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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 16, 1940

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R.A.F. Makes Chaos Of The Railway Transport System

GREAT DAMAGE DONE IN BERLIN RAID

THE GREAT DAMAGE done when the R.A.F. on Thursday night attacked Berlin's great terminal railway stations and extensiven goods yards will have increased the chaos that the R.A.F. has already made of the German transport system, states the Air Ministry.

Berlin is the most important focal point in the railways of central Europe. Such dam- age to vital centres, it adds, will affect not only Germany herself but also her transport in countries she has overrun.

One of the bomber pilots who took part in the raid told yesterday how a Berlin building blew up with a terrific explosion that lit up the sky and momentarily silenced the gun bat- teries.

MOTORING BAN IN FRANCE

There was a full moon and he said it was one of the best nights tor bombing he had ever known.!

Heavy attacks on onemy aerodromes

Norway and France were carried out ity

the R.A.F. on Thursday nigh, It was announced in London

yesterday.

A force of Blenheim boabers attacked the air base at Vannes Under a recent order no private Neucon, in Brittany, and repeat- motor-car in non-occupied France ed hits which caused. a nuinber may use the roads whatever fuel of fires were obtained on un- it burns, while efforts are being aways and along the dispersal made to equip 50,000 lorries with area. gas-burning carburetters, says the "Daily Telegraph."

In the occupied area the Ger-

Bombers Attack.......

KING AND QUEEN · INSPECT AIR RAID DAMAGE—Their Majesties the King and Queen: visiting. South-West London where they inspected damage caused by recent raids. Photo chows a close-up study as Her Majesty is interested in explanations by a member of an A.R.P. squad. He expresses himself with his hands. (Copyright; Fox),

DAY RAIDS BROKEN UP

Two attempts by mass- ed Nazi raiders to reach London yesterday were smashed by British fight- ers and ground defences.

the day's action, says there. was The Air Ministry,, summing up little enemy air activity over Bri- tain.

One formation of enemy air- craft approached the London area" and a few succeeded in penetrat- One pilot, states the Air Minis-ing to the capital but a small mans, in conformity with their try news service, observed twin- number of bombs were. dropped usual policy, are making a few engined bombers concealed in a

La France au Tra- wood and following his example damage and few casualties...

on the outskirts, causing. lttle exceptions. vail, on their behalf, warns “gild-most of the other crews bonibed ed youths against the practice of the hiding place heavily. "wangling" special. permits take them, for instance, from, the Carpenter Bar to the "Boeuf: sur le Toit." a well-known night es- tablishment. Apparently this prac- tice has not ceased.

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Six enemy, aircraft were shot down during the day. One of our A train approaching the aero-nighters was lost but the pilot is drome was machine-gunned,

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Separate formations of Blenheime and. Hudsons - vielt- ed. St. Legar aerodromo, north- east of Amione,, where many The lack of road communica- direct hits were scored and tions, due to the fact that France the railway damaged, has only, 240,000 tons of petrol in The Hudsons made. dive stock, or enough for five weeks' tecks and the first bomb hit normal running, has thrown on hangar, and other aircraft caused the railways a strain to which explosions and fires. they have proved unequal.

Hudsons which went to. Nor- dimculties are due to the fact way bombed Stavanger aerodrome that the Germans either cannot or in very difficult weather condi- will not supply the necessary cool. tions, Low cloud made it dif- flcult to observe the result. of the attack but a stick of bombs appeared to hit an ammunition

Postal Chaos

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Many Fires

Postal arrangemen's are conse~ | dump. quently in a state of chaos, and the newspapers in the non-occu- pied zone warn their readers that In addition to targets already the subscription service has had mentioned as attacked in Ber to be suspended.

lin on Thursday night,, the Stet-

safe.

16. Shot Down

It is now learned officially that 10 enemy aircraft were destroyed yesterday These are in addition to the two which, as previously ing Thursday night, Reater. announced, were destroyed dui -

FREE FRENCH

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U.S. TACKLES

LINE SPAIN ON

FLOODS TANGIER

Representations to the Spanish Govern- ment concerning the establishment of mili- tary control in the In ternational: Zome: at Tangier have been made by the United States Ambassador in Madrid:

This was announced: by the State Depart ment in Washington yesterday..

It will be recalled. that the British Goy- ernment, had already made similar repre- sentations Reuter

NAVAL CRAFT SUNK INDIA'S

THE LOSS BY ENEMY AC- TION OF THE PATROL BOAT. LE POULMIC WAS ANNOUNC- ED YESTERDAY BY THE AD-. MIRAL COMMANDING THE FREE FRENCH NAVAL FORCES. The announcement says next of

GIFTS OF AIRCRAFT

Since the Franco-German armi- stice thousands of Nazi workmen have beat busy working on the Siegfried Eine fortifications;.

Modern pumping machinery Has been brought to the Line from all: parts of the Reich, and experts. who helped to build the Siegfried positions have been rished to Baden..

"Cavaldade" learns from: reli- able sources that since the Rhine 1loods in February the Slegted. Line has been flooded from: Frei- burg: to: Offènburg..

Some time before the Battle off France large, fortified: areas: lind- to be evacuated by Nazi troop and were wide open to an. Allied- attack..

declared the whole Siegfried Lite- lo. ba. a.forbidden zone.

The Nazi authorities have: now

Did France Know?

Recently General Ritter von

Todt, designer of the Line, ins spected the repair works. In some placements the water was as high as four feet, Many; gun rew had been put out of uction by the floods..

Did the Frenphi. - High, Com mand know, the facts before tha Battle of France? Accurato ren porto of the condition of the Nazi defences were published in. 'the United States aa-far back ma February, but apparently they played no part in. Allied fight.. ing plans.

Todt's first job on arriving in India has sent £1,500,-Baden was to find scapegoats. His eye alighted on two contractors, Meanwhile the number of cy-tiner station and railway yard kin will be informed as soon as 000 to London for the Philipp Schubert and Heinrich clists in France is said to have in-and power stations at Wilmers- possible, and adds: “The loss of creased to 15,600,000, and an at-dorf and Charlottenburg were this ship will only increase the purchase of warplanes for Megerle, who are to be placed on tempt is being made to manufac- heavily bombed, states ch Air determination of all Free French the RAF Madras radio vies the sentence of death by the

ture. 2,000,000 bicycics every year. Ministry communique.

It has become impossible to ex- An oil refinery at Wilhelms- change a motor-car for a bicycle burg and an aeroplane factory, at and “a warning has been Issued Bremen were also attacked. that it will be difficult, if not im- Many fires blazed on the nero- possible, to replace tyres owing-to crome at Rosendael-Reuter, the lack of rubber,, Douhts are also expressed whether there is

enough steel to contruct the ex- KOWLOON

pepted: 2,000,000 bicycles.

WEDDING

Restaurant keepers in Lyons, Ty have been ordered to sorve stand-j ́ardised meals to persons of mod- est means: The price and the menu). are laid down, but a special tic- ket must: bo produced though these, apparently, will be issued on:a. fairly, gonorous scale,

naval forces to continue the

struggle against the Germans and Italians: until victory for France and Great Britain. has been at- tained." —— Router:

FIRM TONE ON STOCK EXCHANGE

Shortage of available stock re- stricted the turnover on the Lon-

Miss Ethel Hope Banker, eldest don Stock Exchange: yesterday.

said yesterday:

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Materials Blamed

The total is made, up of dona- tions large and small, from the princes, and peoples of States, and

It is learned; that; they are at British India, Mau

present charged with making un- In addition; over £150,000 has lawful profits from materials sup- heen sent for the Lord Mayor plied for the Siegfried Line, of of London's Fund for the rellot, of cupplying an inferior iron-con- air raid: victims. — Reuter,

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rowly irregular. — Reuter.

cordiality":"and lasted about an ]— Reuter,