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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 18, 1940.

BRITAIN'S "SUICIDE SQUAD" Awards For R.E. Bomb Disposal Section

First Medals

POLISH

SQUADRONS MAGNIFICENT

Sir Archibald Sin-

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clair, the Air Minister, has sent a telegram to General Sikorski, the Polish Comman-, der-in-Chief, convey- ing congratulations to the Polish squadrons on their "magnificent and outstanding suc- cess" in aerial bats and their "splen- did part" in the at- tack on Calais.-Reu- ter.

com-

In Battle

Of Britain

THE FIRST MILITARY AWARDS FOR GAL- LANTRY IN THE ““BATTLE OF BRITAIN”, WERE ANNOUNCED IN THE LONDON “GA- ZETTE" LAST NIGHT; THEY INCLUDE AWARDS TO MEN OF ALL UNITS, INCLUD- ING THE FAMOUS “SUICIDE SQUAD,” OR THE BOMB DISPOSAL SECTION OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS.

Temporary 2/Lt. J. D. Kenyon Hague, of the Scots Guards, gets the M.C. for heroism on August 18 when he was in charge of a de- tachment at an aerodrome which was attack- ed by enemy bombers in five successive waves. His headquarters were destroyed by a AIR BATTLES bomb in the first wave and he was buried in

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enemy.

debris. Extricated by a sergeant but suffer- tion of London, and large forceing from shock as well as severe pain in the were despatched to intercept the shoulder, which was crushed by falling ma- sonry, he immediately visited his ports and found that men in the reserve trench had been driven out of it by burning petrol from a petrol tank lorry which had exploded..

Seven Down

No major, battle took place but

contact was made over Kent. The enemy promptly scattered and did

not penetrate further inland than Maidstone.

Hague collected these men into, ous machine-gun fire from heights Reports so far received show two parties and led them to other varying from 300 to 30 feet. 'that before the enemy reached shelters of which the furthest was His prompt action and initia- safety our fighters destroyed five 100 yards away. Whilst doing tive while suffering much pain) of his aircraft, while two more this ten more bombs were drop- undoubtedly prevented casualties were shot down by anti-aircraft ped within a few yards of him being much heavier. batteries.

It is now 'known that only 11 of our pilots were lost in last Sun- day's air battles.-Reuter.......

QWEATHER-REPORT

and he was subjected to continu-

China and Manchuria, and has decreased slightly in intensity.

The typhoon is situated about The Royal Observatory reports 250 miles south of Tokyo moving that the anti-cyclone remains over north-north-east.

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The M.M. is awarded to Ser- geant E. G. Hardy, Royal Artil- lery, who was in charge of a gun on the sea coast on August 18 which engaged an enemy 'plane at: well as a dive bomber which was dive-bombing and machine-gun- ning.

A parachute fell, the cable of which with bomb › -attached; fouled the girdles of the ob- servation” post;-^. leaving. ?, thê bomb suspended" In mid-air.

Exploded in Mid-Air

Hardy ordered the gun team t a safe distance, examined the bomb, detached it from the para- chute and threw it into the sea The bomb exploded in mid-air Few feet from Hardy who was

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not injured."

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/F, E. Stevens Vule and J. Miller, of the Scots Guards, and Private Joseph Lister, the Border Regiment (T.A.). art. also awarded the M.M. for similar heroic, exploits during a heavy aerial attack on an aerodrome on August 18.

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"Suicide Squad".

STOP PRESS

AMNESTY IN HUNGARY

The daily cholera cases

returns of

showed

slight decrease in the last

24 hours, when 31 cases of the disease were reported. Twenty-four were in Kowloon and the remainder in Vic {oria:

: Statistics. complied by the Kwangtung provincial police affairs department, says Réu- ter from Canton to-aay, re- veal that approximately 12,- 000 buildings were, destroyed by fire and demolished by bombs prior to the occupation of Canton. Most of the pro- perty destroyed was in the Wongsha area which suffered severely as the main". Ja- panese objective was the rail way linking Canton with Hankow.

(SPECIAL. TO "CHINA- MAIL") Commander. Szalassi, leader ct the Hungarian: Nazi "Arrowhead Cross Party," was released yester-

The pref "Special" to telegrams is day under the amnesty proclaim- ed by the Regent, Admiral Horthy. used by the Sunday Herald" and "China Man" to indicate nawa which -Heroism displayed in dealing Extreme rightist quarters de-is strictly copyright under the provi with unexploded bombs is recog: clare themselves to be most satis-ion of the Telecommunications Or- nised by the award of the Meda fed at the Regent's: gesture, while dinance, 1936, and may not be reprint of the British · Empire to three Government quarters state that ited under any circumstances, either officers and N.C.O.'s of the bomb proves the strength of the Teleki wholly or in part, without prios - ary disposal section of the Royal En-[Government. " Havas. gineers.

The list is headed by. Lt.· Ed- ward Womersley Reynolds, who on two occasions took a great risk in extracting the fuses from two large bombs which had fallen one in a garden amongst some Coun- [cil houses and the other in a street in front of some business promises in a congested area (

2/Lt Elllo:Edward Talbot is) Manother recipient of the: medal.): After ordering his = men. to cafóty he carried unexploded bomba on his shoulders -200 yards to a safe upot

NAZ/Lt Wallace Launcelot An- drews exploded bombs by pulling a cord attached to a fuse dis- charger. He was blown a con- siderable distance and two of his men were wounded, for W So

Lance/Sergt. William John But- ton was also .1

thrown a consider abla distanco when a bomb ex- ploded, killing Ave of his men - Reuter.

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