ADVANCE
IN
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 9, 1941
SYRIA
Position Described As "Very Satisfactory"
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NO OFFICIAL DEFENCE
X BOUNDARIES
President Roosevelt, in a statement at his press conference yes- terday, in effect re- moved ony hemis- pheric boundary on U.S. defence opera- tions, says Reuter from Washington.
Briton Given
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Forcing Way
Round East Of Damour
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THE POSITION IN SYRIA IS SATISFACTORY," ACCORDING TO THE MILI- TARY SPOKESMAN AT GENERAL WILSON'S YESTER- HEADQUARTERS IN JERUSALEM DAY REGARDING THE PROGRESS OF THE BATTLE OF DAMOUR.
The imperial forces are now astride the River Dakoun, about a mile north of Damcur River.
On a short front extending from the vil- lage of Darays to the village of Dakoun, five miles round the coast, the Imperial troops are now slowly forcing round the east of Damour in an evident attempt to encircle the Vichy
Sentence stronghold.
Fierce fighting is still progress- [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL" in and attack was followed
Mr. R.
C. Turner, 67. retired British architect, was given four months in gaol by the British Court in Shanghai yesterday for manslaughter, the charge arising from the death of his garden coolie, Kau Kwang-tsoong.
counter-attack in
sion.
by quick succes-
which, after recently occupying
a pipeline post, has now picd Furqlus. from this vital junction.
occu.
only 25
road and
miles
rail
been
No Vichy resistance has
Allied columns from Damascus, threatening Beirut from the east, made some progress despite con-encountered. tinued shelling of the road by Vichy artillery on Mazar Ridge, which dominates it.
It
Racca Taken
41
is now confirmed that Homs is now Increasingly threatened by the column ad-column, consisting largely of in- advancing vancing westward from Palmyra dian troops, which is
up the Euphrates from Deir Zor, occupied Racca, also without opposition.
fixed to the garden door.
ez
Racca is half way between Delz At the first hearing. Turner
ez Zor and Aleppo and the impor- pleaded the trap was set against tance of the position lies in the
Turner Was arrested two months ago when the coolie was thieves and was designed to fact that the column is able to wounded and later died through frighten marauders.
A "booby trap" which Turner national News Service.
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to Spanish reports from La Linea.
The prefix "special" to telegrama, in Sunday. Herald" and used by the Two members of the crew were "China Mail" to Indicato nows which RICHARD WHITNEY, FORM- rescued and taken to Gibraltar.
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He was sentenced to from 'five to 10 years imprisonment in Sing Sing in April, 1938, for grand larceny.
When he is set free he will have served three and a half
of his sentence. Reuter.
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TURKISH NOTE TO
BRITAIN
The British reply to the re- presentations mude by Turkey over the sinking by British. planes of a French auxillary steamer in Turkish territorial. waters will shortly be despatched, it was stated in authoritative cir cles in London-British Wireless..
Among visitors received by the Foreign Secretary yesterday were ¡M. Zaleski, Polish Foreign Minis- ter, and Mr. Windnt, U.S.Ambas- 11sador.British Wireless.
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