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IRAQI FORCE EJECTED FROM HABBANIYAH

DARLAN British Troops

SUPS WITH THE DEVIL

An agreement between Admiral Darlan and Abetz, Hitler's represen- tative in Paris, was announced in Vichy yesterday.

The agreemerit provides for modification of the restrictions of the demarcation line between occu- pied and unoccupied France and a reduction in the costs of the Ger- man army of occupation,

In regard to occupation costs, it is envisaged that as a first step France's dally payments will be reduced 25 per cent from 400 million to 300 million france.

OTHER

QUESTIONS HAVE STILL : TO BE FINALLY ̧■ THRASHED OUT-REUTER.

"Permission To Cross" Clause

The agreement provides

the demarcation

that

¡ine between

Occupied and Unoccupied France will be open, in general, for the

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Take Offensive AFRAID

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

President Roosevelt's condition has improv- ed but his doctor has advised his staying indoors for two days more.-Reuter.

SEVEN NAZI 'PLANES SHOT DOWN

The number of enemy passage of goods and securities. aircraft destroyed in day-

Persons will

be allowed

to

travel between the two zones in light

yesterday

the event of the serious illness or brought to seven

death of a relative.

Free correspondence by plain

postcards will be allowed.

Permission to

cross the line:

will be granted to members of

was

BRITISH ARMOURED UNITS and troops and Iraqi levies, operating from Habbaniyah, ejected the Iraq rebels on Tuesday from posi- tions overlooking the cantonment, according to a communique issued in Cairo.

The R.A.F. continuously attacked the rebel lines the previous night and during the engagement on Tuesday rendered continuous close support, bombing and machine-gunning the enemy and subsequently keeping them on the move during their withdrawal towards Falluja.

Rebel casualties were very heavy while those of the British were negligible. The British cap- tured over 300 prisoners,

Guns flown in aircraft to the scene of the battle contributed to the defeat of the Iraqis,

Rachid Iraq was again bombed. Onc

MEDIATION RUMOUR

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") It is

OF NAZIS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Stalin's assumption of change in Soviet policy the Premiership marks a

and the resumption of new......... German drive, according

B.B.C. broadcast yesterday.

to

a

The pnnouncer said: "The Soviet rejected the Gerinan pro- posal to join the Axis and signed pact of friendship with Yugoslavia a few hours before that country was invaded by the

a

Germanis. unconfirmably

German drive

the

to the east

reported that the Iraqi "Stalin now takes over The serodrome at Moascar Al Premier, Rashid Ali, has Premiership at a time when the completely accepted Turkey's good threatens what Russia regards as de troyed by fire, a twin-engin offices to mediate between her sphere of activity in Asia." ed aircraft blown up, a number

International News Service. of others severely damaged and Iraq and Britain.

hangar was

the aerodrome surface badly cut up.

when The

Some quarters hope peace negotiations will be instituted though latest advices state that British a'rcraft received | hostilities are progressing.

R.A.F. fighters shot down practically no opposition. Reuter.

a bomber off the north-

east coast in the evening.

Rutbah Retaken

British forces

have

the

Meanwhile the Syrian authori-

ties are rushing reinforcements to the Iraq border.

on

British 'planes have again. the Army and Air Force on the

leaflets occupied dropped There was considerable enemy Rutbah, on the pipeline from the calling for a revolution.-Interna- Baghdad same conditions as already in activity of the south-east coast Mosul oilfields to Haifa, accord- tional News Service, force for sailors.

yesterday when in a series of ing to a Rome despatch to According to Paris Radio, Mar- dog-fights British al Petain has-left his estate near down six enemy

Aghters shot official German news agency. fighters and annes by special train to meet severely damaged a number

Iraqi forces occupied dmiral Darian. —

Ru.bah of Reuter,

others.

last Friday after attacking and tish working party-Reuter, taking prisoner an unarmed Bri-

SERIOUS PRIVATION IN GREECE

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Hundreds of thousands

hungry and homeless Greek refugees and sol-

One Spitfire squadron got four of them in three different fights off the Kentish Coast,

were

Two British fighters are missing. During daylight on Tuesday, four enemy fighters destroyed, two by fighters and two by anti-aircraft gunfire. Five British fighters are missing from. Tuesday's operations but three pilots are safe-Reuter.

ARAB RECRUITS FOR BRITISH ARMY

The Mayor of Nablus, Suleiman

DOVER HEAVILY SHELLED

rocked last night by a

The Dover area was

brief but vicious burst of diers and their families recruits for the British Army yes- range guns mounted on Toukan, told a parade of Arab Shelling by German long- are asking "What next?" terday that he cherished glorious the French coast.

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memories of their brethren who,

the defeated and a quarter of a century ago under dered kingdom fights the leadership of King Hussein The bombardment began “

privation. and bis, noble sons, fought along-the-bright light of tha= setting side: British troops, in defence, of zun with univoer:at-intervals of in Greece threa- freedom until victory was achiev=several minutos. =?

orge daily..

borders are “If their pidly as its neigh-lofty- your

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The shell-fire warning was was-noble and sounded Cinemas emptied "and,

is aven

been cut off and Yugoslavia, LORD BEAVERBROOK

of Vegetable supplies, has

refugees are, trudging Inte interior from the border areas.

AT PALACE Lord Beaverbrook was received Athens appears normal on the by the King at Buckingham Palace

International News Ser-

on his appointment as

es ran for cover

on

ng; shall-búrat overtur “Eme" "which"-osught:"froir:Two Speople were killed and 12 in-

Jured altogether a Anti-aircraft guns fired Messerschmidts spotting for the German artillery, One Messersch midi spiralled down out of con- trol and is belleved to have crash- ed in mid-Channel Reuter,

CAPTAIN JAMES ROOSEVELT IN CAIRO

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA: MAIL"] Capt. James Roosevelt arrived Marine Corps observer. in Cairo yesterday to act as U.S. Inter- national News Service.

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