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Australia's Choicen BUTTER
CAPITULATES
Garrison Surrenders
Iron Ring Round Fortress Smashed Within 36 Hours
GROWING UNREST IN NAWAB OF RUMANIA
PATAUDI
A son and heir was born in Bhopal yester- day to the cricketer, the Nawab of Pataudi, who is a son-
of Bhopal, says Reu-
ter.
The internal position of Rumania is rapidly wor- sening and the adminis-in-law of the Nawab tration is scarcely able to maintain control, accord- ing to information from the Bulgarian-Rumanian frontier received in Sofia yesterday.
A large number of alleged Com- munists have been arrested and
it is rumoured that many will be
shot.
CALCUTTA LABOUR
WAR RALLY
A big rally of industrial work- ers in Calcutta yesterday passed a resolution expressing solidarity with the British workers' fight against Fascism and called on
IT WAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED IN CAIRO YESTERDAY THAT THE WHOLE OF THE ITALIAN FORCES OCCUPYING THE NORTH- ERN SECTOR OF BARDIA'S DEFENCES WERE FORCED TO SURREN- DER ON SATURDAY NIGHT; THE TOTAL PRISONERS NOW EX- CEEDS 15,000.
The Southern sector had surrendered earlier and the last remaining pockets of resistance were mopped up by Australian in- fantry shortly before 6 o'clock on Saturday evening.
The Italian flag was hauled down from the mast over Government House and resistance ceased.
Thus, in 36 hours, the Australian infantry, fighting in perfect cooperation with British mech-
ITALIAN
anised units, R.A.F. fighter-bombers and big ships AIR BASES
Iron Guard malcontents are the Indian masses to stand shoul- of the Royal Navy, smashed the iron ring round this reported to be openly demon- der to shoulder with British much-vaunted stronghold.
strating against the presence of workers to victory. Reuter.
German troops in Rumania.
The Germans are, said to
assisting the authorities to
order at present.
be keep
Cost of living is rising rapidly: and there is much speculation In food.
Reports add that most of the fresh German troops are directed to the Soviet frontier and to Danube ports, with certain units along the Yugoslav frontier. Reuter.
DANGEROUS GAME, SAYS "ASAHI"
"There is no more ·dan-
LONDON WATCHERS DEFEAT THE
FIRE RAIDERS
AN ENEMY RAIDER attacked East Anglia in daylight yesterday and dropped a few bombs which did a small amount of damage and injured a few people.
Elsewhere in East Anglia machine-gun attacks by single raiders were reported.
VICHY
gerous game for America ANNOYS
to play,” declared · · the
Tokyo: "Asahi Shimbun" NAZIS
yesterday in an attack on
President Roosevelt's pa- The Wilhelmstrasse is licy of more aid to Britain. very dissatisfied with the
Who can guarantee America
One 'plane dived to open fire - on cattle in a field but the
animals escaped unhurt.
The alert
after was sounded dusk in London last evening.
Gunfire was heard and bas- kete of Incendiary bombs were dropped in one district. Heavy anti-aircraft: fire greeted these ́early ralders.
Fire-watchers scored, a signal success during the Luftwaffe's visit to London last night.
Not One Fire
resignation of Paul Bau- When three successive waves Join in the war ultimately?" doin, Chief of the Prime of raiders dropped hundreds of ties, the paper, which con- Minister's
in the incendiary bombs in one district, fire watchers acted with such Bat President Roosevelt
dy made up his mind Vichy Office &
a promptness that not a single bomb was alight long enough to
man of his import- cording to the Berlin cor-
cause a are, have made such respondent of the Zurich
newspaper
Suisse"
Claiming that Germany and yesterday.
Enemy planes were also, re- ported from Liverpool, from a Sown In the East Midlands" and bøwne in north-west and north- east England, Router;
Italy have never extended or The correspondent says his de- thrust totalitarianism on America, parture is regarded as a sign of the paper concludes that the fric- very great divergencies of opin- Hon is due solely, to America's lon within the Vichy Government
innecessary and offensive inter- and the existence of a group of says German patience is at Terence" with the construction of Ministers who are sabotaging end the correspondent adds that a new order in East Asia.--Reu- Franco-German collaboration,... no sensational, events are expect- ter
Although the Wilhelmstrasseled immediat
an
The capture of 15,000 prisoners, officially announced yesterday afternoon, left little doubt as to the outcome of the battle.
ATTACKED
IN
ITALIAN AERODROMES EASTERN LIBYA WERE BUB.
The military spokesman
has JECTED TO INCESSANT BOM- DURING THE pointed out how greatly eased BARDMENT Britain's maintenance problam | NIGHT OF FRIDAY/SATURDAY will become with the capture of AND Bardia.
THROUGHOUT SATUR. COMMUNI - DAY, STATES A
Use of the port will save the long QUE ISSUED FROM R.A.F. MID- EAST HEADQUARTERS, overland journey from Mersa Ma- OLE truh and Port Sollum which, un-│IN CAIRO. til a few day ago, was under shell- fire from Bardia.
During two
encounters with
The Bardia water supply is also the Italian air force three CR 42's believed to be better than any were shot down in flames and one available at Mersa Matruh, Sidi other destroyed. Barrani, Bug Bug or Sollum.
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\LONDON
British losses were one fighter
in the Western Desert.-Reuter.
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