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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 13, 1940.
Italian 'Planes And Hangars Left As Shattered Wrecks
SHEEP FARMERS
Air Force Part In SUBSIDY FOR Triumph: Troops In High Spirits
(By Reuter's Special Correspondent with the Army of the Nile) DESPITE DAYS OF GRUELLING FIGHTING WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THICK SANDSTORMS VANCE BRITISH TROOPS ARE NOW IN THE HIGHEST SPIRITS, JUBILANT AT THE SUCCESSES ACHIEVED AFTER MONTHS OF WAITING.
It is now possible to give a detailed ac- count of the course of the action, outstanding feature of which has been the clockwork co- ordination of the activities of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
The British advance against the Italians
"Hill sheep farmers in the United King- dom are to receive special subsidy sup- SOME OFplement in this year's THE AD. returns, it was an-
nounced in the Com-: mons yesterday by Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister for Scotland. The subsidy will be half a crown in `re- spect of each breed- ing ewe-Reuter,
Eton College
GOOD SENTIMENT
has been similar in method to the German ad. Attacked ON STOCK MARKET.
vance in France. They have executed a swift extensive flanking movement, encircling one enemy position after another.
The Air Force concentrated on striking base, was probably the keeping. Italian bombers and heaviest bombing raid ever car- santly bombarding and machine- left Italian hangars and machines fighters out of the air by inces-ried out in the Near East and it gunning aerodromes.
The dull monotonous booming of the guns of the British Fleet many miles away la clearly au-
shattered wrecks. Reuter.
Road Cut
Eton College, most fa- mous of English schools, which was founded 500
twice in recent weeks has years ago by Henry VI been the victim of enemy bombers.
Danes To Build New Hamburg
A large part of the re- building of Hamburg may be done by Danes the official news German agency yesterday men- tioned a plan to use Dan- ish architects, engineers and workmen for this purpose.
stut Successful negotiations
stated to have taken place
Twenty-two
Danish firma have taken part in the negotia tions.
Military targets, in the Ham-
The capture of Sidi Barrant tween the Hamburg and Danish created a good sentiment on the authorities and in the New Year but apart from a few instances go to Hamburg. London Stock Exchange yesterday about 1,000 Danish workmen will
cially smaller priced issues, were popular among local operators and business was small. Kaffirs, esper
oils were again in the limelight. 'Anglo-Iranians advanced over 3/- to 40/-. Industrials general- In the first rald over 200 'inly were steady. Sudan planta- The successful operations by. dible here. The warships are
coastal post-the Army of the Nile, which have cendiaries were dropped on the tions, however, were in demand
of frequent attacks by the R.A been received with acclamation by College, six buildings of which and shares Improved from 23/9. to burg area have been the objectives
-Reuter, free peoples all over the world, were set on fire. The school 25/-. Wall Street was
In the and which, as the Prime Minister ARP staff extinguished the fires. Reuter.
second raid two high told the Commons, had "cut
which fell on explosive bombs through the principal road by the College damaged historical which the main body of the Ital-
buildings, including the Upper which invaded Egypt Eventual outcome of the present ian army operations is impossible to fore- could effect a retreat," have been School and College Chapel. - cast because of the rapidity with the result of close cooperation be-Reuter. which the situation is changing. tween the Navy, Ariny and Air
-But the positive balance al-Force. ready achieved by the British is,
pounding Italian tions.
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Bitter And Ruthless The battle for Sidi Barrani has
been bitter and ruthless.
The retreating Italians are be- as one officer expressed it, the ing continually harassed by bom- "capture of "many prisoners" to bardment from the sea and air gether with huge quantities of and news from R.A.F. Middle East war materials, most of, which Headquarters received yesterday, shows intense activity throughout are in excellent condition. Artillery, infantry, armoured Wednesday. forces and the Navy all contribut ed to the 12-hour bombardment or Sidi Barrani, while the R.A.F. part was to bomb it for 16 hours al-
most continuously on Monday.
Black Shirts Fight Hard
on
Severe casualties were inflicted
the Black Shirt divisions,
nevertheless they offered fierce re- sistance to the British onslaughts.
Despite a dust storm which per sisted throughout Wednesday, making parts of the desert, includ ing aerodromes, look like London in a pea-soup fog, the R.A.F. flew -out unceasingly on their harassing
tasks.
Both bombers and fighters sup- ported the Army's offensive, at tacking enemy troops concentra- tions, and bombing an enemy ad-
vanced aerodrome.
Several tons of bombs vere dropped on Sollum while enemy landing grounds at Gambut, Azelz, Manastir, El Adem, El Gubbl, Derna, Tmimi and E Gazala were bombed during the day and a number of enemy alrcraft dispersed on the ground destroyed.
Six Shot Down Full details of these raids are, however, not yet available.
GERMAN MIGRATION
NEGOTIATIONS ARÊ PRO- CEEDING BETWEEN GERMANY. AND RUSSIA FOR THE RE PATRIATION OF THE REMAIN- ING GERMANS IN THE BALTIC STOCKHOLM DESPATCH TO THE FREE FRENCH AGENCY
ACCORDING TO
Fifty thousand Germans in
firm.-
R-A-F. RETAINS MASTERY OF
THE AIR
REPORTS RECEIVED in London last night indicated that over 20,000 Italians have been taken prisoner in the Western Desert so far, IN LONDON YESTERDAY. and a general retreat seems to be under way, Lithuania and 10,000 in Estonia with the British attacking the Fascists in a with land troops on the and Latvia were unable to return to, Germany last year, the des- triple-effort
ground, bombers and machine-guns from the patch adds. Reuter. were one $79, three CR42's and
unidentified | air, and shells from naval guns from the
One two. Bredas.
machine was destroyed on the Mediterranean. ground.
It is satisfactory to note that: throughout these intensive opera-
Many prisoners, including hundreds of tions, continuing for 24 hours, officers and three generals, have been taken At times returning bombers Our fighters brought down six only one R.A.F. machine failed to all over the theatre of operations, together were unable to see their aero- enemy aircraft in" combat and it dromes and were forced to land is probable two more shared the
on December 10 has now return with much equipment, including guns same fate.. on emergency, ones elsewhere. Their bombardment of Benina, One squadron accounted for ed safely to base, British Wire- tanks. which is the Italian advanced air i four and two "possibles." These less.
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The generals, include one Corps Commander and two "General Officers Commanding Divisions. These are in addition to the Gen- eral in charge of a flying column who was killed on Monday.
The R.A.F. is sustaining prac- tically no losses and is maintain- ing the mastery of the air esta blished on first day of the attack. Hour by hour, British pilots go out to bring grim destruction down on Graziani's army.
Meanwhile, light and heavy unita of the Royal Navy:"are, shalling the Italian, line of: ra- -treat, including a heavy hom bardment of two focal poinfo Sollum and Bardia,
The Admiralty says that so these ships have sustained neither dampée:nor cosur
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