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No. 32,153

THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941

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STRENUOUS FIGHTING STILL

One Of Biggest Battles Of The War

Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Ad- miralty, stated in the House of Commons yes- terday that the battle now being fought in Crete was one of the biggest of the present

war.

He added that we are showing in Crete that when British soldiers meet the Germans on equal ground there is no doubt on which man to put your money-it is the British. Reuter.

NOTHING Severe

Loss Of DOING

R.C.S.

A laconic "No" was re- turned by the Lord Privy Irreparable losses were Seal, Mr. C. R. Attlee, to a suffered by the Royal Col- question in the Commons lege of Surgeons, in Lin- yesterday suggesting Bri- tain should treat with coln's Inn Fields, in Lon- Germany for mutual don, from damage in a restriction of night bomb. recent air raid. ing.

GOING ON IN CRETE Widespread

Parachute Troop Landings Continue

SUDA BAY SINCE THE GERMAN INVASION OF GREECE ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST IMPORTANT NAVAL BASES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN – AND MELEMI – SITE OF AN IMPORTANT AIR FIELD – WERE THE FIRST PLACES WHERE GERMAN PARATROOPS LANDED ON CRETE AT 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON TUES- DAY, ACCORDING TO MILITARY CIRCLES IN CAIRO YESTERDAY.

The landings were followed by a day of ACTIVE U.S. intense bombing and ground strafing, and later other fairly widespread landings were

AID URGED made at Canea and Heraklion, as well as on the peninsula north of Suda Bay.

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DROP ALL RESTRAINT, YESTERDAY CAME OUT OPEN- LY AND STRONGLY FOR COM. PLETE UNITED STATES IN. TERVENTION IN THE WAR.

By 6.30 a.m. on Tuesday there was fairly FIRST MAJOR BRITISH DAILY continuous ground strafing and bombing, Thousands of musrum piece and later on the same day more troops land- ed in the same fashion at Heraklion and Retimo.

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are gone, including skeletons The questioner advocated that kangaroos brought by Captain Britain make direct or indirect Cook from Australia and a com- proposals to that end, and drew | parative osteology collection of attention to appeals by prominent | 4,000 specimens acknowledged to people like the Bishops of Chi- be the nest in existence. chester and Bristol, and also Bernard Shaw and Professur GIL- abert Murray.

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Military circles in Cairo greater part were accounted for,

Fighting said that fairly strenuous situation was reported in

continues and the hand

The method of attack was dive-

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was also destroyed and, by a grim fighting was still going at 9 p.m. coincidence, an invaluable army on. A supplementary questioner medical war collection containing| evoked prolonged cheers by as- plaster casts of every type of serting that it was unfortunate wound, was also demolished.- that this proposal was made British Wireless. "Just when we are getting on

top of Germany."

MR. ATTLEE: "IT IS NOT PRACTICABLE TO THINK YOU CAN COME TO ANY AGREE- MENT WITH GERMANY." REUTER.

AMERICANS

ORDERED OUT OF PARIS

TURKISH DECISION

THE SITUATION IS RATHER CONFUSED. OWING TO THE FACT THAT A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF PARACHUTISTS ARE KEPORTED TO BE WEAR- IN NEW ZEALAND BATTLE- DRESS.

There is no information in Cairo about happenings yesterday.

An official G.H.Q. communique in Cairo declares: "Throughoull Tuesday the island of Crete was subjected to a series of intensive air attacks in the intervals of which fresh waves of German parachute and air-borne troops RAILWAY BRIDGES ON THE landed at various points. TURCO - GREEK FRONTIER, "Heavy ghting continued dur- BLOWN UP BY THE TURKS ing the day in which the enemy FOR THE SAKE OF SECURITY sustained

while

serious losses,

WHEN THE GERMANS AD- ours were comparatively light.

VANCED INTO GREEK TERRI- TORY, MAY SOON BE RECON- STRUCTED.

in Istanbul,

matter.

Cairo Communique

“AT ONE POINT A GERMAN DETACHMENT WHICH SUC-

Turkish, German and Bulgarian railway delegates, it is understood Germany has requested

are to confer at a CEEDED IN PENETRATING the United States Govern- frontier town to consider the INTO

THE OUTSKIRTS OF ment to withdraw its The negotiations will also in ROUNDED

CANEA WAS QUICKLY ́SUR- AND ACCOUNTED entire e diplomatic corps volve Turkey's rail traffic with

FOR. from

central Europe, Paris, according to Bulgaria and

which has been completely held

Operations are continuing” --- Reuter, an announcement by the up since the Germans penetrated State Department in into Greek Thrace. Reuter. Washington yesterday.

Berlin indicated the step was Yaken because Paris is now con- 4sidered a zone of extended oper-

**ations.

** It is understood the German Government is giving the same notice to other Governments. The tice does not apply to Vichy,

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London's War Weapons Week had reached n'total of £70,000,000) last night, according to a message from London.---International News

Premier's Sta`ement⠀

Iminediately the House of Com- mons met yesterday, the Prime Minister was ready with the latest information on the situation in Crète.

-In Guda"Bay, Mr. Churchill | wald, further air-borne attacks began at 4.40 on Tuesday after. noon... About 3,000 men were drobbed'

and. by 6.30 pm," the

Under a four-column headline "We appeal to America," the newspaper declared: "We British people want you American people in this war on our side, Aghting. Not to save us from defeat but to he'p us to victory quickly." International News Service.

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