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ITALIANS IN DOG-FIGHT OVER THAMES ESTUARY

CHINESE HERO IN EMPRESS OF JAPAN

The "Empress of Japan” was brought safely to port owing to the coolness and heroism of Captain Thomas and her Chinese quartermaster.

This is disclosed παιν that the ship, so well known' in the Far East, has arrived safely at her destina.ion.

The only sign of the attack by the German bomber is a slightly damaged rail, suffered when one bomb struck the rall-a-glancing blow, and a few lifeboats, which were hit by machine-gun bullets.

One of the crew, describing the captain's coolness, said: "The skilful way in which he zigzagged the ship out of dan ger and avoided a direct hit, saved us all.

"The Chinese quartermaster at the wheel was a hero.

'Plane Hit

"Lying prone on his

to dodge machine-gun fire,

stomach he

carried out perfectly everypore der from the skipper."

wings,

After one shell had burst un- der one of the raider's the plane was seen to be rocking, and the gunners of the "Empress of Japan" are certain the raider. did not get away uhscathed. Reuter.

MOLOTOV CROSSES FRONTIER

Pie For Hurricane ITALIANS Squadron: Axis Has FLEE IN

Bad Day

Day in Air

"ARK ROYAL"

IN ACTION

AT SARDINIA

Aircraft from the "Ark Royal" delivered а bombing attack yesterday on the har- bour and aerodrome of Cagliari in Sardi- nia..

It is officially re- corded only that bombs were dropped in the turget area, that explosions and fires were observed, and that the Italians retaliated by attack- ing the Ark Royal but made no hit, caused no casualties and no damage.

Two Italian aircraft were destroyed by Bri- tish fighters which suffered no losses. Reuter.

BUCHAREST RESCUE

BID FAILS

Hopes of saving thirty

DISORDER

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL" ARMISTICE DAY was celebrated with de- Italian troops in the cisive victories over the air forces of the Axis.western Ionian coastal in Up to four o'clock yesterday afternoon, R.A.F. area are reported had destroyed thirteen Italian "planes and 13 Athens to be fleeing in a German "planes, all over the British Isles. | disorderly retreat.

In the course of these combats, the Royal Air Force lost only two planes. It is official-confusion after Greek troops de- ly announced that some of the Italian air-ingly deleated two Fascist units. men, brought down in the Thames Estuary, were taken prisoner.

The thirteen Italian-machines shot down consisted of seven bombers and six fighters.

Many enemy formations were; was accompanying, for the maxi- over South-east England during!mum speed of the CR 42 is about the day and were heading for 273 m.p.h.—which does not ex- London but they were all routed ['ceed that of the Caproni-135:- -ryan and only a few planes succeeded It is small wonder that the en- in reaching the capital.

tire formation was easy meat for

London observed the Two Min-the much faster Hurricanes. utes' Silence with bowed, heads Before noon, the Germans had during one of the many alerts.

Further afield, fierce air battles were being aged over men and women everywhere standing at attention.

Attack On Shipping

It is not clear, writes. Reuter's air correspondent, what part, if any, the Italians took in the raids on London itself. The Air Min- istry communique deals only with German attempts to icach Lon- don, in the morning, and, during German attacks on South-East Coast towns in the afternoon, with an Italian attempt to attack shipping in the Thames Estuary. Eight Shot Down

were

Eight Italian aircraft shot down in this combat by a single squadron of Hurricanes- nearly all fell into the sea.

One, which ended its career on land, crashed on a rifle

range many miles away, at Woodbridge, Suffolk. Five members of the crew were taken prisoner, two of them with serious injuries. The sixth member of the crew was killed.

This formation which is be-

·Heved to be the first exolusiva- ty: Italian formation toʻraid Bri-

M. Molotov, who is due in Berlin this morning, arrived in German terri- tory at Molkinia last even- ing, accompanied by the people who were trapped tain is understood; adde Rou- German Ambassador to alive beneath the ruin Moscow, Baron von Schu- of the Carlton Building lenburg, - “according to skyscraper appear to have DNB

been abondoned.

He was rece

Protocol

Chief of Stại

Deputy, SS Leader Ste

Molotov.will be m

·ter's air correspondent, to have consisted of twin-engined Ca- pront 135 bombora and Flat CR 42 fightera."

Easy Meat

The fighter escort was just able

• The Jart Volco, has consed to "reply: on the telephone line to keep up with the bombers it

which had enabled the trap-

pod to~ communicate with ros: have boon evacuated, zaue workers since the digas- Travellers recount that the oll

at the star on Sunday's teammate, pe- felds are a spectacle of desola÷ station in Berlin to-day by Rib-|- It is feared that they have tion, Hundreds of villages bentrop, says the report.

now been asphyxinted,

suld to have beened to the

uro

~ According to the Berlin corres-]; Latest estimates show that at ground. Tons of thousands, of pondent of the "Basler Nachrich-; least 207 prople-were killed:„ in peasants are homeless.'-.. ton," Ribbentrop has gone to the Carlton Building alone, News from the provlaces adds

enigsberg to meet Molotov

More than a thousand badly hourly to the total death-roll. damågod

houses in Bucharest Renter

They were hürled back in

fending the Janina region crush-

Two mechanised battalions are reported to have been complete- ly routed in a bloody battle, which took place just south of

the Kalambs River.-Interniation- al News Service.

U-BOATS BOMBED AT BASE

sent over three large formations (SPECIAL TO "CHINA' MAIL"): of fighter-bombers over the Channel and they were met by and dispersed by the R.A.F's reinforced fighter patrols.-Reu-

ter.

The Air Ministry announces that the Royal Air Force has again. violently bombed Lorient, which is the main German submarine base for attacks on shipping in the Atlantic. A

First Real Proof

Several U-boats are reported to The first real proof that Italian have received direct hits during aircraft have been taking part in the raid. International News

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