1939-10-19 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 19, 1939

ANOTHER ATTACK IN OFFING Intense Activity Behind- German Lines In Saar

NAZI LOSSES IN LAST OFFENSIVE OUT OF ALL PROPORTION TO THE GAINS

AUSTRALIAN NAVY IN COMMISSION

Sydney. To-day.

Alt reserve ships of the Royal Australian Navy are now in com. mission and over 30 ships have been taken over. The personnel has been more than doubled, numbering 10,000 men.

Alt British ships leaving for distant ports from Australia aroj now being armed for defensive- purposes. Reuter,

RESTRICTIONS ON

FOREIGN VISITORS

IN KWANGSI

Macao, To-day.

Restrictions prohibiting foreigners from entering and touring Kwangsi have been renewed for another period of six months, according to an official announcement issued by the Kwangsi Provincial authorities. The only towns visited by foreigners Lungchow and Nanning.-Our Correspondent.

be which can

Wuchow, are

Own

SERVICES' SPORT

London, To-day.

A Football Association eleven beat the Army at Aldershot by 1-0 at to the soccer, while the Navy lost Army by 3-9 at Rugby.-Reuter.

Paris, To-day.

THE WESTERN FRONT has been quieter since the abortive Nazi attack on Monday, but intensive activity behind the German lines suggests that another attack may be in the offing. German losses on Monday are regarded by both French and neutral observers to be out of all pro- portion to the gain. The only effect of the at- tack was to bring about an automatic and pre- arranged withdrawal of the French outpost lines. This morning's war communique reports activity on both sides between the lines and ambushes and trench raids.

The alleged

Western Front

armoured

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menace on the of Nazi heavily tanks carrying inch guns is not taken seriously. It is pointed out that such tanks

ammunition could carry little

and must halt for aiming thus enabling the areas French guns already in the where the tanks are likely to operate easily to destroy them.

MASS AVIATION

The suggested use of mass aviation evokes the reply that the

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Line is a different proposition Poland.

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wou barely The heaviest bombs dent the cupolas and low-flying planes would be brought down by machine-: gun barrage.-Reuter.

GREAT ACTIVITY

Paris, To-day. The latest communique states: "On the front there has been no change on the whole.

"There has been great activity by reconnoltring units notably between the Moselle and the Saar-Reuter

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FLOOD HAVOC IN BRITAIN

London, To-day. Some' 600 square miles of the Midlands are now affected by floods, while the Grand Union Canal and the Ouse River have overflowed.

Roads, railway lines and farm- lands are inundated, some of the highways being under 4 or 5 feet of water. At least three bridges have been swept away.-Reuter.

GERMAN AIR LOSSES IN RAIDS

London, To-day.

It has been definitely es- tablished that at least four, and probably more, enemy machines were brought down ¡in the raids on North-East-

Scotland.

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One was brought down in the Scapat Flow raid.

In the raid on the Orkneys by two groups of enemy machines of six and four 'planes respectively, one was des- to the past days' troyed. No damage was caused and

Paris, To-day.

Eminent experts on the western front pay tribute tactics inasmuch were carried out to plans of the French High mand.

as the operations there were no casualties of any sort precisely according (on our side.

Com-

with-

During an attempted reconnaissance of the East Coast, two enemy machines. were pursued by R.A.F. fighters and The crew of brought down at sea, one 'plane was rescued.

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At certain paints French units in contact with the enemy resist. ed without yielding an inch. At other places they have

It is believed, however, that the Na- drawn in accordance with instructions,zi losses were certainly heavier than and everywhere the troops eventually this, as several machines did not look executed orders and in no way were as if they would be able to get back

to their base.-Reuter. compelled by the enemy.-Reuter.

FICTITIOUS GERMAN NAVAL CLAIMS NOT WITHOUT MOTIVE

London, To-day. THERE IS REASON to believe that the repeated German allegations of successful action against units of the British Navy are designed; (1) to mislead neutrals and hearten their own people by exaggerating the successes of German arms;

(2) to elicit information of the whereabouts of the.

vessels stated to have been attacked. Curiosity in German naval circles The actual losses to date are

one

is rife regarding the present.dispoŝi-aircraft carrier, the Courageous, one tion of battleships, battle cruisers battleship, the Royal Oak, which was be- and "aircraft carriers.

lost with 810 officers and men cause she capsized on a dark night, The foregoing seryes to explain the and certain damage to the Tron Duke, Admiralty attitude in the face of re- the only survivor of the 1914 battle peated enemy allegations..

fleet, which was partially dismantled They do not wish to be drawn into and "utilised as a depot ship. more than a bare denial, and it is. In the raid on Rosyth there were important that neutral opinion should 60 casualties, all naval and no ma- recognize these recurrant and Barle's terial damage. claims for What in fact they are namely a technical game which we seftine to

The Germans have lost 18 sub- marines, 18 sunk and five seriously damaged and possibly sunk,-Reuters