1941-01-08 — Page 4

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KING'S

MEN AGAINST the SKY

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Richard

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Kent

DIX TAYLOR Edmund Wendy LOWE BARRIE

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Screen play by Nathanae! Wast

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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 8, 1941.

70,000 PRISONERS TAKEN IN WESTERN DESERT

THE SCALE OF THE British successes in

the Western Desert can be gauged from facts made available in London yesterday.

•

Since the first attack on December 9 just under a month ago it is estimated that

our Imperial and Allied troops have put 94,000 Italians out of action.

Of these, 70,000 are prisoners. In an attempt to minimise this success Rome has been claiming that the majority of these troops! are Libyans. This is easily prov- ed untrue,

Divi-

Durang these operations. we have taken or destroyed---

Three Italian regular sions (about 39.000 men):

Two "Blackshirt" (about 24,000 men);

Divisions

One whole mechanised Divi- sion (about 7,000 men),

In addition, we have destroy- cd two Libyan D`visions, of abcut 14.000 men, and some 10,000 supply and corps trnous It is assumed that thore no: taken prisoner are either casual ties or men able to escape

A vast quantity of war mater als of all kinds has aiso been}

ken, but it is impossible az ye to give any details. Renter.

O.B.E. FOR SKIPPER

When his ship was tor- pedoed by a German sub- marine Captain George Hammett ordered the crew to abandon the sink- ing vessel.

After 12 days on the high seas they sighted land and beached 'he boat. Next day they put to sea again and reached port after * voyage of 850 miles,

Of 28 men only 10 survived thanks to the courage and en- durance of Cap'ain Hammett and the Second Officer, Edward Leslie Barnes.

Capt. Hammett was yesterday appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire, while Bar- nes was awarded the George Me- dal-Reuter.

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IT'S A CANTORNADO

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dieCANTOR

ALL BABA COES

TO TOWN

KING CHRISTIAN OF MARK HAS TAKEN UP

DEN-

A

FIRM STAND IN THE FACE OF STRONG PRESSURE TO WHICH THE DANISH GOVERNMENT IS SUBJECTED BY THE OCCUPYING GERMAN AU. THORITIES.

The Stockholm newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" declared yes. terday that King Christian is in- sisting on popular representation in the Danish Government and is refusing to agree to any recon- struction of the Governmen which would involve an abandon- ment of this basic principle. Reuter.

ORANGES FOR TROOPS

ORANGE... GROWERS PALESTINE HAVE SHOWN THEIR APPRECIATION OF THE SUCCESS OF THE WESTERN DEBERT CAMPAIGN BY BEND. ING, 10,000 CASES OF ORANGES AND GRAPE-FRUITS TO THE TROOPS,

The warm fribute to General Wavell himself is provided by ar Iraqi sheikh, who has given him'

reinontal" sword. — Reuter. H

POSED AS OFFICER, ARRESTED

A man who wanted to think be was somebody important, found I himself in the Police Court at

Liverpool.

BARDIA

GARRISON SACRIFICED

One of the most re-

markable features of the shelling of Bardia from the sea was that the Ita- lian Navy did not even try to intervene, a London naval spokesman com- mented yesterday.

The Italian Fleet, he pointed out, had a great opportunity to attack and if it had done so, our Fleet would have been obliged to He was a ships' fitter

named give up the bombardment in or- Francis Alec Bennett (40). of der to defend itself. Poswell Street, Bootle, and he was remanded on ball accused of wearing without authority a uni- form of a ship's officer of the

Merchant Service.

For the prosecution, it Wus aid that detectives noticed Ben- neti, while wearing the uniform ta chief officer of the Merchant Navy, was incorrectly dressed be- cause his trousers were 'urned up. When arrested, Bennett said: "T thought I should enjoy myself much better with this un. It makes people think you are some body."

Except for a few raiding 'planes. however, the Italian High Con- mand made no attempt to relieve the pressure on the garrison at Bardia.

Italian

have commented on the absence prisoners themselves of sea and air assistance.

They were disconcerted by The absence of 'planes, while Italian pilots say that plenty of petrol wes avaliable but they received no orders to go up. Reater.

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