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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 1, 1940

EXPLOITS OF A SMALL BAND OF YORKSHIREMEN

TWENTY YORKSHIREMEN and one anti-tank] gun held up a German tank column of 50 vehicles

for nearly three hours during the height of the ad MR. DUFF-

vance, it has just been revealed in London.

More than 100 German soldiers who leapt from COOPER

the vehicles and dashed to a hilltop were engaged in

a fierce pitched battle by the small British company, NOT SO

who included colliers and woollen mill workers.

The story was given by a young accountant FEASIBLE

from Adel, near Leeds, a second-lieutenant in this battalion.

The Minister of Inform-

With a ation, Mr. Duff-Cooper,

"My platoon", the subaltern, hill to a group of houses where] said, "with several others, was we found a motor-car. ordered to hold up the German number of men I started off in was asked in the House of advance towards an important this towards the river. We came Commons yesterday why bridge across a river. During the under heavy fire. One tyre was]

night we dug ourselves in near hit, and then the firing became so the news of the sinking of a road leading down a hillside to hot that we jumped out and crept the Lancastria was with- the bridge. With us were three along in a ditch which gave us a

French anti-tank guns, very care-little cover. During this time we held so long. fully concealed, in charge of alhad several casualties.

OPEN TURRETS

and one

the

French lieutenant. About three man who is missing I fear may The ship had been engaged in o'clock in the morning when there have been killed. Our cover was a military operation, he replied, was just the faintest grey in the so slight that bullets only went and it had been quite evident from sky, a light German tank came about 8in, above our heads, and German radio announcements that down the road. An anti-tank gun it took us three-quarters of an they were unaware of its identity. opened fire and it swerved round hour to cover a hundred yards.” Apart from that, it was con-. and rushed up the hill. Not long Aterwards, the colonel said trary to general policy to announce after we heard the dull rumble of this young officer showed great

the loss of individual merchant- ships. The a column of traffic coming down gallantry in ensuring that his men

number and total the hill on a small by-road partly crossed the river. Like several tonnage was given each week, and hidden by trees. Suddenly, three other officers in this same retire- the tonnage of the Lancastria was tanks rolled into view out of the ment, he decided to swim across included in the statement releas- trees, followed by a stream of and fetch a boat, although

ed on July 2-- vehicles.

river had been under heavy fire "This policy is well-known and and a

fellow officer who had I cannot understand why, on this started to swim across just before occasion, bewilderment should "We could not tell in the dim with his men had disappeared, ap-have been caused in Liverpool light whether they were French parently being wounded or shot and shipping circles. or German. We held our fire. dead in the water. Then the three leading tanks-a light reconnaissance tank and two medium tanks of about 35 tons came well into view just] broadside on from our positions only a short distance away. The turrets of the tanks were open, and standing in them wero men with German steel helmets on. Unfortunately, only one of the anti-tank gunɛ was mount- ed in a position to cover this by-road.

same

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Mr. Granville (Lib. Nat.) Only

out that the story of i the greatly superior pointed mass of the German troops and heroism connected with the Lan- equipment forced the men to castria was known' on Mersey- retire. All showed the

side two or three days after the was sunk. The news was superb spirit as did the army in ship the north. In aeroplanes, tanks, given on the Germán radio and anti-tank gune, artillery of appeared in the "New York Sun" every kind, the Germans had and it was not until five weeks outnumbered, us,

later that it was referred to in the B.B.C. news bulletin.

MOTOR-CYCLE TROOPS.

the

was

Mr. Granville added there was considerable anxiety in this It seems likely that the casual-

public mind about "The French lieutenant opened)ties, although heavy, were con- delay. fire and knocked out the first siderably less than appeared pro- Mr. Duff-Cooper, replying, said medium tank. Then he opened fire bable. Not only did men cut off there were many stories of hero- on the second medium tank and across the river make their way ism connected with the evacua- knocked it out in⚫ turn. This back by one way or another, but tion of Dunkirk and this blocked the rond for this long whole detachments believed to be one which he regretted did not column of vehicles, at least 50 in surrounded by the enemy fought get the full publicity it deserved. number, coming down the road their way to their units. Their The Minister added he was sure closely packed together. They in- spirit was unbroken. Every one the relatives of those lost were: cluded a number of vehicles like has a grim story to tell of smash-informed as soon as their iden- lorries which may have contained ing dive bomb attacks or massed tity was established. Reuter. ammunition and petrol or may assaults by German motor-cyclists, have been towing anti-tank guns machine-gunners, and tanks, or |or light field 'guns and also motor-] fierce artillery fire.

cycle combinations. Other tanks A Scotsman, who was handling were in the middle of the column. a German machine-gun, explain- As soon as the first two tanks ed its possession by saying, "I saw| were knocked out and the road a German motor-cyclist come rac- was blocked every single man in ing up the road, firing like mad. the column jumped out of his I shot him with an anti-tank rifle.j vehicle and dashed up the hill. It Aye, and I've got his bike, too. was an extraordinary sight.

You should have seen it. Why, it was just like an arsenal, full of ammunition, even cameras."

EUROPEAN

BLOCKADE

STARTS

INACCURATE ENEMY FIRE "We opened fire on the crowd

Some of these motor-cycle com-l of men running up the hill and

binations had British battle caused many casualties. These men seemed rather demoralised dresses packed away in them, ap- by the sudden unexpected attack parently for use as disguises. Ger- from our hidden positions. They man infantry are reported also to AN ORDER ́ ́IN

have been seen in khakl uniforms. apparently took with them all the weapons they could, for as soon as they got on top of the hill they

COUNCIL

THE NEW IMPLEMENTING PHASE OF · ECONOMIC WAR- FARE ANNOUNCED - IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON IN LONDON YESTERDAY AND CAME INTO FORCE AT MID- NIGHT.

began to open fire, at first with SHARP ACTION NEAR TUESDAY WAS ISSUED

rifies and machine-guns fring tracer bullets, then with anti-tank guns, and later with what seemed,

MOYALE

to be a light field-ġun. We re- A communique issued in Nai- It provides that any vessel en plied with rifle Are. Although the robi yesterday said: Strong enemy route" to` or from any port German fire was heavy it was forces were encountered at Dobel, through which goods might reach very inaccurate, but after about approximately 30 miles south oflor come from

enemy territory half an hour it was so intense Moyale. After a sharp engage will be liable to seizure unless it that we sent back for reinforcement and having inflicted heavy carries valid navicerts.. monts as there were only about 15 losses on the enemy, our troops

If the conditions on - which to 20 men in our position all told. broke off the action.

the navicert was issued are not Our messenger

to could not get Our aircraft carried out recon- observed the navicert ceases through because the fire was so naissances in this area yesterday be valid if after obtaining it the heavy," so we had to carry on-Reuter. ourselves. After, about 21⁄2 hours

the fire from the Germans wasį

vessel calls at an enemy,port or any other port other than the declared port of destination.

50 concentrated that it was de-MR. CHAMBERLAIN Reuter.

cided to withdraw. ・・

"During, all this time the French

anti-tank gun had been firing at

RECOVERED

the stationary line of German A Bulletin issued in London vehicles, especially on the am- yesterday stated. Mr. Neville munition vans. Much of the col-Chamberlain continues

es to

Sole Agents: W. R. LOXLEY & Co., (China) Ltd. umn was partly obscured by satisfactory progress after

ANTI-SEMITISM

IN RUMANIA

make The Rumanian Ministry of In-

his terior has issued orders dismissing. trees, so it was not such an easy operation., No further bulletin all Jews from the country's Civil target. We withdrew down the will be issued-Reuter.

iService --Neuter. !:

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 1, 1940-

Military Police Summon American

In Tokyo

IN CONNECTION with the arrests in Japan, it is pointed out in London that many of these Britons have been giving years of their life to improving relations between Japan and Britain.

The only charge which could possibly be laid against them is that they succeeded so well that their actions caused serious difficul- ties to the anti-British extremists aiming at complete control of Japan. The arrests ob- viously have a political significance.

It is also pointed out in Lon-1 don that members of the Japanese Society in London are not re- garded with suspicion nor is the organization barred as a hot-bed, of espionage.

On the Japanese basis, all Jap- anese working for good relations Would be regarded as secret agents, to say nothing of the

leaders of other Powers in Japan.

American Offends

Meanwhile in Tokyo last even- ing. Mr. G. R. Morin, chief re- presentative in the Japanese

WORKING

OF BURMA

IMMEDIATE

ACTION CALLED FOR

Testifying before the appropriations

sub-committee in Washington yester- day, General Marshall described the imme- diate mobilisation of the National Guard and compulsory train- ing as imperative.

He added: "If our estimate of the situa- tion is at all correct, we have not even got time to debate com- pulsory service. We have got to do some-

AGREEMENT thing of that sort im-

capital of the Associated Press of The Under-Secretary

America, was "summoned"

by for Foreign Affairs (Mr.

the military police, states the Domei agency.

Alleged reason for the "sum- mons" was that the American

mediately."-Reuter.

Harold Butler) was asked AMERICANS

in the House of Commons

journalist had "sent a series of yesterday what - rights cables reporting faise and ground- have been granted to the Japanese to inspect traf- Morin fic on the Burma routej was released late last night after

less news" in connection with the death of Mr. Cox.

The agency adds Mr.

he had given an "apology." and how many persons Mr. Morin earlier in the day are included in the Japan- had acted as pall-bearer at the funeral of Mr. Cox.-Reuter.

ese diplomatic and con- sular staff in Burma?

AMERICAN

DEFENCE MEASURES

JOINING R.A.F.

Professor Arthur New-

He replied that the recent An-all, American political ob- glo-Japanese agreement does not give the Japanese authorities any server, speaking at a lun- [rights of Inspection.

cheon in London yester-

The only diplomatic staff in

Burma is the Japanese consulate day, said Americans are at Rangoon, consisting of the volunteering for the