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HAVOC IN H.K. DEFENCES Heavy Damage Done By "Enemy" Air Raiders PETROL French Ambassador Shanghal Siege

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PERSISTENT ACTIVITY BY "ENEMY” BOMBING PLANES HAS INFLICTED. "CONSIDER- ABLE MATERIAL DAMAGE UPON THE COLONY'S DE- FENCES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS..

Shot By Woman On Platform

Paris, To-day.

An attempt was made on the life of Count Louis Charles de Chambrun at the Gare du Norde Land and sea attacks have: also been carried out with vary-yesterday.

ing success, but Blueland, for A SHOT WAS FIRED AT THE FAMOUS FRENCH DIPLO the moment, is endeavouring to MAT BY A WOMAN JOURNALIST AND FRIEND OF HIS, MA- destroy-morale by aerial attacks. DAME DE MONTAGNE.

Shrill sirens signalled yet an- other warning at about two o'clock this afternoon, and the city was severely bombed.

The official communique

states:

The past twenty-four hours have witnessed a number of Blue attacks of all natures at various points of Redland. No state of war exists at present between Northland and Redland.

-COUNT. LOUIS WAS JUST ABOUT TO BOARD THE EX- PRESS FOR BRUSSELS WHEN HE WAS SHOT DOWN.

His plain-clothes detective guard pursued had relaxed his attention for a Italian

minute when Madame de Montagne friendly stepped from behind a pillar and tween fired a revolver, the bullet lodging outbreak in the diplomat's abdomen. were largely Count Louis, who had one foot on Trans Ocean. the step as he was about to enter the saloon car of the Paris-Brussels express, collapsed in the arms of a friend.

NOT LIKELY TO BE FATAL - The wounded diplomat was imme diately rushed to a private clinic near the station, where examination showed that the injury, though serious, is not likely to prove fatal.

BAD FLYING CONDITIONS Last night enemy destroyers attacked the Eastern and West ern entrances. The Eastern entrance attacks resulted in a small party of the enemy en- tering the fort at Devil's Peak and doing, damage to a gun:

Madame de Montagne, the would- the party was driven on and

be assassin, was seized by witnesses one Blue destroyer was sunk. The gun will be repaired by noon of the drama and handed over to to-day. The attacks on the West-gendarmes.

ern entrance were beaten off and

a

Questioned by the police after her two Blue destroyers were sunk:arrest, she would not explain but gallant attempt by the enemy to asserted that she had made Count land on Stonecutters Island was Louis acquaintance in Italy when easily repulsed. Red patrol craft he was French Ambassador to Rome.

DESCENDANT OF LAFAYETTE did valuable work in detecting and reporting Blue destroyers and sub- Count Louis de Chambrum is a marines off Red coast line at tari-great-grandson of the

ous points.

Blue air action has been hamper- ed by bad flying conditions Con siderable damage has however (Continued on Page 24)

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