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DAMASCUS TO BE OCCUPIED Final Warning To Gen. Dentz

INVASION PORTS BLITZED

The R.A.F. struck again at the Nazis on the French side of the Channel last evening, when bombers. escorted by fighting form- ations, made an offensive sweep across the Straits of Dover,

Coast watchers saw large num- bers of our fighters roaring out across the Straits.

For some time after the bomb-

explosions, apparently from salvoes of bombs, rocked the Kent coast.

er force went out,

Targets near Boulogne were be- lieved to have been attacked. A terrific explosion, heard and felt Kent coast during the on the

STAND-BY ORDER TO U.S. RESERVISTS

Stand-by orders have been issued to the last remaining U.S. naval reservists, the Navy Department stated in Washington yestèr- day.-Reuter.

GERMAN TROOP

TRANSPORT TORPEDOED

It was officially an- afternoon, rocked buildings and nounced in London yes-

was one of the heaviest experi- terday that British sub-

enced for a long time.

In the course of the combined

raid bom.ber and fighter

over Northern France, a military camp

was

bombed and nine German

aircraft destroyed. Four R.A.F. fighters were lost-Reuter.

13 Nazi, Planes Shot Down

HURRI-

SPITFIRE AND CANES OF THE FIGHTER COMMAND PROVIDED THE ESCORT FOR OUR BOMBERS IN THE SUCCESSFUL RAID

marines, operating in the Aegean have torpedoed and sunk an Italian tank- er and three caiques.

One of the latter was with German personnel, another with drums of oil.

British submarines in the

have tral Mediterranean two Italian supply ships.

The Italian tanker was

Gharardi. Giuseppina

OVER OCCUPIED FRANCE tons.-Reuter.

YESTERDAY.

They also swept the Channel and enemy-occupied territory, shooting down 13 ME's and severe- ly damaging several others.

A number of fighter squadrons provided the escort and although German fighters tried to attack, the bombers, every one was fought off by the R.A.F. pilots who guarded the bombers to the target, protected them during the

them all back to base without

of

Free French

Now In Western

Suburbs

THE POSITION IN SYRIA IS CONSIDER

ED SATISFACTORY IN USUALLY WELL IN- FORMED CIRCLES IN CAIRO.

Vichy raiding thrusts round Kuneitra and Merj Ayoum have been contained and ample forces are available to drive them back. This │action is, in fact, in full swing.

are

F Further east the Allied forces

their clowly making

way down the foothills leading to the Plain of Damascus.

With the Allied columns mak- ing headway towards the city

from various points of the compass the situation ja, how- ever, somewhat confused.

CHINESE HOPE FOR EMBARGO

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Chinese circles in

L

Chungking hope that the action of the United States Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Harold J. Ickes, in halting amp- Free French and British troops ment of lubricating oil to have occupied all fortified posi- Japan from Philadelphia tions to the east west of Kswe, is the prelude to a com

Kiswe Successes

12 miles south of Damascus, says

a communique issued by Free plete embargo on U.S. exports to

French

Headquarters in

the

Indian troops here, as in North Middle East carried from Jerusa petroleum Africa, are taking part and are lem by the Independent French Japan. doing a fine job of work, parti-Agency and quoted by Reuter. cularly in the coastal sector.

Final Warning

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*

its

The Chinese maintain the move is not only in the interest of Free French At Gates

American national defence but. will cripple the Japanese war Free French troops have now

machine. making impossible a A FINAL WARNING TO THE coached the wertern suburbs of Japanese southward push to- FRENCH HIGH COMMISSIONER Damascus, according to a despatch threaten the Philippines, Nether- AT DAMASCUS, GENERAL me dependcal French News lands East Indies and Singapore. DENTZ,

CAPITULATE, Agency from

correspondent Chinese circles support Admiral FAILING WHICH AN ALLIED with the French forces in Syria. Yarnell's contention that unless

ON ATTACK

DAMASCUS

The Vichy troops are still hold-Japan is knocked out first, Japan WOULD BEGIN AT 6.30 THIS.

States some will squeeze the United BY ing the village of Mezoe, MORNING,

MADE

from the Orient, and for this* RADIO FROM JERUSALEM BY three miles from Damascus.

Other Free, French and in--reasor they think the present is THE BRITISH COMMANDER,

dian troops are pushing", for" the most opportune moment for GENERAL MAITLAND WILSON,

ward along the Kiswe-Damas--the United States to enforce YESTERDAY.

cus road east of the moun-complete oil embargo against. Inter- Japan for self-defence. (Continued on Page 18) national News Service.

WAS

laden

and

cen- sunk

General Wilson added would

bloodshed.

be responsible for

Vichy

the

Whether the French capitulate

the or not, General Wilson promised 3,319 be would start the occupation

of Damascus at dawn to-day.

"LOSING SIDE

WILL BE EXHAUSTED"

"THE GREATEST importance is attached

successful bombing and brought to the outcome of the fighting at Sollum, as the losing side will be exhausted," says the

loss.

One pilot reports that's Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm

tried to attack the bombers as

soon as they crossed the French "Dagens Nyheter."

coast: and until they were half-

way back across the Channel,

"Forty to 50 ME's attacked us

The battle, adds the writer, is compared

for 30 minutes," says one of the with the hardest fighting in the whole of last

pilot's reports. ⠀

A Polish squadron which form- year,

ed part of the escort was con- stantly attacked while over France

Like Graziani, General

British offensive at Soffum. has assumed "great dimensions."NA IT IS STATED IN ROME THAT [2

but prevented any enemy planes Rommel appeared with a DURING THE LAST THREE getting near the bombersk

During this operation Spitfires prepared offensive, and WEEKS THE BRITISH HAVE RECEIVEDIS EVEN: GREATER and Hurricanes or other squadrons General Wavell attacked REINFORCEMENTS, ESPECIAL swept the Channel and Northern in order to break the head LY OF TANKS. France,

The total. Sgure of enemy of the enemy's advance. casualties includes only those German military circles do not aircraft seen to crash and taking believe that the fighting will con- no account of those probably, tinide for many days owing to dife in Syria, show the British are

yed but which did not crash ficulties of supply.

W seeking to obtain in a breathing thin fight or British aircraft PorThe: Rome, correspondent of space for the defence of Suez,'***

#Daubindotikom daolares, the Reuter:

Military circles state the com- bined actions of General Wavell and General Wilson at Sollum and

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