1940-11-18 — Page 34

THE CHINA MAIL, NOV

18, 1940.

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RANGITIKI'S STORY

OF BRUSH WITH RAIDER

Salvoes Dropping All Round Giant New Zealander Liner

GABON NOW PART OF FREE FRANCE

The whole of Gabon (French Equatorial 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.

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FURTHER STORIES OF BRITISH HERO- ISM WHEN A GERMAN RAIDER ATTACKED THE JERVIS BAY CONVOY WERE TOLD WHEN THE 17,000-TON STEAMER RANGI- TIKI, BIGGEST SHIP OF THE CONVOY AND ONE OF THE RAIDER'S MAIN -TARGETS, DOCKED AT A WEST COAST OF ENGLAND PORT YESTERDAY WITHOUT A SINGLE CASUALTY AND HARDLY A SCRATCH.~.

The captain said the raider, which may have been the Deutschland, was first sighted some 20 miles away well down on the pork bow at about 4 p.m. It was not identified until 4.45 p.m. when it was seen to be a heavy warship.

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The convoy continued, at a speed ( The enemy then concentrated. of nine knots which was the fast- her fire on the Rangitiki, est some of the ships could do,

Within 50 Yards also but turned. The enemy

The first salvo fell on her star- turned on a course parallel to the convoy and opened fire on the Jer-board quarter, the second strad- vis Bay, which steamed towards the enemy and opened fire, but ap- parently her salvoes fell short.

The enemy's second salvo hit the. Jervis Bay amidships and evidently put her engines out of action as the lost way immediate-

ly. !

The third salvo struck her just before the. bridge and the fourth 00600066004aft, setting her afire.

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dled her amidships, the third straddled her forward of the bridge and one shell fell with- in 50 yards of the ship, smother- ing the bridge with spray

and shell fragments but doing no ap- preciable damage.

Meanwhile the convoy of

ships made a smoke-screen

which, coupled with the gallant

action of Jervis Bay, enabled the enemy's uite of star shells attempt to locate the three of the ships were appar.

so many ships to escape, despite

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ently on fire.

Passengers' Cool

The captain: paid a tribute to the coolness of the passengers, rrien and women, who during the Aring sang Scottish songs in an alleyway and later enjoyed a meal wearing lifebelts.

The chief radio officer sald he was playing deck tennis when the raider attacked..

He dashed to the wireless cabin and sent out the message which startled the world, saying they were being shelled by a raider.-- Reuter.

JAPANESE THEATRE

STURGEON

H.M. Submarine Sturgeon (Commanded by Lieut. G. D. A. Gregory; D.S.0.) recently torpedoed and sank a 10,000 ton Ger-

Photo shows:-Lleut, man transport off the coast of Denmark.

G. D. A. Gregory, D.S.O. (extreme right) on board the sub- marine, on her arrival at her home base. (Copyright, Fox)..

TAMPICO WARSHIP MYSTERY HEIGHTENED

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAILO

THREE UNITED States destroyers ap peared off Tampico (Mexico) yesterday ap parently to inspect the scene of Saturday's incident when four German merchant vessels which had taken refuge in Tampico at the be ginning of the war made an unsuccessful at tempt to run for Spanish waters.

The Mexican authorities declined to com ment on the presence of the American war ships, and the Mexicans are pressing for ar investigation:

DIVE BOMB

ATTACKS AT CAMBRAI

Coastal Command bombers on

SHOW IN HANOI made

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"

The Japanese "umojina" thea- trical troupe are to give a per- formance in the Hanoi municipal theatre to-day. General Sumita,

The German captains insist tha the mystery vessels. they, sighted soon after leaving Tampico were either, British or Canadian.

It was revealed yesterday tha the Mexican gunboat. Queretar intervened and signalled, to warship which was pursuing the Germans to keep out o Mexican territorial waters.

The Queretaro finally took the Nazi freighter Rhein under it protection and escorted her to the mouth of the Panuco River.

President Cardenas is personally the neu Saturday investigating whether made an effective and trality belt was violated, and con ferred with the Foreign Minister destructive tour of enemy General Eduardo Hay. aerodromes in the Rouen- Abbeville Arras Cam- brai area.

Protest Possible

It was indicated in Mexico Cit that if it is established that the vessels were British. or Canadiang

protest.

head of the Japanese economic The crews of the attacking Hud-Mexico may ask the Pan-Ameri mission in Indo-China, has invit-sons and Beauforts, despite bad can Conference, to lodge a forina ed many prominent French in weather, were able to get excel- Hanoi. The programme, it is lent results. stated, consists of two comedies and one play Illustrating the "tra- ditional Japanese spirit."

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PADDLE BOAT

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SHOOTS DOWN ATTACKER

Four audacious dive attacks, in the courae of which a pilot went down, within..300 feet of the ground, were made by one Beaufort on an aerodrome. In the Cambral sector at dusk.

·President . Cardenas has.05. dered the Tampico port authori ties to forward to Mexico City all testimony by the captain: and crews of the German ship as well as shore witnesses.' Admiral Carvallo, port captain

In the first swoop-he planted-in-at Tampico, yesterday Inspected

Nazi freighte cendiaries which ignited buildings cargo on the and in following attacks "opened Orinoco and declared there was n up" the targets with high explo- foundation to reports that she wa bound for a rendezvous to refur sives.

the Admiral Scheer: tional News Service.

Flames spread fast and when the aircraft left were leaping nearly 100 foot up.”.

One Hudson which distributed

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high explosives along the boun was thrown from his feet and the

An Admiralty communique dary of another Cambrai. landing interior of the aircraft was flood states that the "paddle mine ground produced six explosions lit by successive "flashes from sweeper Southsea shot down one and a fierce.

enemy

alrcraft which attacked her yesterday morning, There. were no survivors from thờ àir- craft.

Extonsive Fires

wrecked targets,

ob Another Hudson bombed jectives across 1800 yards: 10 aerodrome and the crew had th

Aircraft which went to Abbe-satisfaction of seeing extensiv H.M.S. Southsen sustained no ville all reported similar successes, frcs sweeping inwards from cach damage, or casualties. British Wireless.

As a result of one explosion end of the bombed area-British there the tail gunner of a Hudson Wireless.