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No, 16404
三拜禮 五廿月六英港香
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1941.
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Another Soviet Key City
A STRONG SOVIET RESISTANCE A S
ADMITTED BY THE GERMANS
Big Air Battle And Sea
Fight Reported
ANKARA, JUNE 24 (REUTER).—A SEA fight is repORTED TO BE GOING ON OFF THE BULGARIAN COAST (BLACK SEA), ACCORD- ING TO RUMOURS FROM VARNA, SOVIET CRUISERS, DESTROYERS AND SUBMARINES ARE SAID TO BE FIGHTING GERMAN AIRCRAFT, General Timoshenko, who is BUT THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION. THE GERMANS ARE KNOWN the Commander-in-Chief of the TO HAVE MINED THE BULGARIAN AND RUMANIAN COAST, BUT THEY ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LEFT A NARROW CHANNEL AT THE MOUTH OF THE BOSPHORUS UNMINED.
Russian forces in the ·toar
against, Germany.
FRENCH WARSHIPS ATTACKED
20,000-Ton Italian Liner Torpedoed
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
LONDON, June 24 (UP). -An Admiralty communique states
Axis sources here admit that the Germans are meeting very strong opposition in Bukovina and state that the Russians are not fighting a dofonsive battle but are attacking.
Russian sources tell of a huge air battle all along the front with the Soviets holding their own.
Reports from Bucharest state that a Rumanian column from Galatz advanced eight kilometres towards Tarutin, duc south of Kishinev.
that the British SOVIETS
fleet and air arm operating off the coast of Syria shell- ed and torpedoed at least three Vichy destroyers yes- terday morning.
Italión Line Sunk
The Admiralty claimed that submarines, operating in the Eastern and Central Mediter ranean, torpedoed a 20,000 ton Italian liner and sunk an enemy supply ship.
The communique added "nuval aircraft also carried out successful attacks on the ports of Beirat and: Tripolis, as well as ships and slip- ping_in_those.ports."
R. N. Activity LONDON, June 24 (Reuter).—An} Admiralty communique states, "Units TURN to Back Page, Column. 4
BRITAIN'S WAR BILL
Amongst the Soviet Ukralno key cities is Kharkov, created since the revolution, which is the tractor-building centre of the Ukraine. Capture of this place is among the more Im portant German military objec- tives.
Commons and Lords Debate British Support For Russia
participating in the fighting, 400-MILE AIR RAID
Selected Targets Attacked
Special to the "Telegraph'
MOSCOW, June 24 (UP)-The Moscow press to-night gave but brief accounts of the activities of the Red army. However! one report stated that Red troops "somewhere. In a military district" had repulsed a German attack.
MOSCOW TESTS ITS DEFENCES
an-
western
Russians here, however, as-! sert that the Rumanians are not
LONDON, June 24 (Reuter).-Mr H. G. Lees-Smith, Leader of the Opposi being held in reserve.
tion, who followed Mr Anthony Eden in the House of Commons debate, declared Rumanians claim that they that if Hitler imagined that by this act he would be regarded by any party or have crossed the River Pruth at Galatz, Jassy and Lippani. They quarter in this country or the United States as a cruisader against Communism, he say that the gost northerly under-estimated our intelligence. (Cheers). column is headel.in the direc- tion of Kiev and "another two towards Odessa, which is about 150 miles from the present frontier,
the
Need Labourers Germans here boast that campaign will be over in six weeks when, they say, they will have oc- cupled White Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus.
Dispatches also stated that a
They say that they need Russlan squadron of the Soviet air fleet prisoners as labourers for the Relch had raided German territory since French prisoners of war are about 400 miles from their base. useless because they are "tired and
unruly" Bombers and fighters had attack-
Moscow Claim ed selected targets and had also
NEW YORK, June 24 (Reuter).— shot down German intercepting "The enemy's attacks are being Moscow planes.
successfully repulsed,"
tem.
His Inst act on Sunday morning merely means that owing to the increased forces which we now have in this country, Hiller has realised that he must defeat Russin and release the great air force and 100 divisions from the Russian border before the final assault on this country.
R.A.F. Continues Channel Raids
SIEGE OF
..
Army on its first military successes," in mod chmely he explains PALMYRA
to
but
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY
"Before Mr Eden spoke, I was apprehensive lest this country political pre- might allow possession.to interfere with "full strategic co-operation and I was relieved by the statement. that' the differences of political system did not allow us to obscure the realism of the situr-
"The realities of the altuation are that Hitler is now fighting a war on two fronts.
Perhaps the most important state- ment the Foreign Secretary made was that a military and economile mission is about to proceed to Russia.
Germany
nover conquer Russia if Russia has the same spirit resistance to-day that she had against Napoleon.
of
con
LONDON, June 24 (Reuter)The unchallenged Royal Airtion," he went on. ForceTM carried out their first big offensive sweep of the day early-- this evening over northern France. People in south coast towns These brief accounts are the only Radio announced to-day according heard the roar of bombers flying reports of actual fighting published in to the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-out to sea and violent explosions First Air Alert
from beyond the curtain of haze addition to the High Command cem-
"We congratulate the heroic Red munique, MOSCOW, June 24 (Router).
German Report
Insted for nearly half an hour. -The city's, first air raid alert:
BERLIN, June 24 (UP). The the Soviet announcer added. Soviet Planes Raid
While the attack was in, progresa £10,250,000 Per Day lasted from 3 a.m. to 4.25 ann. official news agency, quoting inform-
VICHY, June 24 (Reuter)-Soviet strong forces of British fighters swept, ed German military sources, to-day
the fighters LONDON, June 24 (Reuter), but it was inter officially
reports it is obvious that the great the Rumanian Black Sea port of look-out for German
the approach Notwithstanding the generous nounced that in spite of heavy states that according to all available planes have carried out two raids on up and down the Channel on
none appeared supplies received from America and light anti-aircraft barrage offensive movement by Germany has Constanza, states a Rome dispatch.
The important. Danube town of English Chennel. under the Lease and Lend en-and the sound of shell burats, not yet been halted by the Soviet
Galatz has also been bombed.
Nazis Feel Blows Quoting competent quarters, the One Soviet plane came down on actment, Britain is still spend-this was just "realism" and that troops.
a test of official news agency asserted that Rumanian territory, the dispatch
LONDON, June 24 (Reuter) — ing £10,250,000 daily on the war the whole affair was
The British fleet resumed the and her national expenditure A.R.P. precautions.
German unlis yesterday, after break- adds.
There is no doubt that the Germans Nazis Claim Initiative
undertaking A large-scale shelling of Damour, south of Beirut. under all heads is at the rate of The population went quickly to the ing through the Soviet frontier post-
After consolidating at Damascus tions, met
BERLIN, June 24 (Reuter)-The evacuation of German elvillans and Soviet division which a
The Liberal Leader, Sir Percy £4,400,000,000 per year,
shelters while wardens
went to their was wiped out, adding, "it collapsed official German news agency reports administration officials to Norway to and naming General Legentilhomme Harris, was glad that Mr Eden the seek rest from the relentless British as Governor, the British and Free insisted on the strategie importance The House of Commons to-day, defence personnel
before it could that the Germans had taken
"des-bombing of Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel French troops broke through without division, voted £1,000,000,- stations and posts, and lorries dis-under German
for battle with initiative on
perate resistance by the Soviet army and other north German toy French defence ring north and west some believe that as a result of Ger- of the position and declared that the German 000 credit for the Army, Navy, Airtributed re-fighting material.
year, the
of the capital. the two At this period of the Force and Ministry of Supply,
One German storm detachment in in some sectors on the first two days the Norwegian telegraph agency.
columns The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Moscow sky is dark for only a very
In the last few days, the Germans progressing towards Rayak, Beirut many. Aghting a war on two fronts, TURN to Back Pago, Column 5 Sir Kingsley Wood declared that short time and the sky was already an unspecified sector of the German campaign.
that clear when "raiders" flew over and brief hand to hand encounter, killed
have.requisitioned thousands of flats and Homs. Soviet front, during, a comparatively compared with February when
and houses in Oslo and the sur- rounding districts, and also Just £1,000,000,000 was voted, there the sky was dotted with red
Trondheim and some towns
and had been a further incrence in the black bursts ng the ground defences several hundred and captured several
went into action. Observers noted thousand Soviet soldiers. rate of expenditure on the war,
villages In inland parts of the west the effect of the test.
coast.
CX-
Investors' Contributions Britain's foreign expenditure had naturally fallen, but domestic penditure had increased pondingly. Investors were contri- buting nearly £40,000,000 a week.
A further effort in this direction
corres-
was still possible and a new drive is
and other
Baku Oil Fields On War Footing
LONDON, June 24 (Reuter),—A
to be launched to expand throughout vast army of workers in the Baku oll the country the network of anvings fields have been placed on war Rroups and increase the rate of in- fuoting since the beginning of dividual savings,
hostilities, states the Moscow radio..
Sea Battle Off
Sweden
South Reported
Special to the "Telegraph"
STOCKHOLM, June 24, (UP). Vigorous detonations which are believed to be the result of gunfire and aerial bombard. ments were heard last night and this morning off the Swedish south const, particularly the Island of Gotland, and as far as Stockholm.
heard off Stockholm and the Swedish: It is believed a naval battle island of Gotland. is in progress.
derman alreraft pro reported to have bombed Tallin; Helsinki, and South of Helenski
other Finnish coastal towns have NEW YORK, June 24 (Reuter), heard dlant explosions from the A sea battle south of Helenski is redirection of Esthonia across the ported in the Swedish newspaper Baltic Smoke and explosions are "Allehanda," according to a Block- also reported to have been seen along holm despatch. Gunare bas been the Eathonia constitu
place itself oops.""
German army unita penetrated deeply into a Soviet position and TURN to Back Page, Column 4
LATEST
Latvian Revolt
Tuesday after
RUSSIAN ASSETS IN
are
U. S. FREED Watch On
24
WASHINGTON, Juno (Reuter)The Treasury has lifted the restrictions from Russian money assets in the United States,
Entrants
To U.S.A.
programme.
...
after next winter, will be this situation: he wil thred with VICHY, June 24 (UP)An have to hold down in Europe a great official dispatch from Beirut number of nations determined to fight states that Palmyra has been for their freedom as soon as the wholly encircled and that a siege that he can at the same time hold opportunity comes. I don't believe has begun.
down 180,000,000 Russians if their spirit of resistance is what I think it Liberal View
the
Vichy Planes Destroyed: Widespread Syria Raids
CAIRO, June 24 (Reuter). The destruction of eight Vichy aircraft on the ground, and damage to a very large number of others during raids on Syria aro announced In a Royal Air Force communique issued this evening.
A number of hits on flying boats at Syracuse and the dis The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr Henry Morgenthau, signed the order WASHINGTON, June 24 (Rueter): Covery of 15 burnt-out Italian aircraft at Jimma, Abyssinia, are
other highlights,
A number of fighters were.Inter- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" at the request of the State Depart-
new im-
"Syria: Aircraft of the R.A.F. 'cepted above the aerodrome and two dispatch from Berlin to the "Aftan partment of Justicet reverses, Presl the State Department to-day. STOCKHOLM, June 24 (UP)-Ament and, after consulting the De-The establishment of a
migration policy, was announced by
and Australian Air Force ware were shot down while a number of
olhers were damaged, The action in effect Bladet" states that 80,000, Latvians,
All immigration visas will be Betive in Syria yesterday. A "Bomber aircraft attacked Fort who are supplied with a week's dent Roosevelt's order of Juno 14
assets all: Rusalanı. munitions are now revolting against freeerlen. It is apparently the first emphasis on the suitability of Im-aerodrome at Baalbek Talla and
with large force machinegunned an Squelda. in centralised in Washington
"Sicily: Yesterday. RAF. alr the Soviets. It is added that, the America.*
craft attacked flying-boats at Latvians have succeeded in building cuccrete step to aid the Soviet against migrants to the national defence Kayak destroying eight Vichy
A number of hits were. Syracuse. The freeing of the assets up a regular army and have blown Germany.
aircraft on the ground. A very made on flying boats as well as on will make them avaliable to buy war up bridges and important 'roads.
Under the new procedure which large number of others were hangar and barracks; Radio Kaunas announced that materials In' the United States or
comes into effect on July 1, vlan damaged and another was at
Western Desert General Pundzevious former Chief elsewherell
applications will come before Inter- been ap-
Possible Aid
Departmental Committees, which, I tucked and severely damaged of the General Staff has
"Cyrenaica:
The
harbour of pointed Commander of the anti-
WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reu-Is understood, will comprise repre-In the air...
Benghazi and an' enemy transport in Soviet troops. General Reklaitlo has
the same aren were bombed on Sun- been appointed: Chief of Staff and ter)-President Roosevelt has de senintives of the State, War, Navy
and Justice Departments instead of Aerodrome Attacked
day night, g Colonel Bobells has been appointed glared "all possible ald 10" Russia."
visas beltig granted by Immigration | Milliary - Commander of Kalinas, ka
"Abyssinia: Eleven Caproni "A squadron of the A.A.F, carried
air officials on the spot.
out a machinegun attack on an acre- craft and four C.R. 32's wero *found It is announced that the new drome near Home. One hanger and burnt out, when our troopy entered procedure is the result of the de-a number of other buildings were Jimma,”
"From all operations, two Britan BOMBAY, June 24 (Reuter)clared emergency and necessity from burnt out several motor transport Over 1,000 officers, were among the the standpoint of national defence vehicles were damaged and one aircraft are missing, and a third 1,000 Italian prisoners of war who for careful supervision over the Vichy Glenn Martin was destroyed mode, a forced landing in enemy
Territory," arrived in India In two batches, entry of allens to the United States." on the ground.
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