FIRST BLOW
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 11, 1941.
OF
1941
BATTLE IN THE AIR
STOP PRESS
RA.F.'s Successful Daylight Raids Against Luftwaffe
SOVIET-GERMAN Beginning Of
An Even Bigger Blitz?
AGREEMENT
ON FRONTIER
An agreement on the Soviet - German frontier between the River Igorka (in
Lithuania) and the Baltic was signed in Moscow yesterday.
It was stated in Berlin that the agree- ment fixes the frontier along the lines of the former Polish-Lithua- nion and German- Lithuanian frontiers.
- Reuter.
(By Reuter's Air Correspondent)
BY THEIR DRAMATIC daylight raid yes- terday on the Pas de Calais region of occupied France, the Royal Air Force struck the first blow in the great struggle with the Luftwaffe It is learned in official quarters of 1941. that the raid is regarded as very successful.
Up to the present this year, the German Air Force have sent only single raiders over Britain by day. These were the tactics forced upon General Goering, it should be recalled, by the marked superiority of the R.A.F. last August and September, to which so far he has shown no evidence of knowing the answer.
aerodromes This is the first time gunning of German
and other objectives by daylight that British bombers and
may well be the prelude to fur- fighters have gone into ther daylight raids on the Ger- Te enemy bombers were shot battle together in force man Army of Occupation beyond
the Channel ports,
where the since France failed.
paraphernalia of invasion was so heavily bombed by night last Autumn.
down
NIGHT BOMBERS DOWNED
during Thursday night's raid on north-west England, ar- cording to a communique issued by the Air Ministry yesterday.
The formation, which consisted communique also states of a formidable force of bombers, British bomber engaged, protected by Spitfires and Hurri-
over a large and shot down an enemy fighterleones, swept
operations over of the scene of the German drive through to the Channel last year. machine- t This bombing and
The that a
during British Germany on the same night. -- Reuter,
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Little Enemy Activity
: One of the most remarkable features of the attack was that few Nazi fighters were countered.
en.
The British bombers had very little cloud to give them cover.
From such a beginning, under- lined by raids after dark on the invasion and blockade ports uni on targe's inside Germany could even develop a bigger R A.F. bltz to put a spoke in the wheel of any German plans for its army of the West before Spring.
At the very least, in association with the great offensive of the Royal Air Force in the Middle East, the operations of the R.A.F. as a whole over the past 24 hours are symptomatic of Britain's ag- gressive 1941 spirit. Reuter.
SOVIET- GERMAN TREATY
A Soviet-German econo-| mic agreement was sign- ed in Moscow yesterday after negotiations pro- ceeding there since the end of October.
The agreement is based on the German-Soviet Treaty of Febru- ary 11, 1940, and it was stated in Berlin that it represents a further step in carrying out the economic programme envisaged in 1939.
It regulates the exchange of goode between Germany and the Soviet until August... next your.
A German announcement.
cies provided for th
'of the first year of the
The premium at which money-changers niay ex- change Hong Kong currency of any denomination for Hong Kong five cent coins has been fixed at one per
cent.
The only authorised entry points into the New Terri- tories, under the Immigration Control Ordinance, were an- nounced in the "Gazette" this morning as Shatoukok Block- house, Lin Tong Pass, Man Kam To Bridge. Lo Wu Bridge and Lokmachau Ferry Crossing.
R.A.F. DAYLIGHT
“BLITZ” ON NORTHERN FRANCE
(Continued from Page 1)
Brest's Third Raid
.:
The RAF's attack on Brest, on Thursday night, it was revealed in London, lasted six hours, ma
In bright moonlight the crews of British bombers, olearly obs sorved direct Kite on a = "large ship, dry docks and buildings. Fires were caused near the en- trance of the military port": saysThe raid was the third on Brest
within
Reuter
deliver. Industriai
products
The
German official news agency, come Air
questions in- the new
Reuter.
It is notified in the "Gazette" that during the ab- sence of Mr. Seiki, Yano, Mr. Takio Oda will be in charge Consulate - of the Japanese General.
Mr. J. C. Fitz-Henry is appointed Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade.
The following appointments to the immigration Depart- ment are announced:-
To be Immigration Officer: -Robert Andrew Dermod Forrest,
To be Deputy Immigration Officers: John Henry Bur- kill Lee, Hermann Derek Bryan.
To be Assistant Immigra tion
Officers: Alexander James Gourlay Taylor, Leo. Weill, Lionel Ernest Lammert, Ar.hur Inglis Burnie, Robert Martin Anne Poinsot, Char- les Young. Bertram Carmi- chael Hobbs, Anatole Komor- sky.
To be Chinese Assistant Immigration Officers:-Wong Wing Nin, Kan Lu Dun, Peter Mok, Philip Lising, Hung To Sing, Tse Sze Chłu, Walter Hanming Chen, Paul Ping Lun, Henry Keong Mark, Châu Chung Fook, Ko Min To, Chong Tuck Wing, Tong Man Kam, Wong Kam Nok, Tong Chung Kwan, Chen Sheng Wei, Ngan Chung Ki.
The prefix Hapecial!! to telegrama 19 used by the "Sunday Herald" and "China Mail to indicate news which ie strictly copyright under the provi- sions of the. Telecommunications or dinance, 1936, and may not be reprint- ed under any circumstances, either wholly or in part, without prior ar; rangement.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT :
Mr. and Mra. Edgar Davidson wish
~their heartfelt -friends, - for the and kind Va resched
that their treat a has been
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