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NAZIS SUFFER SERIOUS LOSSES IN
:
RUSSIA: SITUATION ANALYSED
Special to the “Telegraph”
LONDON, AUG. 10 (UP)-AUTHORITATIVE CIRCLES TO-DAY Chinese
ASSERTED THAT REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF HOSTILITIES, THE NAZIS HAVE SUFFERED SERIOUS MATERIAL AS WELL AS PSYCHOLOGICAL SETBACKS WHICH ARE ALMOST CERTAIN TO HAVE A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON HITLER'S FUTURE COURSE.
There appears to be no doubt now but what Gorman calculations have been drastically upset by Russia's strong resistance to the mighty Nazi war machine. Although the German drive apparently gained, some momentum during the last few days, Hitler still has yet to achieve a single major objective in the Soviet Union.
Even if the Russian resistance does brenk within the| next few weeks, and the Germans have overrun most of European Russia, the Nazis will still have fallen short
IS ROT
on one of their presumed main objectives to secure the SETTING
vast Ukraine grain supplies to feed the German con-
quered territories this winter. According to reports here IN?"
the Russian resistance has enabled the collective farmers
to harvest a large part of the crop and much of that Soviets Claim Nazis which could not be reaped was destroyed.
In addition to this, the stand
"On August 10 our troops
con-
the enemy in the directions of Solts,;
and Umman.
Want To. Pack Up
of the Red Army has admittedly tinued fighting stubbornly agninst MOSCOW, Aug. 30 (Reuter). cost. Germany heavily in casual-Kholm, Smolensk, Byela-TserkovAn appen! by captured Ger- ties and war materials. All these factors have combined to greatly lessen the attempted invasion of Britain.
At the same time, Britnin has been able to conduct unrelenting nic n!- incks againal German Industrial and milltary targets which has doubtless. at least in a small measure, injured them. Even the Red air force in recent days has managed to pierce Goering's supposedly impenetrable
air defences.
im
In the Atlantic, Britain's has shown unquestionable provment and new figures on ship ping losses to be released by the Admiralty soon will show, it is re- ported, that Britain is continuing to Kain in the critical. Battle of the Atlantic.
Southern Front
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 10
50
WAS
Emigrants
To Peru
Overxens Chinese in Peru who have left the country, are allowed to return there provided that they are armed with a "Ficha de Rein- RTERO," (re-entry permit), according
to the
in Holtguvian Consulate-General
The "Ficha de Reingreso" is usual- ly for one year but the local Peru- vian Consul-General. Is empowered to extend it
one more year. Those without these papers are, however, not permitted lo re-enter Peru.
An agreement in this regard, it is learned, was reached between the Chinese Minister to Peru and the Peruvian Minister for
Foreign Affairs on April 8, 1940.
No new Chinese emigrants arc now allowed to enter that country.
Nazi Plot In Chile Uncovered
man prisoners to their comrades Our air force in co-operation to surrender is quoted in 看着 with the land forces inflicted blows on
Soviet com- enemy zanzer troops and infantry, supplement to a on August 9 our air force brought munique. down 45 German alreraft and lost 25 The supplement describes how
the 370th Gorman Regiment of SANTIAGO, CHILE, Aug. 10 our own. "According to previse data
now the 63rd Division, which
(Reuter). It is officially stated during the German raid available,
Moscow on the night of August shipped to Finland from Narvik, that a Nazi plot has been dis- covered in southern Chile. were attacked a Russim unit and was brought down and not eight as pre-repulsed with heavy losses from Several German leaders have artillery and machine-gun fire been arrested in the towns of Frutillas, Llanquihue, Puerto Many German soldiers, 31
says, Varas.
The arrests followed house trying to escape, jumped into a Inke to swim to the opposite shore
but searches. practically all drowned or were shot by Russian snippers. The remainder surrendered In large groups,
0-10, ten German aircraft
viously reportel.
Ave and then surrounded.
"During the day of August 9, our fighters destroyed in addition German
reconnaissance aircraft in the Moscow civil defence zone,
Nazis' Silence
10
LONDON, Aug. (Reuter) Following their recent claims of great military SUCCESSES agalust the Russians In the Ukraine, the Nazis
Senseless Struggle
A quantity of propaganda matter has been seized.
The Minister of the Interior is
A number of prisoners addressed to make a statement.
senseless aud
(Reuter).to-day fell strangely sllent about letters to their comrades of the 63rd -Berlin correspondenta cite military the operations on the eastern front. Division, urging them to surrender. opinion that the fresh German The German mid-day communique The letter says: "We were thrown success in the Ukraine is com resurrected the well-known phrase from Norway into a prehensive that Russian abandon about "operations
በሁ specifie northern forests and marshes. We Is military coast
claims. Even Goebbels do not wish to die to enable Manner- German official
agencyTM-usually newn
zohelm and his accomplices to acquire
colonica. The verbose-had little to say about the Karelian
Finnish progress of the fighting
people hate us and the Russian people, meet us with deadly fire. Hitler will perish. It is no usc binding your destinies with the destiny of a com-doomed adventurer. You have an
ment of the great curve of Duieper, (ing to plan" but ng accord-fatal war against Soviet Russia 11
Odessa and the Black Sea considered imminent by the High Command.
The Germans are straining every effort to reach Odessa and Nicolaiev, from where it will be possible to threaten Russin's
chict armament centre, but it is declared that
the
victories already won do not Incan
In these extensive operations in the Ukraine,
Duff.Cooper Flying To Far East
August 11, 1941.
INTERLUDE It's cool inside
IN THAILAND
BANGKOK, Aug. 10 (Reu- ter)--After a most critical fortnight, members of the Cabinet and diplomats are for the first time sitting back mop. ping their brows, collecting their thoughts and sorting them out to-day.
A typically shrewd unofficial Thai comment is: True, we have just been through a hell of a bad time, but it also served to show who our friends are. Of course, we know that we are not yet out of the wood."
Tense Situation BANGKOK, Aug. 10 (UP)A
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Namun Nalkong comfort, and keep you in good gramme which occasionally reflects the views of the Suankularb Palace,
humour. The
the
prostromme instructed people to stand up against any poss sible invaders, adding, that although WHITE and PLAIN COLOURS independence will be lost, honour
will remain,
"Like the Carthaginians", it sug- from $11.50-icas 10% cash discount gested that the Thai people fight and kill the enemy within and without by every means. Even the use of gas will be justified. Instructions were o! Issued regarding the burning townis, .crops, forests, railways and the destruction of highways, and bridges during retreat,
Disturbances In Occupied Countries
MOSCOW, Aug,' 10 (Reuter).—
com-
News of disturbances in Yugo-Stavia has been followed by news of similar disturbances in Albania, according to a supplement to the Russian
unique to-day. Insurrectionists, it adds, broke up detachments of Italian troops sent to suppress them. As a result of this encounter, the Albanians captured machine-guns and a large number of four Italian mountain guns, eight
hand grenades.
Czecho-Slovakia
-JERUSALEM, Aug. 10 (Reuter)—–—– Food supplies in Czecho-Slovakia are becoming steadily worse, necording to well-informed foreign circles here who state that even regular civil rations are frequently unobtainabic.
In Bratislava the position is so bud that angry housewives daily cause disturbances In front of the supply office.
Over 800 persons have been impri- soned in Slovakia in the last four
Alford Duif-Cooper, newly-ap-weeks on the charge of being Com- NEW YORK, Aug. 10. (Reuter).—-
Where Battles Raging According to the Moscow munique, battles are still raging in opportunity of saying your lives for that a decision has yet been achieved the same sectors of the front, namely: your families and liberating Ger-pointed British, Minister for the Formunists but actually few are Com-
Smolensk, where the Nazis have many." now been held up for weeks
afier As regards, Marshal Timoshenko's driving an ugly wedge into
lines; Ko
Korosten, an important appeal to the local population Ukrainian railway town 00 miles destroy anything likely to be useful to the Invader, it is pointed out that the German military authorities do which (Korosten) the Germans
cently claimed;
farms and even villages.
the
northwest of Kiev, the capture of Japanese Raid Over Kunming
Leningrad.
It-
and the Estonian
of Soviet
forces
Yugo-Slavia
A decree has been published in Belgrado Introducing
compulsory labour for all between 1 and 43
because German attempts to persuade Serbian peasants and workers to go to work in Germany on the promise of being well fed and well paid have mel with no success.
East, who arrived to-day accommunists, the majority being faithful Czecho-Slovak panied by his wife, said in an in- supporters of the terview with the press that the British Republic.
Goods traffic has decreased by ove: administration in the Far East would be centralised in Singapore and he
three quarters during June owing to expressed the belter that the reaction sabotage. of the Japanese Government to the "strong measures taken by Britain and the United States as the result of Japan's intrusion into Indo-China” had shown a "distinctly steadying and healthy effect."
Lease And Lend Aid To what he described as rumours in the United States that full use was not being made of Lease and Lend material, Mr Duff-Cooper declared: "We are now getting a full flow of American production and materials-- all of rate
All had been utilised and were playing a tremendous part" in Britain's war programme, and
Mr. Dull-Cooper listened at La by 42 Japanese planes in vere broadcast. He said that he would Guardia Airport to the Queen's yesterday. Incendiary bumba меге dropped at Stan.
remain in the United States for about Nine Japanese planes raided Tali fortnight. Ife would leave for this morning, dropping more than 20 Washington shortly and from there bombs in the outskirts. Damage was would fly to San Francisco and take
light: A lone Japanese plure re-Clipper to the cast.
not assume responsibility for the sector where the Germans are trying feeding and the safety of populations
their way through to where guerilla sabotage is practised.
KUNMING, Aug. 10 (Central The "Nyheter's" correspondent
Stockholm to- News). A message from
Twenty-six Japanese says that reparts show that guerillah bands are still active behind the Ger-night indicates that the Germans are planes raided Kunming at noon now trying to modify the sensational man lines, sabolaging and holding claims they made yesterday of the to-day. Kept at an altitude of in about 5,000 feet by Chinese anti- trapping Northern Front.... southern Ukraine by an encircling{aircraft fire, the raiders dropped movement aiming at cutting off the over 100 bombs indiscriminately, STOCKHOLM, Aug. 10 (Reuter), Black Sea -port of Odessa and
causing more than 10 casualties The cutting off of several Russian Nikolaley. divisions is claimed in a Finnish Meanwhile Sovici guerilla bands, (and demolishing communique.
it is omelally announced in Moscow, houses. It says that the enemy's fortified are continuing their work in the SIAN, Aug. 10 (Central News) - positions have been broken through German rear. Some of them are Hancheng, Stenyong, Slan and that wedges have been driven operating as far back as Lwow in Ichwan, Shensi towns, were raided 43 far as Luke Ladoga. Several Poland over 250 miles behind Die enemy divisions have been cut off. German lines.
There have been great enemy
losses of men and material owing to 'obstinate resistance.
connollred Slan.
100
Scorched Earth ZURICH, Aug. 10 (Reuter). The It adds that the completion of thoroughness of Russia's "corched encirclement and destruction of the earth" policy is amply demonstrated enemy is continuing, but does not by German War
Aims and pro- paganda reports, according to the Central China Withdrawals Berlin correspondent of the Swiss
CHUNG SING, đạt 11 (Central) paper "National Zeitung."
News)-Large numbers of Japanese "No town, no
no village, no settlement troops in Central China have been spared. Hundreds of thou- transferred to Manchuria recently been dis-
mention a single place.
Soviet Guerillas Active
י
MOSCOW, Aug.
10 (UP). The
seen."
con-
have
Heroes Of Russia
Mock Invasion
Of Black Country
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Chinese
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Train
Northwest Frontier
And War
ciples,
" of the BUS German war.
LONDON, Aug. 10 (British Wire-
scale Lesu)--Big
civil defence exercises in which the Home Guard, litary and civil defence services co-operated were carried out over a wide area of Birmingham and the
CHUNGKING, Aug. 10 (Central) PESHAWAR, Aug. 10 (Reuter)- Country during the week-end. News)-A southbound Japanese Russia's tenacicus resistance to the The attacking forces were regular military train on the Canton-Hankow Nazi invaders had made a deep im- troops while Birmingham was de- Railway was blown up by Chinese pression among the tribesmen along fended by its Home Guards and saboteurs with dynamite at Chiukin- the Northwest Frontier, it is learned. Soviet Information Bureau this even remains wellings have been razed and puppet troops have
force of rellef
rellef troops composed of
tribesmen, although frankly. and wan, south of Wuchong. About 100 The British, Free French, Dutch and Japanese were killed and 200 were unfriendly towards Bolshevist
·ing announced that a. Red Army unit | smuds of
Czecho-Slovak
prin It was wounded. Arms regulars. Luftwaffe Humbled under command of Major Buslayev to the ground," he writes, adding
tid provisions were fall recognise the sig
significance assumed that an enemy force of two Kinashed column of Fascist tanks that a German war correspondent hatched to take up garrison duties in
two seized by the Chinese. places where the Japanese
LONDON. Aug. 10 (British Wire- divisions and two panzer regiments which proceeded during the night who toured the whole front
Thirteen Chinese soldiers made aj It is
that Muslim held that evacuated, according to a Shanghui
less).-The magnitude of recent time toward one sector of the front.cluded his report saying: "The end dispatch.
were attacking Birmingham from the operations on the eastern front can
er's list attack on the Japanese troops countries are,rext. on Hiller's daring Southwest and to help the invasion, stationed at Maanshan, southwest of after Russia. The excuse made by Thirty damaged tanks remained on of the fighting cannot yet be fore- Organisation and training of more be gauged from a Moscow Agency Jaratroops were dropped on the Puchi on the Canton-Hankow Rall- German the battlefield.
propagandista that Germany puppet troops is intensified. Re- message stating that 1,105 awards south and north sides of the city in way in south Hupeh, on July 24. They did not intervene in Iraq out of re- Ferillos are waging a Berce |
Berlin Communique cently while embarking on Japanese for bravery have been made.
.ne carly hours to-day. ships for Tsingtao for training, many
killed more than 20 Japanese officers gord for Muslim lives and properly The decorations Include three for At the close of the exercise, region which are occupied by BERLIN, Aug. 10 (UP),—To-day's of the 2,000 puppet troops under the women while three men have been General Sir R. G. Finlayson, G.O.C. and men and captured two light was contradicted by raids on Damas- German and Rumanian troops. A communique says that operations on command of Tao Shih-sheng tried to awarded the title "Hero"
Western of the
machine-guns and eight rifles. Command, who was in guerilla detachment in "Soviet the eastern front are proceeding escape. Several deserters were shot Soviet Union."
charge of the exercise, expressed his Kukavina" jald an ambush on according to schedule.
dead by Japanese troops on guard. The first of the latter is Captain satisfaction. "The exercise," ho highway and captured а сат with
Strong forces of the Luftwaffe
Carrier Off Amoy
Batlov, who led à battalion, which cald, kas taught us particularly the three German staf officers who were particularly sticcessful In
YUNGAN, Aug. 10 (Central News). nd been encircled, through "im-Value of liaison between the military were killed.
and lacking armament
plane
has passable" swamps
and repeatedly and civil services,"" Great activity was displayed by a plants, transportation facilities and Japanese aircraft-carrier
attacked the enemy from the rear.. establishments guerilla detachment at Lyoy where publle utility
arrived off Amoy, at the workers
The second is Lieutenant Kamers- the are commanded by
Yesterday five planes from n Moscow. Mony fires were started in factory manager. In four weeks, the the centre of the city and the north aircraft-carrier attacked Changchow, chikov, who single-handed brought Iti which many Germans were kill against the Soviet airforce was again bombs in the southern suburbs, caus- guerilias were in ten engagements Moskva bend. The Luftwafe's night dropping several bombs. Later they down four enemy planes and four came to Yungan and dropped six more. In co-operation with comrades. third is Junior Lieutenant ed as well as over 200 Fascista. very successful recently, and the They destroyed sight German tanks. enemy has now lost over 10,000 about ten casualties and wreck-Bidny, who destroyed five
planes single-handed and four more 23-trucks, 12 light and heavy guns planes along the entire eastern fronting several houses.
One of the raiders was hit by Chin-with the help of comrades. and much, other equipment.
His Including the Finnish sector since
ese anti-aircraft fire and crashed in plane was pierced by 20 bullets but The Luftwaffe's fight against Bri- the hills at an undisclosed place..
ty
in districts in the Chernovi-
Bridges Blown Up. ·
June 22.
One querilla detachment blow up tish provisioning vessels achieved several bridges and annibillated the new successes. In daylight ralds, German-Finnish garrisoners of three German bombers operating near the frontier settlements and destroyed Eas! Faroe Islands sank 0,000 ton two Finnish ammunition trainster, and during the night at-] The detachment established connec-
ronvoy off the British with neveral other guerilla southeast const sinking four
mercial vessels_aggregating 23,000
tions
a
com
a
Larceny By Servant
Cheques Intercepted
had
is still in service.
Stole Rifle Targets
enemy
Memorial
Telephone Subscribers' Service Novel Strike
For Patriot
over
When Mexican telephone compan-
Swiss Leaving
cus and other holy places and now there are almost daily raids on the | civil population in the Suez Canal.
Provocative Actions
Driving Japan. And
U. S. Into War
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH".
nt present "scem destined, under their own momentum, to drive them into war. At this very moment, the United States is apparently toying with a course of action which will, continued, precipitate war-name- ly, the virtual stoppage of oil ship- ments to Japan."
fes recently upped monthly rates four Mr Lofel Pal-hong, late Managing-pesos, 1,000 subscribera in provincial Director of the Chung Hwa Book Queretaro, got so mad they lifted Company and member of the People's their receivers right of the hook Political Council, who died on July and left them down, says. "Time."
Not the rates came 5, was honoured at a memorial ser-
down i TOKYO, Aug. 10 (UP), The vice held yesterday at the Confucius again, said they would they put back "Japan Newsweek" to-day editorially
thier receivers or pay their bills. Hall in Hongkong, states "Central
stated that the United States and News."
Last week local managers tore Japan must Immediately and means The service was attended by
by ov
their hair trying to figure how to bent to halt the provocative actions which the strike. 1,000 persons inc
including Government and Party officials visiting in Hong- For breaking into the store of the groups..
kong, representatives of cultural Talkoo Rifle Club and stealing four organisations, the entire staff of the A revolt of Albanian pessants tons. Enst of Great Yarmouth.
targets, Lau Chuen, -28, boller Chung Hwa ugainst Italian usurpers broke out in large freighter was set afire.
Major R. J. L. Penfold and Cap-maker, was sentenced to six months' friends and relatives of the deceased. Book Company, and several villages north of the town of During the air attacks on the Suez tain. Marsh sent cheques by post to hard labour, by Mr H. G. Sheldon, Scrolls of eulogy were presented Zergyan.
at Central Magistracy,
this were sent by the occupation authori. Gerinan bombers sunk an 8,000 ton the letters were intercepted.
by many Government leaders, pro-
Tit For Tat ties from Grecco to
minent among whom were Mr Lin suppress the vessel and damaged a light British This
Lam Nga-kok, 30, morning,
Sergeant W. L. Kinloch stated that Sen, Chairman of tho revolt but were smashed by the in- cruiser by bomb hits.
National
TOKYO, Aug. 10 (UP), Tho unemployed, was charged before Mr following reports of the thefts of Government, General Wu Te-chen, is learned that the evacuation of non-American Embassy to-day informed surrectionists. The Albanians cop Further air nitacks were directed H. C. Macnamara at Kowloon Magis targets inquiries were made and it Secretary-General of the Central essential Swiss in Shanghai is being the office of the Finance Ministry tured four Italian mountain gunay eight', machine-guns and a large at night against several harbours trucy with larceny by servant of two was found that Defendant had been Party Headquarters, Generals Pat undertaken by the Bwiss Consulate that the United States is prepared
Scottish east coast and milit- cheques and obtaining money by a taking some, targets to No. 13 establishments in Leicester forged
On Street, second floor. S Shing | Chung-hai, Li Tzung-Jen, Li Chi-zen acting under the instructions of the to un-freeze funds for Japanese
Tokyo Legation.
offlelais in the United States pro- County. Along the Channel coast the
iv. Summers stated where under a woman's bed the four Mr. Ma Chao-chun," Kuomintang It is expected that the Swiss in vided that American officials in British air force yesterday lost. ..10 that "MOSCOW, Aug. 10 (Reuter) —Thol planes in air Bghts and three by anti-¡ployco ant was convicted but ra- Shuk Birest, . Altogether 20 targets | nging-Director of the Commercial | ber of -Swiss- ́evacuees will not be funds on in similar basis” und ́3t" "in"
was formerly em-targets in question were found, DC.E.C. member, oficialed at the cere- Japan are evacuating to join the lure treated in a
in Japan at the filing station.
reciprocal manger following is the text of a communique aircraft fre.
fendant was later arrested in Tai mony while Mr Y, W. Wang, Man- group leaving Shanghal. The num Only one: Gorman
Japan has already released) British Issued by the Soviet Information plane was lost. Bureau at 10,30 p.m. GMT
entered German territory yesterday.the money to repay to Complainant.
No enemy planes manded three days for him to raise valued at $34 were missing and fur-Press, eulogized the life work of the large, the colony in Shanghal total expected that she will accept the
ther Inquiries were being made, decensed,
King only 400,
United Biélos proposalia.
Detachments of troops rondstend on the night of August 8,the Samuel Chinn Filling Station but|ing.
number of hand grenados.
Late Communique
on the
and others.
Shanghai
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“, SHANGHAI, Aug. 10 (Domel)---It