THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 18, 1940.
ITALIAN TAIL TUCKED WELL IN
STURGEON
H.M. Submarine Sturgeon (Commanded by Lieut. G. D. A. Gregory, S.0.) recently torpedoed and sanka 10,000 toń Ger- man transport off the coast of Denmark. Photo shows-Lleut. G. D. A. Gregory, D.S.O, (extreme right) on board the sub- marine, on her arrival at her home base. (Copyright, Fox).
JAPANESE THEATRE SHOW IN HANOI
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"
The Japanese "umojina" thea- trien troupe are to give a per- formance in the Hanoi municipal theatre to-day. General Sumita, head of the Japanese economic mission in Indo-China, has invit- in
cd many Hanoi. The programme, it is stated, consists of two comedies and one play illustrating the “Ira- ditional Japanese spirit." yas.
prominent French
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SEA WAR LIBRARY SERVICE
Armoured Column
Smashed Up Near
Koritza Front
AN ITALIAN. ARMOURED column has
been smashed up by Greek troops operating IMPROVING
on the castern sector of the front, according to reports received in Athens last night.
It is also reported but not yet confirmed that a large number of tanks which have been dispersed have crossed the frontier into Yugoslavia to avoid capture.
All reports received in London yesterday even- ing indicated that the Italian attack has been turned against them with such effect that it is now the Italians who are up against an invasion.
On the whole 150-mile front, they were reported to be moving backwards.
Ninety thousand books and mar gazines have been distributed among 3,000 ships by the Sea War Library Service, Selwyn House, Endsleigh Street, W.C.I. The col- The fiercest fighting was around- lcction has been assisted by 1-Koritza, which is nine miles in- brarians throughout the countryside Albania. Italian reinforce- who have encouraged people to ments staged a counter-attack, but give books to be forwarded to the are reported to have been repulsed and driven back with heavy losses. depots.
During the next twelve months more books will be needed, and more money required for buying new books on a larger scale. The committer. speak with confidence in their first, annual report that
their activities will bring
them ithe
"to support they need enable the Service to carry on with the provision of literature for Merchant Seamen.”
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According to one report, 130 Italian tanks trying to get into Koritza have Yugoslavia from been cut off by Greek troops advancing, from the east.
Italian: Silence
The Italians are maintaining a significant silence, and their com- munique yesterday only gave two lines out of a total of 37 to the land operations.”
These two lines, were of little value, and read:-
"On the Greek front; attacks and counter-attacks took place yesterday, and were particularly easy in the sector of the Ninth Army"
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GABON NOW PART OF FREE FRANCE
The whole of Gabon (French Equatoriali
Africa) is now part of the French. Free Em- pire, says a communi- que issued last night from London head- quarters of the French Free Forces.
The communique states that the town of Port Gentil, second port of Gabon, surren- dered without fight- ing two days after the surrender of Librevil- le, capital of the co- lony-Reuter.
BRITAIN'S CROPS
Through various State-aided drainage scheines 1 substantial Improvement in large areas of farm land will be effected in time for the 1941 harvest.
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Applications in a steady flow are being made by farmers for Treasury grants covering half the cost of mole drainage, field drain- age, and the cleaning of farm ditches.
These grants are war-time ex- tensions of the ambitious national drainage scheme first authorised by the Land Drainage Act of 1930. Eventually, at a cost of more than £20,000,000, the scheme will raise the fertility of millions of acres of farm land and will also provent recurrence of extensive and costly floods.
On main rivers 127 schemes costing £13,300,000 are in pro- gress or will begin during the next twenty-four months. For other work on smaller watercourses, authorised by the Agriculture Act of 1937, 2,500 schemes have been approved at a cost of £1,255,000, with grants in aid up to 50 per cent.
LORD NUFFIELD'S. PINTS FOR TROOPS
a
. When Lord Nuffield glanced out of his office window at the Cow- ley works recently he saw company of soldiers returning from a route march, looking hot and thirsty.
Lord Nufisa promptly telep- honed their depot and ordered a pint of beer for each man at his expense. At the depot the sol- diers shortly afterwards drunk Lord" Nuffield's health-with-en--
circles 0000000000000000004 thusiasm.
Semi-official Londen comment that this Italian unwill- ingness to say much is perhaps only, natural, as the Italians can- not conceal the fact that their in- vasion so far is nothing but a dis- mal failure. Router.
BRITAIN
TAMPICO COMEDY: THOUGHT AMERICAN
BAGS 5,000 SHIPS WERE BRITISH
WARPLANES
The Battle of Britain
AMERICAN NEWS agencies have thrown cost Germany 1,097 war- further light on the attempt of four German, planes and about 2.500 merchant ships to slip out of Tampico, appar- skilled pilots and airmen ently in an attempt to get through to Spain. in the month of August) It will be recalled that one ship was set on fire, and it is known that this ship, the Phrygia, was scuttled. The other three raced back to Tampico).
alone..
IL.is estimated that British figh-
ters, bombers. and guns have
accounted for at least 5,000 ma-
chines and 10,000 to 12,000 airmen since the war began, figures which
When the master of the Phrygia
do not include the enemy's losses and his crew got ashore, they told to the French, Belgians or Dutch the port authorities that they were
We Still Lead Four
or in the campaigns in Poland and "signalled to by a warship" and Norway.
so took the traditional way out.
The Julest American news. agency reports suggest that the German captain mistook signals which he intercepted three warships and a British mer- chantman, presumed the warships were British vessels, and scuttled his ship. The other three fled.
To One Britain's total losses were 991 machines..
The enemy's vain effort to smash through the RAF, ring of fire and steel accounted for 206 Bri- tish 'planes in August. The pilots of precisely haif of these were saved.
between
It is now believed that the warthips were not British ships, but neutralol
SHOPPING HOURS.
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AFTER RAIDS
Croydon Chamber of Commer- Ce has turned down a suggestion that; because shopping hours, are so often interrupted. by air raid warnings,.shops should open car- lier each morning. The Chamber is also opposed to keeping shops open an hour later at night, The "Blitzkrieg" has cost the 'The captain of the Phrygia is Mr. D. W. Joslin, President of Nazis about four planes for every reported to have said that he was the Chamber, sald "At some chops one, they shot down, and 15 air-intercepted well within the "Safety instructions have been issued that, nien for each British life lost, Zone," while another message if an air-raid warning is in opera- Only, # limited amount of states that it is officially said in tion after midnight, staffs will damage has been done to our war German circles in Tampico that be allowed to arrive at work later 'production.
the ships had a rendezvous 300 or in one instance as late as 10 In the Battlo of Germany, 400 miles out with the pocket-
am" which the R.A.F. has waged every battleship Admiral Scheer, which 'night we lost only 64 bombers was to have escorted them to
during August, and 300 airmen,
Spain-Reuter.
Shopkeepers: In other parts of London may follow this leadi
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