1940-06-11 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 11, 1940.

Vigorous French Counter-Attacks As PACE OF GERMAN ADVANCE GROWS

PARIS, TO-DAY.

LAST NIGHT'S FRENCH WAR COMMUNIQUE STATES THAT FROM THE SEA TO THE OISE THE ENEMY ACCENTUATED HIS PRESSURE BETWEEN THE ROADS FROM AMIENS TO ROUEN AND AMIENS TO VERNON, REACHING THE LOWER SEINE AT CERTAIN POINTS, WHERE SOME

ELEMENTS HAVE CROSSED THE RIVER.

FRANCE WOUNDED, UNAFRAID

GREAT HUMAN

He is everywhere held by vigorous counter-attacks. TRAGEDY

Between the road from Amiens to Vernon and the course of the lower Oise his infantry has been less incisive.

It has been above all by means of his air force that he has sought to harass the movements of our units by repeated bombardment on their rear. To the east of the Oise enemy co-early yesterday without indication. lumns which had debouched in the when it would be resumed.

Paris, To-day. Broadcasting to the nation last night, the Premier, M. Paul Reynaud, said: "We are in the sixth day of the great-tournes. est battle in history.

"The conflagration begun on the Somme has now extended to the east as far as the Meuse. Our armies have imanoeuvred and have not left one strong point without inflicting great losses on the enemy.

"It is at the very moment, when France, wounded but väliant and devoted, is fighting against the Ger- man hegemony for its own indepen- dence as well as for that of whole world, that Mussolin! chosen to declare war on us.

"Great personages, including Pope and President Roosevelt, tried to avert this extension war but in vain.

of

the has

afternoon only succeeded in extending the bridgehead that he established on Sunday by pushing as far as Lare-

To the east of the Aisne the enemy has extended his attacks to all open- ings as far as Beaumont.

It was pointed out that the Paris transmitting station is 16 miles north- west of the city, and hence it is thought here the interruption may be due to military activities-Reuter.

Paris In State Of Defence

Washington, To-day. Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, said Italy's entry into the war would prove a great disappointment to peo ples everywhere” and “a great human tragedy!"

Reuter.

AIR VERSUS

Paris, To-day. SEA POWER

Everywhere our troops have stood

The capital was placed in a state their ground and offered the most en- ergetic resistance to the enemy,. de-of defence yesterday. The permanent fending the ground foot by foot and staffs of the Ministries evacuated on counter-attacking.

Sunday and yesterday to the pro-

New York, To-day.

A syndicated article by Ad-

Many air reconnaissances have been vinces. The heads of the Govern-miral Yates Stirling says that

effected over the front and back particularly flights were made Namur and Donaueschingen.___

areas;ment remain.

over

Convoys Bombed Convoys have been bombed by our air force at Forges-les-Eaux, Soissons and Pont Avett.

the Our fighters in their covering mis- havesions have achieved important victor-

the lies.

the One fighter group under command of Major Thibaudet parti- cularly distinguished itself, bringing down in one expedition 12 enemy ma- chines.

And For What?- "And for what reason did 'Mussolini decide that blood must flow?

our

was

"When at 4.30 this afternoon Ambassador in Rome asked this ques- tion of Count Ciano, the reply 'Mussolini is only carrying out plans which he has made,' and hostilities be- gin at midnight to-night.

All our planes which participated in these engagements returned with- out bearing the trace of one bullet.— Reuter.

Without Counting Cost

Paris, To-day.

. An Air Ministry communique de- clares the air force is continuing its

"France enters. this war with a pure conscience. France cannot die." energetic action in the great battle Reuter.

CANADIAN MINISTER KILLED IN AIR CRASH

Belleville (Ont), To-day.` Mr. Norman McLeod Rogers, Canada's. National Defence Minister, was killed when an Air Force plane in which he was travelling from Ottawa to Toronto yesterday, crashed at Newtonville, a town on Lake Ontario. Three members of the grow were also. Killed.--Reuter,

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with gallantry and admirable spirit.

The crews are doing everything possible without counting the cost.

It is added that over 75 tons of explosives were dropped on enemy marching columns and tanks white several bridges over the Oise were destroyed.

Over 30 enemy machines were brought down, one of our groups of pursuit planes obtaining 12 victories without a single loss.-Reuter.

Radio Telephone Cut?

New York, To-day. Radio telephone communication be- tween New York and Paris stopped

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The outskirts of Paris were heavily bombed on Sunday night, particularly railheads. Reuter..

BRITAIN GIVES ORDERS

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London, To-day.” It is learned in official quarters that steps have been taken in Gibraltar, and Malta, Egypt, Palestine, Kenya

to meet the situation | Somaliland

created by Italy's declaration of war. -Havas.

OFF THE RECORD`.

Here's Luck

with all its great advances, air power has not demon- strated anything like com- plete superiority over naval power.

are

The British and French Fleets still easily able to maintain the block- ade of Germany and German merchant shipping is still off the seas.

There are some indications, too, that surface warcraft are Improv- Ing their ability to resist air attack. They are keeping closed many linės of transport which in a long war may well strangle Germany.-Reuter.

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