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ANZACS IN SIGHT OF BEIRUT Smothering Sporadic Resistance Early Fall Of
FAMOUS MONITOR SUNK
It
was officially on-
Port Predicted
Advance
(By Reuter's Special War Correspondent
in the Syrian coastal sector)
SPORADIC RESISTANCE IS BEING GRAD-
nounced in London last Your Clock UALLY SMOTHERED BY AUSTRALIAN
night that the British warships Terror and Lady bird have been lost.
The Admiralty anouncement
- states that next of kin now hav-- ing been informed, the Board of Admiralty regrets to announce that H.M. ships Terror (Com- mander H. J. Haynes (D.S.C., R.N.) and Ladybird (Commander J. F. Blackburn, R.N.) have been lost as a result of enemy action during operations off the Libyan coast.-Reuter.
Both Terror and Ladybird were sent to Africa from the Far East where they had served many
monitor) years, Terror (a
in Singapore, and Ladybird as a river gunboat on the Yangtse.
Terror was one of seven moni-] tors built during the last war for bombarding the German-occupied Belgian coast. Almost torpedo- proof, she was of 7,200 tons and had two 15-inch guns of great range besides eight 4-inch and a number of A.A. guns.
Heavy Poundings
She poured nearly 600 tons of shells into Bardia and over 100 tons into Tobruk when the Bri- tish captured these two ports.
Ladybird was a river gunboat of 625 tons. She also took part in the bombardment of Tobruk - and had a peace-time adventure
in Chinese waters during Japan- ese attacks on merchant shipping in the Yangtse.
Terror's normal crew was 300 officers and men.-Reuter.
Invasion Ports Shaken
To-morrow Night
of
Although no official instruction has yet been given regarding the alteration clocks for the daylight saving scheme, it was indicated this morning that it "may be taken for granted that it will come into operation as from midnight to-morrow."
The clocks at mid- night on June 14 should be advanced to 1 a.m. on June 15.
FORCES MARCHING TOWARDS BEIRUT AND AFTER TUESDAY'S BLITZ OVER THE LEONTES RIVER, WHERE A STIFF ENCOUN- TER WAS TURNED INTO AN AUSTRALIAN VICTORY, BEIRUT IS WELL IN SIGHT.
French non-combatants confirm British hopes that the Lebanon capital will not be too hard a nut to crack. No fortified lines or perimeters, they say, obstruct the route to Beirut and the port itself is completely un- fortified.
MALTA
RAIDERS MAULED
Ten enemy aircraft were shot down
over Malta another yesterday,
is unlikely to have reached its base and others were probably damaged.
This is according to an official statement which describes how in the morning a strong enemy force, was broken up by accurate then anti-aircraft fire and was engaged by R.A.F. fighters, result- being shot down into the sea and another probably destroyed.
ing in five enemy
A second force attempted to 'reach Malta in the afternpon but
Between these non-combatants are best qualified to speak of the was driven off by R.A.F. fighters, and their Australian captors there poilu's fighting qualities.
is a total lack of animosity. They describe the conflict as "dull" but warn that the Frenchman's hon- our makes him fight.
New Technique
They tell of a new machine-
technique gun
which increases
five more being sent hurtling into the sea.-Reuter.
Imperial Conference
To this extent German pro- paganda has been working at the value of this weapon.
Concentrated In horse-ahoo top pressure, and they with
sincerity
nesta of eight guns, they seeming
MR. PETER FRASER, NEW surrounded by swarms of tree there are no German troops
ZEALAND PREMIER, WHILE Syria.
snipers, and without long pre- IN LONDON WILL DISCUSS.
declare that
In
A detachment of Australians landed among French troops hold- ing the north bank of the Leontes
VICHY PICTURE OF SYRIA OPERATIONS
THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES in front of Sidon have not been able yet to overcome French resistance, according to a Vichy news agency message yesterday afternoon.
The message states: "Fighting is severe accompanied by heavy and continuous bombardments of the coast by British naval units."
R.A.F. 'planes were French troops are entrenched in, The Vichy news agency also re- active over the Channel orange. groves surrounding the ported "Fighting continues to the town, states the Vichy message, rear of Ter] Ayoum, uvacuated by yesterday afternoon at adding: "Australian attacks con- the French only on Wednesday, tacking shipping off the tinue uninterruptedly, supported and the troops of General Dentz by tanks and heavy guns of a occupy strong positions five to six French coast and possibly naval squadron consisting of a kilometres to the rear. the invasion ports. Loud battleship, two cruisers and five
by
de
destroyers, which have been – Damascus Zone explosions shook towns bombarding the fort for the last on the south-east coast of three da naval units were hit Gaulle troops on Wednesday con-
days.
"In front of Damascus, England.
French destroyers which went to tinued their attack against Kis- An Air Ministry communique, meet them;"
sout, 15 kilometres south of the issued last night, stated: “This
Syrian capital, but according to afternoon aircraft of the Bomber
latest news these
Cominlind escorted by fighters fighters. None of our aircraft is been repulsed.?? 3d attacks have |
máde a successful attack on missing."
It is pointed out in London enemy shipping in the Channel, "THERE WAS VERY LITTLE that reports of severe fighting **Filts were claimed on a ship of ENEMY AIR ACTIVITY OVER | issued by Vichy may be put out about: 1,400 tons which was left BRITAIN YESTERDAY AND UP, deliberately - in furtherance of DARREN ARRANDA TO 8 P.M. THERE WAS NO RE- Franco-German plane to alienate """Ona enemy", fighter was shot PORT. OF ANY BOMBS DROP- French sympathies from Britain.
wn" by one of our escortin", PED-REUTER.
Reuter,
aro
paration and intensive mortar attack, are Impassable.
R.A.F. fighters are not chal- lenged by any French-aircraft, which have been seen over the
battle area only on two or three
occasions.
FRENCH OFFICERS and MEN IN SYRIA ARE JOINING THE
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SUCH MATTERS AS THE HOLDING OF AN IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
This was announced in Wel- lington yesterday by the Acting Premier, Mr. Nash, in reply to a parliamentary question..
Mr. Nash added that Mr. Fraser would communicate with the New Zealand Government later regarding this question.--Reuter.
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