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No. 16435
五拜禮八十月四英港香
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941.
FIGHTING IN
BUT
ALLIED
LINES REMAIN INTACT
Special to the “Telegraph”.
ATHENS, Apr. 17 (UP)—It was authoritatively stated in British circles this evening that the Germans, "dospite their furious onslaughts have not succeeded in breaking through the British Imperial line.' was declared that five German planes had been shot down.
It
The afternoon newspaper "Ethonos" stated: "Fierce fighting is go ing on along the whole front, especially in the Gevena and Kalambaka sectors. According to reliable information the battle for Greece has not yet been decided."
5-Hour Raid On Bremen
R.A.F. Roars Into
New Action
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Apr. 17 (UP),— The Air Ministry announces that the attack on Bremen last night lasted over five hours, and was concentrated on the shipbuilding yards and industrial centres on the right bank of the Weiser
River.
Brest was also attacked by Coastal Command bombers.
Wilhemshaven, Cuxhaven and Westermunde were tacked.
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Reports from the front state that very fierce fighting
is going on at the entrance to Sarandporon Pass in the vicinity of Servia, where the Australians have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.
The Germans are also putting very hard pressure on the coast road region at Katerini, but have not succeeded in breaking the defences despite repeated thrusts by tanks.
Recent arrivals here say the luftwaffe is extremely
active.
Bitter Fighting ATHENS, Apr. 17 (Reuter).
UNCEASING -Bitter fighting is raging in
ATTACKS
BY R.A.F.
the
Northern Greece, where German mechanised hordes are hurling themselves furiously
against the Anglo-Greek line.
But the latest reports are to the effect that the line, although subject-
Play Notable Part Ined to heavy pressure, still holds.
Battle For Greece
Australian troops are heavily en- gaged around the town of Servia, which is on the road from Kozani tó few miles west of Mount Larissa, CAIRO, Apr. 17 (Reuter)-Olympus, the right pivot of the Unceasing attacks enemy Allied Inc.
are sold to be giving the
on
on
The fiercest struggle, however, i
Allied
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KING GEORGE V A MIGHTY WARSHIP
also at- supply columns in Greece were cermans a good, hammering. British Blenheims attacked carried out by the R.A.F. Heligoland yesterday and Blen- Wednesday and the previous in progress some 30 miles south- helm fighters-raided the-aero-night, states a communique, west of Servia, where the line bends towards Kalambaka, to which point. drome at Breck Sumer,
Much damage was caused. Ko-inst night Berlin commmique” said. One bomber and three fighters zani, Bitolj and Ptolemais were that the Germans were advancing.
Quoting news just received from of the Constal Command are the main areas attacked. missing..
Railway near Korinos, motor the front, the Athens radio, to-night
said: "The right flank of
of the transport near. Kitros and a front from Katerini (On the Gulf of station southeast of Katarini Salonika) to Servia is withstanding ("Reuter's Correspondent on H.M.S. King George V)
violent attacks by the German were successfully bombed,
forces and le continually repulsing Fires were started at an aerodrome them with heavy losses in this area. and a convoy cast of Salonika was One British armoured company alone heavily raided.
brought down five German aircraft. A large formation of enemy air-this afternoon by machine-gun fire." which attacked shipping in It also announced that on the left Harbour on Wednesday were of the Allied armles, our troops are LONDON, Apr. 17 (Reuter). engaged by fighters which shot down reslating steadfastly and the enemy -Six enemy raiders were shot one Junkers twin-engined dive has, at no point, gained any ground. bomber while another was destroyed
Shot Down Over U. K.
Raid-Free Day
Crait
down last night in the raid on by A.A. Ore. London, it is now learned.
The RAF. lost four aircraft in
Serious Phase
the
Oil Refused Japanese
Latest Saigon Story SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH".
April 17-As the first journalist to be allowed aboard Bri- tain's Intest and greatest battleship, I am able to describe some special features of what is probably the mightiest Instrument of
war yet created by man.
Nowhere is there concentrated such effective steel, protection against bombs, shells, torpedoes and mines and so many colossal guns.
than a day to It takes more Earlier the Greek Press Ministry An Air Ministry communique states widespread operations in Greece and
examine this floating fortress, carry- that three were destroyed by fighters Libya on Wednesday and on Tuesday had issued a statement that the battle
ing every kind of hush-hush device, between the Germans and the British and three by anti-aircraft fire. Two night.
SAIGON, April 17 (Domei).—including one which might be called enemy aircraft were shot down into
nero- forces had extended all along Enemy aircraft raided the
about French Indo-China firms, under Churchill's "secret weapon, most # the Straits of Dover this morning by drome of Heraklion on Tuesday but front and had entered on fighters and it is now known that negligible damage resulted and one serious phase. The Germans had the control of British and Ameri- which I can say no more than that it was inspired by him when he was weight can interests, refuse to supply at the Admiralty. pilot thrown the whole of their one enemy fighter was destroyed over aircraft was shot down, the the French coast yesterday.
against the Allied forces and were oil to Japanese ships.
The first thing to be noticed There was no enemy activity over
suffering tremendous casuallles.
the mngway is the statement added that German It is understood that the Japanese { usceriding sickness of the armour Britain to-day apart from the drop-
astonishing ping of bombs on a town in northeast
pressure was being concentrated upon liner Bordeaux Maru of the Kawasaki
plate, ur.officially estimated at 16 Three points--at Gevenn (north of Kisen Line arrived here this after inches. On setting foot on board the Scotland by single aircraft. Damage
Kalambaia), south of the Haliakmon noon en route to Tokyo and asked a deck, one is confronted with one of was small but some persons were
River, and west of Koritza,
local oil firm for 180 tóns of oil. killed.
the colossal quadruple 14-inch, gun- The
aim
of the German column The firm which is controlled by turrets outwardly as big as an ordin- Over Northeast
attacking the first region is the British and American interests, how-
ary bungalow.. LONDON, Apr.. 17 (Reuter),~
capture of Kalambaka,
ever, refused the request compelling German acroplanes were reported MONTREAL, Apr. 17 (Reuter). The fighting, the statement con- the Japanese ship to change its over a town in northeast England to- The completion of plans for the tinues, is equally violent. In the schedule and call at Nagasaki to re- night.
military and naval defence of the Kozani area and on the old Albanian ceive oil prior to solling for Tokyo, The raiders, which crossed the eastern and western coasts of Canada TURN to Back Pago, Column 3 west coast, scattered bombs in the and the United States is announced rural districts.
by the Canada-United States Joint Permanent Defence Board.
A procenion of German planes ralded an area in south England. The attack began soon after dark and
being captured.
U.S.-Canadian Defence
The Board will from now on de- vote itself to keeping the plans up to
announcement,
was still in progress some hours meet changing conditions," said the
· later.
Wednesday's Blitz On London Described
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SPECIAL TO SHE STELEGRAPH"
Elderly Malay
on
Armament Altogether there are ten monstrous" 14-Inch guns as well as rows of 5.25- inch high-angle guns along both sides of the ships-18 in all-and on a higher level are multiple pom-poms. An air attack-againat K05, ns the vessel is known in the Navy, would definitely be a job for a suicide squad. tally, the fire control, in-
the last word in this of war science, are said to have accounted for more than £200,000 of the battleship's total cost. Should the bridge be put out of The Malay community lost one action by a bomb or shell, the KGB of its most respected members could still carry on as there are at
Lady Dies. Mrs R. Dallah
continue,
WASHINGTON, Apr. 17 carly this morning when Mrs least four positions in various parts to-day dosed that the cur- her residenco., (UP)--Agh Treasury source Rahima Daliah passed away at of the ship from which control could rency pillsation agreement|
Virtually Unsinkable Aged 86, Mrs Dallah had been in between ina and America will indifferent health for a long time.
the worse a "week Internally the most striking feature to gignot later than next She took a turn for,i
is the elaborate aut
'sub-divisioning g by Wedr
Sho leaves a son, Mr A. R. Dallah, means of was
-of-water-tight – bulk-héads, asserted that Mr T. V. Soong the well-known lawn bowler, and telephone exchange le linked
and a making the ship, virtually unsinkable Henry Morgenthau, Secretary daughter, Mra A. G. Kadir treasury, will sign the agree- id that a formal announcement afternoon
The funeral will take place this with 1:200 phones in all parts of the the Mohammedan ship while upwards of 60,000 electric se lights make the interior, as bright and
(By "Reuter's"-Air Correspondent) LONDON, Apr. 17.---Wednesday night's raid on Greater London, described by the Nazi High Command as a reprisal for the R.A.F's hammering of Berlin on April 9, was of a character that might be expected to precede a Nazi Invasion. ⠀
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GILMAN'S
And Air
Force Give Nazis A Rough Time
Cirenaica
In
Special to the "Telegraph"
LONDON, Apr. 17 (UP).—The Admiralty- to-day, announced, “The Commander reports that an extremely successful naval bombardment of Fort Capuzzo at Bardia' has been carried out. A large number of salvoes were fired and all were seen to have burst among a concen- tration of about 100 enemy tanks and motor transport vehicles.
Belgrade's Torment
Defenceless City
IBY REUTER” IN YUGO-SLAVIK}
April 17-The death roll re- sulting from the German air force's raids on Belgrade may reach, 12,000, according to es- timates-of observers who saw the horrors.
The aerodrome at El Gazala and its supply dump were again successfully bombarded from the sea. Naval units in the Medi- terranean shot down at least two German dive bombers
| damaged two others.”
and
And The Air Force CAIRO,. Apr. 17 (UP)—RAF; bombers and fighters yesterday raid “ ed enemy mechanised units, troops and an aerodrome in Cirenaica, In
column near cluding a motorised Capuzzo, where a
here a number of vehicles. were destroyed and casualties caused.
The
communique, stated, "our bombers attacked .the. landing grounds, at Gazala, El Adem and Derna. Convoys in the some prés Men who saw Rotterdam and were bombed
and subsequently. from a Warsaw laid to ruins say that,
Tow Lined
bombere unceasingly the onslaught on Belgrade was
bombed
enemy supply columns In .severe. After the Gracce, particularly in the Kazand, first raid, I counted 200 dead Bitol and Polemais areas where alone on the main boulevard in much damage (DE CAN
even more
Caused. The
transport road near "Kilros and the
the Terazije district in the centre railway Time near of Belgrade.
The city was wholly unprepared railway station southeast of Katarffil were also successfully bombed, for this attack. A few miserable Fires were started at several agro- shelters were the only air-raid pre-dromes, and a convoy east of cautions measures in being Fire Salonika was heavily ralded. Four could not be fought because of luck British planes are missing. of water..
Food exhausted.
6000
became fue! B
and
Barracks Hit
· Berlin Claim
· BERLIN, Apr. 17 (UP)—Informed German quarters to-day claimed that Two shelters received direct hits the situation of the British troops at from the first bombs. Three hundred Tobruk, Egypt, Is "extraordinarily
were mown down in one barracks. critical."
The War Office, the Prime Minis-
ter's office and most other ministries
had gone up in flames by noon of the
first day. Belgrade's leading hotel, the Serbi kral, was
razed. The German, Amerved.
and Greek Legations were
Seme hundred German planes attacked Belgrade in the first raids. Dive-bombers swooped down to 600 feat to drop bombs. Citizens of the streets scode standing in
unable to
to grasp that war was already upon them. It was nothing less than massacre:
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and night day further
of bombing, Belgrade presented a picture of axle vast inferno confined within
angle
formed by the intersection
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of the Save and Danube Rivers,
· Fighters Downed 18
::
Serbian fighter pilots shot down 18| German bombers over Belgrade alone. In the absence of anti-aircraft guns, soldiers fired at the raiders with riffes.
As I left the city, I met Serb troops who had received the first shock of the German advance.
The initial German armoured drive cost the Germans 260 tanks out of a force of 700,
Everywhere the behaviour of the civilian population was heroic,
FRENCH COAST
** ATTACKED
VA SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" "
LONDON, Apr. 17 (UP)The RA.F.: beavily. attacked the French const this afternoon. The explosion. of heavy bombs. rumbled across the Straits shaking buildings along the Kent coast line.
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