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HEAVY TANK CLASH COMING Soviet War Machine Beginning To Rumble Into Action MOSCOW

ANOTHER R.A.F. SWEEP

The boom of heavy explosions rumbled across the English Channel hour after hour in the after-

noon and early evening yesterday when the Royal Air Force struck again in northern France.

Yesterday's operations were on a very extensive scale, with at- tacks on objectives on the French coast and inland.

R.A.F. fighter squadrons car- ried out the offensive operations, accompanied by Blenheim bomb-

ers.

Less opposition was encounter- ed from German fighters.

Eighteen enemy fighters are so far reported to have been des- troyed as against two British fighters missing-Reuter.

JAPANESE TROOP

TRANSPORTS. [SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") The London "Daily Telegraph"

· carries a 'report that a ship near- ing Shanghai sighted forfy-eight Japanese troop transports and accompanying destroyers moving south in the direction, of Hainan. -International News Service:

Conflicting IN HIGH News On Fighting SPIRITS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

ALL RUSSIA TO-DAY RINGS TO THE TREAD OF MARCHING TROOPS AND RUMBLES TO THE MOVEMENT OF HUNDREDS OF TANKS, ARMOURED VECHICLES AND MECHANISED SUPPLY UNITS, AS HEAVY UNITS MOVE STEADILY TO THE FRONT FROM MOSCOW.

There seems to be no doubt that the German invasion, despite the events of the previous week, still came as almost a complete sur- prise, really catching the Soviet on the western front only partially

GERMAN ACTIVITY

IN NORWAY

The Norwegian Tele- graph Agency reports a sudden increase of German activity along the south-west coasts of Norway, and that large-scale evacua- tions of Norwegians. have been ordered im- mediately. Reuter.

EXTREME CAUTION

THE KEYNOTE IN JAPAN

prepared.

The situation is now, however, being swiftly rectified and impressive masses of men and material are now moving forward, the general mobilisation order working smoothly.

Notable feature of the material through Moscow is that hundreds aircraft batteries are included.

of

Flushed by the first war communique issued by the Soviet High Com- mand, declaring that the maximum penetration by the enemy was only nine miles, Moscovites went to work yesterday in high spirits.

The effect of the previous night's mobilisation order was seen yesterday when approaches to the main railway stations were crowded with parents and wives seeing off sons and husbands..

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Many of those parents former peasants who found work in the rapidly expanding: Moscow and whose song aro now taxi-drivers, machine- gunners and pilots.

Many of these scenes were tear-

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passingful as the Russians are an emo- anti-tional people, but there was

doubt of the people's conviction of the strength of the Red army- and air force.

As to the actual fight-thrusts consist of long

moving steadily forward whil

ing, while there seems to be no: doubt that there have been violent clashes at several points, it is impossible to cross-check the conflicting Moscow and Berlin reports on the progress of the battle.

..

The Moscow communique claims that the 'panzer divisiona have been held at bay at every vital point, although" admitting that ground has been conceded in Lithuania, Russian .Poland and Bessarábla.-

German Clainis

The Germans, however, insist that the Nazi troops are plough. ing deep into Russia all along the 2000 miles front which 2,500,000 Russian troops are defending.

Apparently, the German offen- sive is taking the form of a

Finland towards Leningrad, east from East Prussia into Lithuania, across Poland, and north-east

from Rumania,

Time Table Advance

that on the second day of the

THE SOVIET GERMAN war was splashed four-pronged thrust, down from in all the morning papers and also mono- polised all the editorials yesterday in Tokyo. Extreme caution is the keynote and sparse re- ferences were made to Japan with a complete absence of speculation regarding the attitude of the Government.

The Japanese High Command had a conference with the key members of the Cabinet yester day afternoon, and the Press at- titude towards the new belliger. ents seems to be nearly impar tial, with speculation on the ultimate outcome loft as a bly question maric

The Supreme Command claims invasion, the German armies aro advancing precisely to their time- and the – Ukrainë « WIL not table schedule, meeting with no decide the issue while Col. serious resistance. Akita, former Military Attacho UNOFFICIALLY HOWEVER: In Berlin, on the other hand. IT 18 REPORTED EVEN IN predicts in the "Hochi" a“Gor. | BERLIN THAT SHARP OPPOSI- TION HAS BEEN MET FROM: man victory by the autumn,

He draws a moral from the SOVIET ARTILLERY AND IN. new war in the following terms: FANTRY ON SOME FRONTS, Home We have been taught how un-AND ESPECIALLY IN RUSSIAN The former Ambassador to rollable international treaties are POLAND, AVN Tokyo, Mr Togojan sayalathe and all, we can depend upon is War correspondents indicate

thut the main Gormanland! oapture of Loningrad, Moscow our own nation/Reuter

the

Luftwaffe.

columns

NEW OF MR, CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST QUICKLY. systematically SPREAD AND HAS DONE

pul- MUCH TO PREVENT ANY IM pulverises, or attempts to

A verise, the Soviet air bases fo: PRESSION THAT THIS IS many miles ahead.

GENERAL ASSAULT ON THE Herr Himmler has ordered all COMMUNIST STATE; BUT SIM Russian citizens in Germany and PLY

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