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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 21, 1940.

BIRD'S-EYE PICTURE

OF BRITISH ASSAULT ON BARDIA

(From Reuter's Special Correspondent) PILOTS WHO" HAVE^ been flying over Libya ever since the beginning of the cam- paign have given me vivid “bird's eye" pic tures of the British assault on Bardia.

They have seen Italian soldiers plodding down the coast road towards Tobruk with Ita- lian cars and lorries rushing past them.

They have seen Italian staff cars strafed by the, R.A.F. and sent careering

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Members of the special recon-

naissance squadren which has

IRONCLAD

BRITISH TANK

No known anti-tank gun can penetrate the thick hide of a new 25- in the British Army. ton tank now being used

fast Britain is pushing ahead with the output of tanks and men to man them in a terrific bid to make up leeway in the type of warfare she originated and Germany developed.

or.

མ་ have seon and heard plenty of evidence of this dur. ing an intensive study of the

Royal Armoured Corps' ganisation and growth," writes Router's special correspondent with the British Army In training.

an

"Now at least two types of In providing accommo- served as the eyes of the army

formation in the Royal Armour- dation for people who over enemy territory have been ed Corps-on one armoured divi- most ior- have been made homeless over Libya since the beginning of sion, possessing the

power in the by bombing, local au-

the campaign, and it is largely due midable hitting

British Army, self-contained and thorities in London have to their fearless and accurate ob-working at high speed, and not been taken unawares.

servation flights and photographs, even more weighty tank brigade that

with the British military com- working at a slower pace They are now reaping the benefit of preparations made some time ago for a different emergency.

In the City of Westminster and elsewhere leading estate agents were asked to assist town hall staffs by using their knowledge" of specified zones in getting out re- gisters of furnished houses and flats suitable for billeting refugees trom coastal areas in case of in- vasion.

These registers have been of the ulmost value in the present emer- gency when speed of action has counted for so much. Considerable billeting has been effected in the West End. principally in houses where only housekeepers or care- takers have been in residence.

The existing urgent need to find shelter for the homeless in hun- dreds from the east and south-east of London has made it necessary, however, to go far beyond the ori- ginal scheme.

Much more accommodation is wanted and wanted quickly, and empty houses are being taken over by billeting officers. In West- minster such properties have been cured during the last few days as 40a, HUI Street,

anders have been so minutely the infantry-are expanding very informed of the exact disposition rapidly.

"Alm where equipment is of Bardia's defences throughout | concerned is standardisation, with and have been able to plan tactics more armament and heavier ar- mour than even that possessed accordingly.

by the heavy infantry tanks lost to Germany in France.”—Reuter.

It is apparently several days since the italians decided to re-

move seme materials from

Bardia.

ASKED TO PAY BAKERS OVERTIME IN-RAIDS

The main highway from Bardia to Tobruk has been thoroughly

Payment of workers whe volun- strafed by the R.A.F, and Italian

tarily carry on during eli raid vehicles and men had to use the periods at the rate of time and a small

road, of which

half (for the warning. perlod) is they are sill able to make pre-recommended to employers by the carious use.

Baking Trade Board.

coastal

A further recommendation sug- R.A.F. bombers over Bardia on gests that if, because of time spent the past two nights have not en- taking shelter during a warning countered anti-aircraft fire, which period, a worker is unable to work previously was very heavy, and forty-eight hours, he should be apparently the A.A. guns, which paid for forty-eight hours. There had been transported from Sollum is a provision that, if the oppor- to Bardia, have been removed.tunity is afforded, he may be re- Reuter.

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DIED AFTER EATING PORK

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Because of the suspicion that, death" might have * bien düo to ptomaine poisoning, the funeral of Ernest, William * Hirison (72), a' printer's manager, of Bridgeway, Whitton, Middlesex, was post- poned,

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