pounds, $2.03 per bag.
'In paper bags of 90 pounds, 32 per [bag.
Convoy Attacker
(BY "NEUTER'S" AIR COMMENTATOR)
LONDON, Feb. 7-Important tactical decisions concerning future battle co-operation be tween the R.A.F. and the British Army have been reached. The object is to improve on the traditional role of the Luftwaffe
the operating with
German Army.
The decisions are the sequel to the a creation of the new Any Co- bomber which was operation Command of the R.A.F., attack a convoy. which was recently announced. —An-Admiralty-communique-says- An intensive training programme is that a direct hit was made on the now in progress in preparation either enemy aircraft which crashed into the for an attempted invasion by the sea. There were no survivors. Germans or for operations by a new British Expeditionary Force.
No damage or casualty was tained by the convoy or destroyer.
Aerial support for the British Army
takes two forma-close..and direct. Since the Baltic of France, a now technique of close support has been developed. This form of support is most advantageous In a pre- determined large-scale attack.
Low-Level Bombing Low-level bombing, for which medium bumbers are particularly sultable, is being encouraged and exercises between squadrons and land troops are proceeding in various parts of Britain,
Shot Down Destroyer's Direct Hit ` LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter),--The British destroyer, Vanity, shot down German Dornier twin-engined attempting to
LATEST
Japan May Declare War On China
Direct support has been outstand- ingly successful in the Middle East. WASHINGTON, Feb, 7 (Router).— It isolates the battlefeld by bombing Japan is considering a formal do- the enemy's reserves, communications cluration of war on China for the and, where
rights in order to establish a blockade on the ground, ie, enemy aircraft purpose of demanding belligerent
Such tactics would probably be of Rangoon and the Indian used against an enemy attempting to according to
Ocean, the Scripps-Howard invade Britain. Direct support bom- papers. bers would plaster the enemy's ships
ndd that Japan has first ask- And barges, cutting off the landing ed Berlin to bring pressure to bear force from reinforcements.
on Moscow to get Russion supplies Neither of these methods in them-to
China stopped and
น
non-'
LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter).—The fall of Benghazi though inevitable, took place even sooner than was thought possible, Italian resistance in Cirenaica must have completely collapsed. With the exception of one rearguard action there seems to have been little more called for from British troops after Derna than to face the fatigyes of rapid matches.
It will be interesting to learn selves is new; they were tried on the aggression pact arranged between whether the last of the Italian Western Front and in Palestine dur Moscow and Tokyo, Army of Cironaica surrendered Ing the last war, but from a study The papers also report that Gers. round Benghazi or whether its of their full-scale application by the many is trying hard to bring about remnants aro
Inst year, trying the long Luftwaffe
Britala is such an entente In order to free retreat towards Tripoli, a retreat developing what is hoped will be anaon's hands for a diversion in the
Improved technique.
'Pacific in an endeavour to paralysQ which would indeed be a dreadful
further American aid for Britain. one, harassed and attacked from Premier To Broadcast the air by the R.A.F. and pos- sibly on the road by day and night by hostile Arab bands.
Canadian Trained Airmen
Another Group Reaches Scotland
The great strategic question of a
further advance on Tripoli itself re- mains to be decided. It will un- LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reutor) doubtedly call for great British staff effort to organise lines of supply but More evidence of the fruita of command of the sea and air in North In Albania, military obleclives the rapidly growing Empire Africa will be of material assistance. west of Tepelini and Krahad were LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter).--A German attempt to invade bombed on Thursday, and direct fits Air Training Schem was provid-Frem all information available it does Britain is "doomed to fallure" and General Wavell's lightning vic on military stores and transports ed to-day when a contingent of not appear that the Italiane could azsemble a largo and powerful force were observed.
R.A.F. personnel from Britain, before Tripoll and in those circums tories in Libya “are decidedly checking Hitler's plans in the Medi- The weather during the raid was! terranean and North Africa." "A brutal and conclusive Invasion very bad and one British aircraft; Who had completed their train-tances there is no undue strategical ing in Canada, returned with risk in undertaking this further ad- These were two main points of Britain remains for them the only was lost.
their "wings."* made by General Sikorski, the solution, An invasion of Britain and
Reasons For Continuing Australian and Canadian pilots,
There are many reasons which The new pilots arrived at a Scot-
according to Goebbels, the Germans)
vance.
well as on the world at large, includ-
announced that the Prime Minister LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter) —Ii is
will broadcast in the B.B.C. Home and Overseas services at 8 pm. on
Sunday, February 9,
Seo Back Page For Further Lato News
Financial Transaction Between India & U. K.
LONDON, Feb. 7 (Router), —Financial transactions Invol ving nearly £90,000,000 between the United Kingdom Govern- ment were announced by the British Treasury to-day......... Holders of five Indian Govern-1 Payments wil bo mi
made by tho
sterling, balances which have been.
Pollah Premier and C-in-C of the Ireland certainly will not represent Italians Get Down To They were accompanied by new
Job They Know * Polish Army, broadcasting to one of those 'crushing blows which, Poland from London to-night. are always preparing for during the CAPETOWN: Feb. 7 (Reuter)tels Dort and will be followed, at urge an advance, The rent moralment sterling loans are to sell Indian Government out of the large He stated: "The Germans cannot long but creative lulls. German Some 4,000 Italian prisoners of war regular intervals by thousands of effect on the Italians themselves as thom to the British Treasury at accumulated by the Indian Govern undertake any serious action in soldiers are, as a rule, panic-stricken will be employed on the construction volunteers, including men har ing Britain's other enemies, are not the price ruling at the close of menit since the outbreak of war REA Africa. without occupation. of French at the thought of the invasion, of a national road from Capetown to from Australia, Corion, Malay States the only advantages to be seized by business to-day. The British fault of the large increase of British territories on the Mediterranean. But
Worcester and through Montagu Pass, and other parts of the Empire. they must first take possession of "Britain is to-day an armed fortressminder of the 10% of The Brillah contingent mainly the capture of Tripoll. There is the Treasury will then hand them imports from India. Malta and it is imperative for Hitler of immense strength whose defences 20,000, whom the South African sergeant allots, Joined the RAF possession of a good harbour which over to the Indian Government to defeat the invincible British Navy on land, son and air are such that Government have agreed to accom- early in the war and compicted their would be of an aval erators in at the same price for cancella
operations In order to carry German land forces any attempt to dominate her is modate will be employed in other ground training at Lonie before being support of British naval
doomed to failure.”
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