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BRITISH BOMBERS BLITZ Every Inch A Man and A Soldier
BERLIN, BREMEN AND HAMBURG IN NIGHT RAID
LONDON, MAR. 13 (REUTER).—A FORMIDABLE STRIKING FORCE OF BRITISH BOMBER COMMAND AIRCRAFT SWEPT OVER GERMANY LAST NIGHT TO ATTACK HAM- BURG, BREMEN AND BERLIN FROM SOON AFTER NIGHTFALL UNTIL AN HOUR OR SO BEFORE DAWN.
TOGETHER THE THREE attacks MADE FORM THE HEAVIEST BLOW BRITISH BOMBERS HAVE YET STRUCK AT GERMANY.
Over each target, there was a concentrated
barrage and to reach the objectives in Berlin, the R.A. F. FIGHT BACK
British bombers had to penetrate a continuous curtain of fire.
The attack on Berlin lasted several hours and the British crews were able to pick out the streets,
May Become railways and lakes around the city almost as if
Minister Of Shipping
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”*
LONDON, Mar, H (U)
The House of Commons held a secret session to-day to discuss shipping.
It is rumoured that Lord Mavers brook, Minister of Air Production, will shortly replace Mr Romaki Cross as Minister of Shipping and Trans- port.
This report is circulated with re- ports from Sydney that Mr Crus is going to Australia.
Lieutenant-Coluncl
they had been flying in daylight.
Fragments of shells hit the wings and under-carriage of ene British plane but nothing prevented the pilot and bomb-aimer from completing their task. They saw their bombs burst on a target in the centre of Berlin,
ESCORTED R. A. F. BOMBERS
Raid N. France
fl
Many pilots reported immense firez in various parts of the city
200 RAIDERS
Attack on Liverpool Fails
Special to the "Telegraph"
Ar
German raiders attacked Liverpool last night, but opposition by LONDON, Mar. 13 (UP).—It is officially estimated that 200 waves of R.A.F, fighters kept the damage at a minimum. daybreak, people were still being rescued from the wreckage nand there are still trapped. In one area, two policemen, three fire watchers and three wardens are missing.
and the glow in the sky could be Mr Matsuoka
seen from 100 miles on the way home.
Une, pilot swooped down through the barrage and machine-gunned his ubjective from just above the ruaf tops and then flew on to attack the barracks nutside the elty from the same low level.
Bremen Plant
An important plant for the manu- facture of war material was the chief: ubjective at 13romen where the result
LONDON, Mar. 13 (Reuter). Moore-Braba-British fighters escorted zon, Minister of Transport, is stated bember squadron across the to succeed Lord Beaverbrook. Mr Channel soon after mid-day to- of a concentrated attack was among day to attack the German- the most spectacular ever reported by
British pilots.
Cross has remifly b en u
Minister.
for his shortcomings as shipping occupied aerodrome at Calais, says an Air Ministry communi- que.
DESTROYER
SINKS SUB Convoy Incident In Aegean Sea
Seeks Pilots
And Planes
Reported Request To Hitler
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
BERLIN, Mar. 13 (UP).—- Diplomatic sources declure that Bursts were seen over the whole Mr Matsuoka may ask Hitler to arcu of the works. Many buildings reecived direct hits and were seen to send 1,500 German pilots, and catch fire.
an equivalent number of German Elsewhere in Bremen, says the Airplanes to Japan, flying to the Ministry, the first signs of trouble Japanese bases across were long lines of burning incen diaries across industrial objectives and Siberia. end-then-the-buildings themselves ware scan to catch fire,
Russia
Bombe were seen to burst on the forcodrome and among the aircraft
dispersed at one end of it.
Other fighters carried out offensive | patrols over the Channel and northern France during the arternoon and destroyed
fighter.
The same sources heard that an enemy An enemy bomber which crossed
deteners at Bremen were the Soviets have not granted the south coast was promptly inter-almost as vigorous as those in Berlin permission for such a flight and
a and cepted and shot down into the sea.
number of German fighters that permission may not be One British fighter is missing fromumbers, there being several incon- granted.
attempted to intercept the British
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” ATHENS, Mar. 13 (UP).—Athese operations. convoy, presumably British is believed to be in the Aegean Sea.
A Greek communique reported that the Greek destroyer Psara sank an Italian submarine as it was attempting to attack convoy,
it
It is recalled that private advices to the United Press" in New York Yesterday said that a British force and arrived in Greece from Egypt, while the British reported that an Hallan submarine was sunk in attempling to attack o convoy in the Aegean Sea on March 0
YUGO-SLAVIA
GERMANS
BEST PEOPLE
The
dusive engagements.
Mr Matsuoka
ta sid
Widespread Attack LONDON, Mar. 19 (Reuter). ~Sovil after dark to-night,' enemy bombers were reported to be over many parts of the country, indicating more wide- spread attacks.
An alarm was sounded in the London urca,
At a late hour to-night, three Nazi night raiders were reported to have been brought down over the south England coast and one in south Eng- land.
Nazis Pay Dearly
British aghters shot down two more LONDON, Mar. 13 (Ieuter).- enemy aircraft during to-day with- out loss to themselves.
This accurred when about dawn this morning a small number of enemy fighters and fighter bombers crossed the south-east coast but did Hot penetrate very far inland before -they-were-intercepted by Brilli fighters.
10
A few bombs were dropped but they caused no casualties unti little damage.
Otherwise there was little uctivity up to noon to-day
In addition to the nine carry bombers destroyed in Just
enemy
enemy night's
a personal letter from the Emperorald, the Air Ministry states that a to Il Duce and Hitler, but his im-number of other enemy bombers are mediate mission is to request the known to have been damaged by formation of a German als force k the Orient,
Hamburg Woken Up Hamburg too had a sleepless night and Just after 10 pun, the first raiders were dropping their bombs among the docks and shipping yards. Fires flared high and tome of the pilots The German Ambassador to Tokyo, Goebbels Again reported seeing them clearly 70 and Major General Ott, is reported & LONDON, Mar: 13 (Reuter).-Four; 10 miles away.
have already transmitted the Japanese centuries of German history are in!
As well as this great concentration request to Berlin and that Japan is the nurse of revision, declared Dr of aircraft over Germany, the Bomber uino asking for Sovict assurances. Goebbels, speaking at Vienna on the Command afro despatched a number The Emperor's letter is reported to occasion of the anniversary of the of heavy bombers to Boulogne where carry an eventoul mediation Austrian anschluss.
offer many bits were feared on the docks.stressing the success of the Thai-Indo
He described Germans as, the greatest and soundest people on earth and the German Army as the best in the world,
Englarut.
German Admissions
China mediation.
Moscow Banquet
various means, and that it is possible that several of them failed to return to their bases.
Crashed With Bomba
LONDON, Mar. 13 (Reuter) load was, shot down in the south of German bomber with a full bomb England shortly after dark to-night As the machine crashed, the bomb.
Tall, bronzed and smiling, every inch a free man and a great soldier, this youthful member of the Australian Imperial Forces in Palestine typifies the men who have swept Mussolini's troops out of Egypt, Cirenaica and Libya.
Italians Mown Down
In Mass Attacks
ATHENS, Mar. 13 (Reuter).-The Italians have adopted mass infantry attacks with tremendous forces in a futile at- tempt to repulse the Greeks on the central front in Albania, ne- cording to a Greek press bulletin quoted by the Athens radio,
Egypt Is Happy In Alliance
Faith In Democracies
The mass attacks were sup- [ported_by_heavy_artillery_bom
bardment.
. Despite frantic efforts by the Italians, no ground was regained, Finally the Italians were forced to desist and retired, leaving a feld strewn with dead and wounded.
Mussolini's presence in Albania is now confirmed, the announcer said, Il Duce has not succeeded in hearten- ing the troops nor in changing the fortune of war.
The announcer added: "Il Duce is returning to Italy on Saturday. Hla
CAIRO. Mar. 13 (Reuter). plan was to take back a victory with Egypt's faith in a democratic which to console his disconsolate victory was expressed in an people. Instead, he will take back interview with "Reuter" to-day one more defeat the heaviest of tit Sirry Pasha. by Egypt's Premier, Hussein other with the maledictions of
"Egypt has voluntarily ranged her-
the buttered Italian Army.".
load went off in a gigantic explosion, self on the side of the democracies Rhode Island Again smashing the machine 10 small and we have every confidence that j fragments and killing the crew.
be heard 20 miles away.
the democracies will emerge vle-
ctured.
BERLIN, Mar. 13 (UP)--Three were killed and three slightly wound-; ed at Bremen last night, while five) There remained the lust enemy-were killed and 24 slightly wounded presence for the second time of M.
The explosion of the bombs could torious from the struggle," he LONDON, Mar. 13 (Reuter) →→The
Referring to Vienna's problems, he at Hamburg. The report added that Molotov at a banquet of the Japanese said that everyone he burdens but the United States Consulate at Ham- Embassy in Moscow is regarded in they shoutcl remember that the which pierced through to the
was hit by a high explosive diplomatie circles there as an Indien- LONDON, Mar. 13 (Reuter),The them alf and was himself a son of
Fachrre bore the greatest burden of}
tion
of the progress towards improve- story. Yugo-Slavs are resisting Nazi pres
ment of Soviet-Japanese relations, The official news agency has ad according to a German melal sure, according to the Ankara radio
nitted that 10 were killed and 27 agency to-night.
Resists Axis Demands
Austria,
second
NEWS
wanded in last night's alr reid on? Berli patch from Moscow to
President Pierce Carries Evacuees of 10 British planes were shot down
The Yuzo-Slavs are resolutely
Berlin. but it was claimed that a total determined to remain neutral," said the Turkish announcer, "and German
over Berlin. Homburg, and Bremen. pressure is fast leading to anti-Axis CHUNGKING, Mar. 13 (Central At the same the, It was claimed that feeling in Yugo-Slavia."
News) The .s. President Pierce the attacks were "intentionally direct The an understanding between Germany day night
announcer added that withours left Shanghai for America on Tues-ed at residential districts," and that and Yuge-Slavla was claimed yester-evacuees
American the fires were quickly extinguished on its passenger list.with no military damage of import- day, a subsequent change in the About 70 per cent of them ate wu-ance being caused. Several dwel- German demands seemed to have men and children and there are a lngs were damaged. prevented the Yugo-Slavs, from number of merchants who travel fre- signing the agreement,
quently between China and America.
with 100
Allied Armies Drawing Near Abyssinia Capital
NAIROBI, Mar. 13 (Reuter).-More progress in the advance from the south towards Addis Ababa is recorded in a com- munique Issued here to-day. " Jijlga and captured prisoners and the Patriot forces, it is now con-lorries in which they were preparing firmed, have occupied Yavello, to cacope. '70 miles north of Mega. The Second Largest Town
patriots are following up the CAIRO, Mar. 13 (Reuter)-Our Italians' retreat in co-operation advance forces are now 80 miles from with the Imperial forces from Hara, se second largest town
Jijign which is linked by rond with Molo.
Abyssinia. It is painted out that we In Italian Somaliland, the Britishs are new advancing along the rond forces surprised the enemy at Dag-which the Italians built in their kabur, a post 100 miles south of campaign against the Ethiopians.
LATEST
In
Soo Back Pago For Further Lato Nows
The banquet was given by General Tatekawa, the Japanese Ambassador, In honour of M. Molotov.
M. Vishinsky, the Soviet Deputy Commissar for. Foreign Affairs, and other prominent Soviet personages were present, the dispatch, adds,
2-Ocean Navy For U. S.
CARGO SHIPS FOR BRITAIN
de-
Battered
Third Nightly Visit
Referring to his talks with Me CAIRO, Mar. 13 (Reuter).-R.A.F. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, bombers for the third successive he said that Egypt was going to supply night heavily ralded enemy aerodro- Britain with cution, onions, wheat and me on the island of Rhodes, rice and that Britain would supply A the shipping.
colamunique describing inst night's raids says that at Amritza all bombs fell on the aerodrome runway Stressing that Egypt hins fulfilled or among Ute hangars. The bombs all her obligations under the Anglo-caused explosions and the fire was Egyptin Treaty, the Premier de vialble 20 miles away. prevails between the two countries clared. "With, mutuni goodwill, which
who are so closely linked together,
American Plan NEW YORK, Mar. 13 (Reu- ter).The building of 500 cargo ships for Britain is provided for no difference will arise. We shall in the United States Maritime march on together towards ultimate Commission's new
victory." emergency programme, according to the "Journal of Commerce."
The Commission is also considering incing the liners Washington and Manhattan on the New York-Lisbon route, replacing the smaller skips at present operating that route, accord- Ing to the "New York Times."
Saving Dollars
bombs fell on aerodromes.
At Calato and Kattania, all the
1
Several explosions and a fire were caused at Scarpanto.
Despite anti-aircraft fire, all alr- craft returned safely.
Bombs Concealed In
Knox Gives Evidence
WASHINGTON, Mar, 13 (Reuter), --Speedy completion of a two-ocean navy was urged by Colonel Frank WASHINGTON, Mar, 13 (Reuter). Knox, Secretary of the Navy, Admir-Responsibility for between $300,- al Towers, Chief of the Bureau of 100,000 and $350,000,000 worth of un- Arronautics, in their testimony be- fore the House of Representativesd British ordern for war material and British-owned fnellifles for muni- Appropriations Committee,
1lon production in the United States All three warned Congress that the may be transferred to the United London. International situation might continue States Government.
This was disclosed to-day by
that negotiations on the subject were
oceeding. This would relieve some
Legation
Luggage
LONDON, Mar. 13 (Reuter)—The fact that the bomb which exploded at the Pera Palace Hotel at Istanbul was sur reptitiously added to the British Legation's hand luggage before it left Sefla is confirmed in a report from Mr George W. Rendel, the former British Minister in Sulia, to the Foreign Office in
of the Air Attache, who thus pro- bably nverted a second disaster. powerful charge of TNT.
It wan Inter found to contoin, a deur that the powerful bombs were The report adds: "It is therefore added to the Legation Party's luggage before the parly left Sofa. It ap After one had exploded at the Pera that they should explode in he train bears probable that the intention was Palace Hotel, the second was thrown which would a been wrecked with into a pit in open ground by a clerk' great loss of I
life."
The report says that two suit- They appeared to contain dirty clothing, old newspapers and dry
to grow worse from time to lime, Speedy completion of a two-ocean high administrative ofcial who stated cases were placed in the tra'n. navy was necessary because the ennibincit German, Italian and Japanese fleets at the beginning of of the pressure on Britain's efforts this year totalled ( 1,035,000 tons against the 1,250,000 (ons of the United States.
This did not take into account the French ships.
raiso dollar exchange.
It is estimated that British own bout $100.000.000 worth of ammuni ion factories and production facilities In the United States,
batteries.