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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 13, 1940.
Italian 'Planes And Hangars
As Shattered Wrecks
Left
Air Force Part In Triumph: Troops In High Spirits
(By Reuter's Special Correspondent with the Army of the Nile) DESPITE DAYS OF GRUELLING FIGHTING SOME OF WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THICK SANDSTORMS. THE AD 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 Eton
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 has been similar in method to the German ad- 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- fighters out of the air by inces-ried out in the Near East and it. santly bombarding and machine- left Italian hangars and machines gunning aerodromes.
shattered wrecks.-Reuter.
The dull monotonous beaming of the guns of the British Fleet many miles away is clearly au- dible here. The warships are pounding Italian tions.
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College. Attacked
SUBSIDY FOR Danes To SHEEP FARMERS
Build New Hamburg
Hill sheep farmers in the United King- dom are to receive a special subsidy sup- plement in this year's 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-agency yesterday men- spect of each breed- : ing ewe. Reuter,
GOOD SENTIMENT ON STOCK MARKET
A large part of the re- building of Hamburg may be done by Danes the German official news
tioned a plan to use Dan- ish architects, engineers and
workmen for this
purpose.
Successful "negotiations 'are
to have taken place be tween the Hamburg and Danish Eton College, most fa-
The capture of Sidi Barrani
the authorities and in the New Year mous of English schools, created a good sentiment on which was founded. 500 but apart from a few instances go to Hamburg.
London Stock Exchange yesterday about 1,000 Danish workmen will years ago by Henry VI, business was small. Katirs, espe twice in recent weeks has cially smaller priced issues, were
Twenty-two Danish 'popular among local operators and been the victim of enemy olls were again in the limelight. have taken part in the
Anglo-Iranians advanced over tions. bombers.
3/- 10 40/-. Industrials general-
Sudan planta- Military targets in the Ham- In the first raid over 200 in-ly were steady. cendiaries were dropped on the flons, however, were in demand College, six buildings of which and shares improved from 23/9 to burg area have been the objectives were Eat on fire, The school 25/- Wall Street was
of frequent attacks by the 'R.AT. ARP, staff extinguished the fires. Reuter.
-Reuter,
Road Cut The successful operations by coastal post- the Army of the Nile, which have been received with acclamation by free peoples all over the world and which, as the Prime Minister
In the second raid two high. told the Commons, had "cut
explosive bombs which fell on through the principal road by the College damaged historical which the main body of the Ital-buildings, including the Upper Eventual outcome of the presentian army which invaded Egypt School and College Chapel. operations is impossible to fore- could effect a retreat," have been Reuter. cast because of the rapidity with the result of close cooperation be- which the situation. is changing. tween the: Navy, Army and Air
But the positive balanco al-Force:
Bitter And Ruthless The battle for Sidi Barrani has been bitter and ruthless.
ready achieved by the British is, 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 are in excellent condition.
shows intense activity throughout 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
Severe casualties, were inflicted. on the Black Shirt. divisions, nevertheless they offered fierce re sistance to the British onslaughts::
Both bombers and fighters sup- ported the Army's offensive at facking enemy troops, concentra-
GERMAN MIGRATION
PRO-
NEGOTIATIONS ARE CEEDING BETWEEN GERMANY AND RUSSIA FOR THE RE-- PATRIATION OF THE REMAIN-
STATES, ACCORDING TO A
firm
R-A-F. RETAINS MASTERY OF
THE AIR
firm gotia
REPORTS RECEIVED in London last night
ING GERMANS IN THE BALTIC indicated that over 20,000 Italians have been tions and bombing an enemy ad-STOCKHOLM DESPATCH TO taken prisoner in the Western Desert so far,
vanced aerodrome.
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THE FREE, FRENCH AGENCY 'Several; tons of bombs were 'IN LONDON YESTERDAY.. landing grounds at Gambut, dropped on Sollum while enemy
Fifty thousand. Germans. In
and-Latvia were unable to return
Azelz, Menastir, El. Adem, El Derna, Tmimi and El
Gazain were bombed during the
day and a number of enemy
Lihuania and 10,000 in Estonia with the British attacking the Fascists in a and a general retreat seems to be under way,
patch adds. Reuter.
to Germany last year, the des- triple-effort -- with lond troops on the ground, bombers and machine-guns from the two Bredas. One unidentified air, and shells from naval guns from the machine was destroyed on the Mediterranean.
aircraft dispersed on the ground were one. $79, three CR42's and destroyed.
Despite a dust storm which per- Bisted throughout Wednesday, making parts of the desert, includ- ing aerodromes, look like London Six Shot Down in a pea-soup fog, the R.A.F. flew. out unceasingly on their harassing
Full details of these raids are, tasks.
however, not yet available. ...At times, returning bombers Qur flahters brought down, six 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 emergency ones elsewhere. same fate.
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 only one R.A.F. machine failed to all over the theatre of operations, together One aircraft reported, missing with much equipment, including guns and ed safely to base-British Wire- tanks.
return.
on December 10 Has now return-
Their bombardment, of Benina.. One squadron accounted for which is the Italian advanced air 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 RAF is sustaining prac- tically no losses and is maintain- ing the mastery of the air esta- blished on first day of the attuck. Hour by hour, Brlish pilots go out to bring grin destruction down on Graziani's army
Meanwhile, light and heavy units of the Royal Navy (aro shalling: thờ Italian "line" of re- troát, including a heavy bom bardment of two focal points". Ballum and Bardia,”
The Admiralty say that so far | those ships lavó, sustained' nëltlier
damage nor casualties.
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