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HITLER'S ESSAY IN WAR FICTION

Berlin, To-day. LUMPING TOGETHER THE surrender of the Belgian and Dutch armies with the French and British troops cap- tured, a survey of the Flanders Campaign issued by Hitler's headquarters claim that prisoners taken total over 1,200,0000, to which must be added the dead whose numbers cannot yet be estimated.

The destruction or capture is claimed of the complete equip-

ment of from 75 to 80 Divisions.

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The survey declares that between It is added that in accordance with May 10 and June 3, the German air its usual practice, the Admiralty an- force shot down 1,841 enemy 'planes,nounces all losses as soon as the next while 699 were brought down by anti-of kin have been informed. aircraft fire and 1,600 to 1,700 des-

troyed on the ground.

The official figure for British air losses since May 10 is 302 'planes. This is the total number lost, as an- nounced perlodically in Air Minis- try communiques.

British sea losses are stated to be five cruisers, 13 destroyers, five sub- marines, one auxiliary cruiser, 10- other warships and 67 merchantmen Although the German claims to and transports sunk, and 10 cruisers, have shot down 1,841 enemy 'planes 24 destroyers, three torpedoboats, 22 includes all Allied aircraft participat- other warships, and 117 merchantmening in the operations, it may be pre- and transports severely damaged. sumed that since the R.A.F. was using Reuter.

the greatest number of 'planes losses would be greater than those of the other air forces involved.-Reu-

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London, To-day. quarters in London point out that British losses of men were, as has been stated, in the neigh- bourhood of 30,000.

Regarding the alleged naval losses, it is pointed out that a full statement of naval losses was issued in last night's communique, which announ- ced that six destroyers and 24 other naval craft out of 222 were lost at Dunkirk.

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D. D. Aroozaoo, of No. 367, Nathan Road, was fined $15 by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen this morning for possession of a radio-set without a licence on May 6.

A fine of $30 was imposed on Chan Oi-ting, of No. 278, Matauwei Road, for a similar offence.

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It is learned that 64 have been ar- rested at Vilna in connection with Soviet allegations that Red Army troops have been kidnapped recently in Lithuania.

One of those arrested is alleged to have admitted that he was working on behalf of a foreign country.-Reu-

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THE BY NOW NIGHTLY DOWN- POUR LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNİNG RESULTED IN 2.71 IN- CHES OF RAIN BEING RECORDED AT, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN KOWLOON,"

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