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BRITISH LAND
TROOPS
IN
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1941.
MORE
IRAQ AS
NEW SITUATION ARISES
Special to the "Telegraph"
LONDON, MAY 1, (UP).—AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES STATE THAT THE BRITISH HAVE LANDED A SECOND CONTINGENT OF TROOPS IN IRAQ DESPITE THE PROTESTS OF THE IRAQ GOVERN- MENT.
It is also reliably stated that formations of the Iraq army have been concentrated around the British air base at Sabbaniyah and that the British Ambassador, Sir Kinahan Cornwallis has requested their immediate with- drawal "because their presence might otherwise lead to unfortunate inci- dents for which the Iraq Government would be hold strictly responsible."
OUTER DEFENCES
PENETRATED
The Situation at Tobruk
Special to the "Telegraph"
CAIRO, May 1 (UP).—A General Headquarters communique states: "In Libya yesterday evening, enemy infantry. in some strength, and supported by numerous tanks, launched an attack against the outer defences at Tobruk. By this morning, pene tration had been made. Details are not yet available of the fighting but our patrols are again active, inflicting casualties
ABYSSINIA
and damage on the enemy.
"In Abyssinia, the prisoners captured during and following the occupation of Dessie now total 5,500 Italians and 2,400
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Captured Town's Colonial troops. Operations to
Strong Defences NAIROBI, May 1 (Reuter) A communique issued to-day describes the capture of Dessie as a "considerable victory."
the northern and up southern columns converging on a defensive position held by the enemy in the region of Am bualagi are continuing.
"In the southern area our purmilt It is evident from the defensive continues and many more prisoners positions of the guns captured, adds have been taken, while desertions by "the communique that the Italians--the-Italian-and-Colonial-troops.are.}. were determined to make strong re- increasing daily." sistance.
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The position of Komboltcha Pass, which was well dug and heavily wired, was covered by 28 guns, all of which were captured.
The position at Dessie was suited to all-round defence. It included 17 forts localities supported by seven and numerous strong points.
After the final attack military and civil oflcers approached from the enemy lines in a white-flagged car and after some parleying agreed to unconditional surrender,
not all war material was yet assessed.
POPE'S SECRET CONSISTORY
The Threat To Egypt
(Router),- STOCKHOLM. May
A prediction that the main attack by the Axls forces against Egypt wil come from inland points is made to- day by Colonel Bratt, the Swedish military expert.
Writing in the "Dagens Nyheter," he says that it is hardly conceivable that enemy operations round. Sollum represent a serious resumption of
their offensive.
"They are more likely intended
Authoritative sources state that the Iraq Govern- ment made representations to the British authorities to the effect that Britain was not entitled to land further troops until the first contin- gent had left Iraq.
The British Ambassador, in reply, insisted on the application of British treaty rights under the Anglo-Iraq alliance.
He declared: "The troop movertent has proceeded as planned and a second group of soldiers has arrived at Basra."
It is disclosed that when the recent coup d'elat occurred at Baghdad, Britain authorised Sir Kuuhan to take suitable steps 10 insure the security British women
of children in Iraq.
and
Difficulties Arise
LONDON, May 1 (Reuter).
reaching London from Reports
indicate that certain difficulties have arisen in connection Baghdad with the presence of Imperial troops
in that area, "Reuter's" Diplomatic Correspondent learns.
TURKEY
Alexandrella
Dendacus
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Key-Point In Cirenaica
Tobruk is a key-point in the now campaign in Cirenaica, and enemy forces · are now reported to have pierced the outer defences of this important sea port, held- - by British forces. This plc- ture was taken after the part had been captured by the British from the Italians. Columns of smoke pour from bombed and shelled milltury stores.
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(By "Reuter's" Military Commentator) LONDON, May 1-Looking at the Greek campaign in its broadest aspects, we were right to send all the help that we could
to Greece. The moral issue, in- volved might be said without exaggeration to the decisive, but the material losses and heavy punishment inflicted on the Ger man army was in any case well werth our efforts,
Thrilling Description Evacuation
Of
From Greece
(By "Reuter" Correspondent Evacuated with British Forces From Greece)
SOMEWHERE. IN MEDITERRANEAN, May 1-I am now able to tell how the British Empire forces in Greece were snatched to safety at the last minute from the very feet of the German juggernaut.
Superhuman efforts by the Navy with the aid of the R.A.F. enabled the evacuation to be carried out with the highest pos- sible success.
Troops, who had trumped miles
SWEDEN HAS NO SECRETS
across the mountains to reach their Wish To Avoid War
embarkation points, were picked up
IRANU. S. Shipping
Pool Will Aid Britain Fifty Oil Tankers
From Chalkis, on the island of political agreement with any Euboea, to the Peloponnesus, ships country or government," declar- WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reu-sailed in to fulfil their task-dend on ed the Prime Minister, Per ter)-Fifty oil tankers are to time, and according to plan,
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BAUDI-
-ARABIA
by naval craft, merchantmen and fly-
STOCKHOLM, May 1 (Reu-
ing boats at beaches all along the ter).-"Sweden has no secret castern shores of Greece.
to hold the British there and else It will be recalled that before the be placed in special service to aid I was evacuated with a large force Albin Hansson, speaking
SWASTIKA TORN DOWN
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
these troops in Basrah, the
at
Jaz planes,chine-gunning by free from any treaty of alliance.
Swedish foreign policy, he added, was to safeguard Sweden's indepen- dence, Internal and external liberty and keep the country out of the war between great Powers,
After giving the total number of prisoners taken and the guns cap- tured, the communique indicated that where on the coast while their air arrival
after spending a a nightmare 24 hours stration. bases are organised and preparations Iraqi administration concurred in the Britain within the next few days from a small part in the Peloponnesis Stockholm in a May Day demon- civilians made for an attack from the south." opening of lines of communication by the United States Maritime under olive trees in a cornfield.
lying
Dr Hansson added that Sweden The evacuation of some
through the country as provided in Commission.
We
were subjected to continuous had no aggressive Intentions and was from Addis Ababa has begun. It is
the Anglo-Iraq Treaty.
All operators of American tankers bombing and oMelally stated.
of my comrades The nation simply wished to maintain arrival of further units necessary to to help in this.
When informed of the imminent of over 5,000 tons are being asked Nazi pla
had also been through Dunkirk, friendly relations with other countries
at night had left Athens at
with complete the strength of the Imperial
and peoples. The tentative plan does not call forces, the Iraqi administration sud- for a transfer of the tankers' registry convoy of lorrica under sealed orders. denly took the line that they could but for their use outside the war zone As we roared towards Corinth in a
ghostlike procession, I realised that not agree to the arrival of further for the direct beneft of Britain, British troops before those already They will carry oil from South full-scale withdrawal was under way there had passed through.
American countries to North Atlantic We passed a mile-long column of
"This policy contains ports, where the oil will be tran- British Infantry marching in an exequivocal," he stated." shipped to British vessels.
hausted I state to their assembly post. The move is regarded as the Com-More lorries and trucks joined the mission's first response to the appeal convoy until the glant snake-like line President Roosevelt made yesterday was wending southward.
tons of merchant In the grey light of the dawn, we shipping to be used to supply "all out passed through Burgos, where many ald for the democracies.
British
had been left burning trucks by the roadside as a result of German machine-gunning.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH VATICAN CITY, May 1, (UP).— It is officially reported that the Pope will hold a secret consistory on May
1
VERA CRUZ, Mex. May (UP)Three marchers in the Mexican Workers Confederation 12 in the presence of all the Car-May Day parade to-day tore dinals in Rome.
down the Swastika flag at the Unimpeachable Vatican sources state that the Pope will make a German Consulate and burned it speech appealing for a shortening of during a mass meeting outside
the war and ever-lasting peace.
Plymouth
the City Hall.
People Register
Fury But No Fear At Blitz
(By "Reuter's" Special Reporter in Plymouth)
May 1-These soft-spoken West Country men and women are just plumb-mad with Hitler. Many have lost their homes, their businesses and relatives, but this is not the over-riding consideration. They do not mourn--they do not lament-they just want to have a crack at Hitler.
Since the British Government could not agree to any derogation from TURN to Back Page, Column 5
Third Successive for 2,000,000
Raid On Malta
MALTA, May 1 (Router)--Malta) had its third successive blitz last Inight during which heavy damage I was caused to civilion property and there were some civilian casualties, A Junkers 08 was shot down by gun-fire.
No British Intervention In Iberia
We awept on to a small port where! we were to be picked up. Three ships lay sunk in harbour. The ammun- tion dump was blazing furiously.
Axis-Allies Plane Losses During April
According to an official communl- que, the enemy came over in two waves. The first, mainly occupied in bombing, was greatly harassed and LONDON, May 1 (Reuter). was often turned away by the bar-Rumours of intended British rage. The second
wave dropped many bombs by the nid of flares.
Intervention in Spain and Portu- There were no casualties at mill- gal are dovold of foundation,
LONDON, May 1 (Reuter).— try or R. A. F. positions though there declared the Under-Secretary for was heavy damage to property, in- Foreign Affairs (Mr R. A. Figures for enemy and British Church, hotel and a Butler) in the House of Com-air losser during April are announced in an Air Ministry Amons to-day.
communique as follows:
Over Britain-Axia Iosses, 112; ILA.F, losses, three..
Over Germany-Axis lokses, 18;
The reason for the massed, her Own langunge. Hitler had cluding raids on Plymouth, was obviously demolished her home and also some cinema.
lovely honey she had secured from to break morale;
Some persons wera. killed and a the venerable abbot of Buckfast number were seriously injured. In blasting Plymouth, Hitler hoped | Ablicy. Justifiably she was NK- to make the British squeal. He has grieved. I regret to say that this old succeeded but that squeal was not a fady called Hitler a "awine." Hitlerlan squeal and it has achieved
Empire Spirit
a raging tornado of hate and burning
In the next breath she dismissed determination to hit back,
These people of the West Country her own affairs. ""I seo," she said, are not as those of the major cities, "that they have got most of our boyi Their tempo. In slower. They are out of Greece. It takes a long time Churchgoers. But this morning on to get the British Empire together old Plymouth lady of 90 blushed at: TURN to Back Page, Column 3
They were put out by Gorman propaganda agencies with the object. of stirring up feeling against Britain among the Spanish and Fortuguese plans for penetration In the Iberian
of the 112 enemy peninsular.
the earnest hope of the British planes destroyed over Britain were It LONDON, May 1 (UP) —German Government that those German plans shot down at night, of which 48 long range guns fired two salvoes on will be ritrated and that the were by night fighters, 35 by antle the Dover area about: 0p.m. but Spaniards and Portuguese will be aircraft gundre and, three by there were no caminities or damage, spared the miseries of war.
unspecified means.
DOVER SHELLED peoples and of furthering German RAF, 106.
Middle Eaái,——-Axis, 255; R.A.F., 61,
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH!!
Eighty-
nothing
It must be admitted that the handling of their forces by the German Command had been good. They were not hidebound pedants in their conception of conduct of war. The Germans cast rules aside.
A glance at their operations in this war supports this statement.. In May last year, their decisive blow was delivered at the centre of the French line. They broke through at Sedan and then turned narth to cut off our Jett SOLL which had imprudently penetrated Into Belgium, leaving our
Banks insuficiently precized
Last month the
the opportunity provided again by an unguarded flank and threw Bome troops into Tripoll as we moved forec north across the Mediterranean Into Greece. J
Tactics in Greece
a
In the actual battles in Greece, the Germans went back to Napoleon, TURN to Back Page, Column 3
Changes In Cabinet
LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)--It is ofcially announced that Lord Bea- veibruck, Minister for Aircraft Pro- duction, has been appointed Minister of State.
Colonel Moore-Brabazon replaces Lord Benverbrook as Minister of Air- craft Production.
Mr Ronald Cross has been appoint- ed High Commissioner for Australia, and Air Frederick James Leathers is made Minister of Combined Shipping and Transport...............
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R.A.F. Attacks on Kiel Berlin, Hamburg, Emden
Special to the “Telegraph"
LONDON, May 1 (UP)-An Air Ministry communique re- veals that last night strong formations of the bomber command attacked objectives in Germany, the main attack being directed against the naval base at Kiel. Other objectives included tar- gels in the Berlin area, the industrial centre at Hamburg and the port at Emden. None of our aircraft is missing from these. operations."
In the evacuation of British troops Activity. Elsewhere
from Greece, the communique statos, Enemy alecraft raided Malta yen- LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)terday and on Tuesday night, caus particularly severe attack was caring some damage to RAF. rled out in the Gambut area by a
property, and inflicting a few casualties. formation of RAF. Oghters on One Junkers bomber, damaged by Wednesday, anya an RAF
com A.A.
fire was brought down by munique.
RAF fighters, another was shot down direct by anti-aircraft fire and a number of others were damaged.
On On Wednesday
and Tuesday, RAF. and South African Air Force planes machine-gunned enemy motor transports near Assab and in the Selasclaman
arca, In Abyssinia. Considerable damage and casualties were caused.
At least 100 vehicles, 30 of which contained troops, were hit and Twonly of them burst damaged. into Dames.
One R.A.F. fighter intercepted four Messerschmitta machine gunning British troops near Scfafl and severe ly damaged two of the German fighters.
achel aircraft A Henschel-
was also shot down near Gambut.
Numerous Blacks wern,'carried out by R.AF. Bghters protecting convoys'
An enemy camp north of Maji, also bombed and machine-gunned.
Three RAF planes are missing from these opersons.