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No. 92,021,

.:FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1940.

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BUTTER

HEADLONG RETREAT

ITALIANS REPORTED

British Command

GRAVE

INDO-CHINA Swift To Exploit

Sidi Barrani Coup

TURMOIL

Serious disturbances in Indo-China were men. tioned by the announcer on Lyons radio last night.

He, said that clashes had occur- red recently in Saigon and in seven provinces between the armed forces and demonstrators said to be Communists.

It was added that damage was done to civil administrative and private buildings. A number of bridges were destroyed and com- munications- cut.

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(By Reuter's Special Correspondent In The Western Desrt) THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE IN THE WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT IS DEVELOPING SO FAST THAT RUMOURS OF A HEADLONG ITALIAN RETREAT ARE CIRCULATING IN CAIRO AND ALEXANDRIA.

'NEUTRAL' AID TO HUN U-BOATS?

An allegation that Ger- man submarinos are be. ing provisioned off the shores of Cuba by ships of a neutral coun- try calling at Havana. was made in the Cuban

It is realised that the communiques from British General Head-House of Representatives quarters tend to minimise our successes rather than make claims until they have been confirmed beyond doubt.

It is thus reasonable to suppose that the figure Order was restored by sold of 20,000 prisoners given in the latest communique there were wounded on both is an under-estimate.

Jers, patice and marines but

sides.

The speed of the offensive has meant that

Kent

Measures taken by the local communiques have hardly been issued before Air Battle

Government, the announcer con-

cluded, have resulted in the sup- a fresh important advance and captures are

pression of these "subversive

movements."-Reuter,

taking place.

GREEKS SMASH

COUNTER-ATTACKS

(From Reuter's Special Correspondent in Greece)

erday.

The allegation was made by Senor Chibas, in a speech sup porting a motion to send Con gressional felicitations to Presi dent Roosevelt on his re-elez

tion:

Scnor Chibas accused "Fifis Columnista" of, attacking, thè diplomatic residence "of a great friendly power and stealing documents from thera... Senor. Chibas did not name the.

Res friendly power concerned.

Four British fighters ter.

It will be days before the exact shot down three German number of prisoners, guns and aircraft yesterday morn- tanks taken will be known.

Air Ministry announces.

AS THE PICTURE OF THE ing when small forma- The bombs did: little damage FIRST THREE DAYS OF tions of enemy fighters and caused only a few casual- OFFENSIVE IS GRADUALLY

ties. on p

FITTED TOGETHER AT G.HQ. and fighter - bombers One German bomber!

FROM. REPORTS ARRIVING

FROM THE DESERT FRONT. IT Crossed the Kent coast also shot down off the south- BECOMES EVIDENT THAT THE flying towards London. MIDDLE EAST COMMAND. | ***

west coast yesterday morning, and tone was destroyed dur Ing Wednesday night.

Bri

In all these operations

WITH A BRILLIANT PIECE OF The raiders dropped a small STRATEGY PLANNED FOR number of bombs on the out-tish fighters, suffered no loss.— MANY WEEKS, HAS DELIVER skirts of the London area; the Reuter.

ITALIANS THAT MAY ROCK:

THE FOUNDATIONS AND TOF- FASCIST, EMPIRE.

PLE THE EDIFICE OF THE

THE GREEK ARMY CONTINUES TO REED A BLOW AGAINST THE TAIN THE INITIATIVE; ALL ALONG THE 80. MILE BATTLE FRONT IT IS FIGHTING SUC. CESSFULLY AND ALL ITALIAN COUNTER-culation in Cairo, in regard to ATTACKS HAVE BEEN. REPULSED.

The left wing of the Greek army, accord- ing to the Greek spokesman in Athens last night, is continuing its advance towards Chi- mara, coastal town on the Adriatic, 20 miles north of Santi Quaranta.

CHINA CONTRACT WITH SOVIET

China has signed. contract with Soviet Russia by which China will deliver during the coming year, $100,- 1000 worth of tea to Russia, according to an official announce- ment in Chungking yesterday. Reuter,

Further to the right the Italians at some places, put up. very stiff resistance before, they were fin- ally dislodga from their positions with heavy losses.

The Italians employed crack Alpine corps In keen fighting in the constal sector around Tepelini, where-a-

colonel is understood to have been killed and many of his men taken prisoner.

There is already general spe-

whether the Italians will have to relinquish their hold on Abyssinia.

East African Shock

For months Italian morale ila East Africa has been bolstered up

by the empty assurance that Mus- solini's army was ready to march

to the Nile Della af any moment and open up the Suez Canal,

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But, if the British offensive continues on satisfactorily, as at- present, the Italian army In Abyssinia, It is suggested, may throw up the sponge because of pressure being exerted by Bri-dry all packa tish forces already hammering at the frontier

Details of the operations which enabled British motorised divisions to penetrate to the coast and cut off the Italian forces in the Sidi Barrani aren were revealed last night.m

Harassing Tactics ...Greek troops, taking advantage From the moment in September ot the Italian retreat from Argy- when Marshal Grazloni's... troops. reached Sidi Barrani, a famous rokastron, have advanced along mechanised regiment was given the bills bordering the Drinos Val-special Instructions to harass the ley and are now approaching enemy, at a specified point and Tepelini

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