THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 9, 1941.
FLIGHT OF RASCHID ALI FROM BAGHDAD
REPORTED
Hostile Demonstrations In Iraq Capital
130 ARRESTS
IN MARSEILLES
Moscow radio reports from Vichy that 130 people have been arrested Marseilles by the order of Admiral Dar lan on the accusation of enlisting French- men into General de Gaulle's army,
says Reuter
DEATH
SENTENCE ON TRAITOR
R.A.F. Pounds At Military Positions
THE R.A.F. BOMBED Baghdad airport on Wednesday and damaged buildings and the aerodrome road, according to an R.A.F. com- munique issued in Cairo yesterday.
The communique states violent explosions occurred when direct hits were obtained on a magazine at Washash, near Baghdad. Mili tory buildings were hit.
Bundy were dropped on prised airvalt at Habhaidi Bitan troops occupying ground in the Habbaniyah met httle oppresition except
cessional sniping
dis- The form
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the
Hostile forces east of Brit sh positions were heavily attacked
Reported Flight
Foreign Ministri tal Trng. Tewik Suewids Bey,
stated to have left Baghdad by ait for Amman in order to meet Regent Aboul lah
Iraqi Communique
Though claiming that Iraqi air- peraft h.d continued bonblang! (Habbanyak, an Iraqi 4igh Com
mond namite actant.
that
RASCIED ALL LEADER OF Team Troops which had been George Johnson Arm-|Tik IRAQI COUP D'ETAT, HUR- | "besieging" the British camp have BAGHDAD | been forced to retire on better
strong,
RIEDLY LEFT
38-year-old AFTER A PUBLIC DEMON- strategie positions by
EGYPTIAN
HIS British bombing
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engineer, was sentenced gTRATION AGAINST to death at the Central MOVEMENT, ACCORDINE, Criminal Court, Old REPORTS FROM BAGHDAD Bailey, yesterday for an offence under the Trea- chery Act.
under the Official Secrets Act,
Three spies posing as refugees. The first death
senterice u Isten to careless talkers and passed on a woman. Mirs Dorothy send military secrets back tu Pamela O'Grady, was reduced by Germany by portable radio trans- the Court of Appeal recently to mit ́er. were hanged last Decem- 14 years servitude. for
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It also admits the R.A.F. bombed the town of Falluje and Ramadi In addition to Baghdad railway station.
Telegraphic communication be- tween Iraq and Syria has been severed since Wednesday night, says a Beyrout message.
Baghdad radio was much weaker yesterday. It is under- stood the transmitter has been removed from the usual position in the Royal Palace. — Reuter.
Cairo Communique
A communique issued by British GH.Q. in Cairo states: "Libya--in the Tobruk and Sollum areas our patrols have again been active.
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positions - further covering the approach from the north to Amba Alagi have been captured and a number of prison- ers taken. In all other Breas operations ure continuing factorily.
satis-
Iraq-following our successful action on May 6 against a portion of the Iraq army which, at the in- stigation of military adventurers. treacherously attacked Habbani- Hab- yah, the situation both at baniyah and Basra has remained quiet,
Our captures include six guns and over 400 prisoners."-British Wireless.
STOP PRESS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") AT LEAST 37 GERMAN RAID. ERS ARE OFFICIALLY AN NOUNCED AS DOWNED OVER BRITAIN SINCE DUSK ON WEDNESDAY, WITH A RE. CORD OF 24 DESTROYED IN A SINGLE NIGHT, BUT INDICAT. ING THAT THE TOTAL MAY REACH 61, THE UNDER-SECRE TARY FOR AIR, CAPT. HAR. OLD BALFOUR, TOLD THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THAT THE FINAL CHECK-UP MIGHT DOUBLE THE KNOWN NIGHT TOLL.
The King, while visiting night fighter stations, kept a score-card.
No less than 105 German air- craft have already been downed over Britain this month. It is estimated that with the aid of American Douglas "Havocs," the defences knocked out nearly 10 per cent, of the attackers.-In- ternational News Service.
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R.A.F. SWOOP ON ST.NAZAIRE
Rolling billows of smoke, which even travel- led some miles out to sea,
starching shortens the life of obscured the countryside
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as R.A.F. raiders left the St. Nazaire region after | Wednesday night's suc
cessful attack on two large oil refineries and oil storage plants there
According to the Air Ministry news service the first "bombe found the targets and following alrcraft saw great fires sudden- ly appear while the great chim- neys of the refinery toppled over one by ones desk
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good visibility enabled our aircraft
to make perfect runs over the tar;" got-and.
precision bomb-
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