1941-07-15 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, 1941.

FOUR BIG SWEEPS OVER NORTHERN FRANCE Cherbourg, Le Havre And Hazebrouck Visited White Enemy Raider SUBMARINE STOP PRESS

Russians Machine-Guns SUCCESSES IN

Rally

and who

A Train

THE R.A.F. CARRIED OUT a big raid "White Russians" who yesterday over Northern France.

Bombers have been opponents of escorted by fighters crossed the Channel and the present Communist

are believed to have attacked objectives well regime

are inland. members of the "Russian Three passengers, all airmen, were injur- Refugees Community of ed when an enemy raider swooped low and Britain" issued a vigorous machine-gunned a train in the Home coun- appeal in London yes- ties. The train resumed its journey after the terday for support for injured were attended to.--Reuter, Russia in the present circumstances.

On their behalf, M. Subline, former Imperial

Direct Hits

It was learned yester- in London that Charge day d'Affaires for Russia in Britain, docks and shipping at stated: "Hitler is attacking Russia Cherbourg and Le Havre not because she is a Communist were attacked by Blen- State but because she has un-heims escorted by fighters

doubtedly become a national

state gradually learning the early yesterday.

lessons of democratic countries, repenting her own mistakes and bearing in mind her national and glorious past."

Urging all possible military and economic aid for Russia, the appeal concluded: "We feel sure the Russian people of to-day as In 1812 will not lay down their arms until not a single enemy remains on Russian soil."-Reu-

ter.

brouck,

many sticks of bombs falling on the target.

Seven enemy fighters destroyed.

were

Two British bombers and four

ghters are missing.—Reuter. Cherbourg French Applaud R.A.F.

то CREWS OF BLENHEIM BOMBERS

MEDITERRANEAN

It was officially on- nounced that the Ito- lian tanker, Strombo, had been sunk by a British submarine in the Mediterranean.

A

laden heavily 5,000-ton supply ship was also sunk.

A large sailing ves- sel transporting Axis troops in the Aegean was sunk by a British submarine.Reuter.

ATTACK ON NAZI CONVOY

THE PEOPLE OF CHERBOURG IN OCCUPIED FRANCE YES- At Cherbourg, a ship of about|TERDAY CELEBRATED THEIR 6,000 tons was hit and set on fire. NATIONAL DAY BY CROWD-

INTO STREETS AND During a search for Direct hits were also seen on the ING railway station, south of the WAVING

enemy shipping yester- docks, on locomotive sheds and R.A.F.

AS THEY ROARED OVER THE day afternoon, Blenheim on a factory.

HOUSE-TOPS BEFORE BREAK-aircraft of the Bomber Command attacked a small

off convoy

the Frisian Island, states an Air Ministry communique.

At Le Havre, a ship of about

FAST IN A RAID.

6,000 tona was hit and waa

This was one of the three morn- later seen to be half-submerged.

the Channel by Later in the morning, another ing raids across

escorted formation of Blenheims Blenheims each protected by lay- Dutch attacked railway yards at Haze-ers of fighters. The second was on Le Havre and the third was des- cribed by the Air Ministry as a large-scale offensive operation on Hazebrouck.

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One vessel of 6,000 tons receiv- ed three direct hits and another' Docks, shipping and rallway of 3,000 tons was hit on the yards were the targets. In the stern, while an escort vessel of afternoon, Blenheima again 1.500 tons was hit aft and amid- winged their way across the ships.

soa to bomb a convoy off Dutch Frisian Islanda.

Eight enemy fighters were shot down in four sweeps while

two R.A.F. bombers and four fighters are missing. Two pilots baled out to safety when their machines collided in diving at a Messersch- mitt. Reuter.

Some Resistance

Öne enemy fighter which attacked the bombers was shot} down into the sea. No British aircraft is missing-Reuter.

SOME CHANGE IN

NAZI TONE

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Fifty-nine cases of cholera: with 32 deaths; 282 of tuber- culosis with 144 deaths; 44 of dysentery with 23 deaths; 19 of enteric fever with Ave deaths; four of meningit's with two deaths; three of measles with two deaths; two of diphtherla with one death; and two of chicken- pox were notified to the Health Authorities last week: Yesterday 10 fresh cases of cholera, 81x from Victoria and four from Kowloon, 25. of tuberculosis, nine of dysentery, two of meningit's and one each of enteric fever) and diphtheria were notifled.

The attack on Cherbourg met ing of waterworks and warehouses used

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As our bombers roared over, the housetops and the streets were crowded with people waving to them.

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Moscow Reports rangement, The Moscow High Command! announced heavy Red Air Force attacks during the night, and the troops and One bomber attacked an enemy hurling back of the main German about 100 tanks and a great num- air force destroyed merchant vessel of about 6,000 offensive drives against Lenin ber of enemy cars. tons in the Transatlantic dock, grad, Moscow, and Kiev. It is not) The results of the attack were suggested that the German attack seen by the crew of another bomb- has been completely halted, but One bomb fell directly on the the impression given by Russian ship and the explosion was fol- interpretations of events is that

er.

lowed by columns of smoke.

After the attack, the bomber went on to machine-gun a couma of German military transport in town.

In A Tunnel Another Blenheim dropped its bombs on the railway station south of the docks... Bombs fell on the station itself and one was seen to skid along the railway line and burst in the mouth of a tunnel,

the onslaught has broken, down at several points and is progres- sively slackening at others, owing to heavy losses.

In the south-westerly direc tlon our troops defeated a'larga onemy unit of about 3,000 men. We.captured a great number of gune, machine-guns and am munition.

during July 14, our Air Force "On the night of July 13, and British military quarters in attacked enemy aircraft on their London, commenting on develop blows against enemy troops, tanks aerodromes and struck powerful ments, state that the indications and motorised units, and more afe that the Germans have scored

certain advances" in their at detailed results of aerial combat. tacks on the Stalin Line, but there and the operations of our air is nothing to confirm the German claims of a smashing, victory.—

force are now available.

1.

International News Service, Baltic Convoy Attacked Railway buildings and a crane Soviet Communique "In the evening of July 12, transports carrying. German Locomotive sheds and an Impor- On Yesterday's Battles troops and tanks were sighted in the Baltic convoyed by destroyers tant factory building south-west

were also hit."

of the Transatlantic docks were A Soviet communique issued and patrol boats, motor speed attacked by other aircraft. None early this morning in Moscow boats fighter planes.

of the enemy fighters got through says that: "During July 14, fight Our Baltic fleet inflicted heavy, the protective screen of our fighting continued in the north-westerosses on the enemy,... striking. ers to intercept the RAF bombly, westerly and south-westerly successfully with planes, ships ers, the directions. Our troops opposed and coastal artillery

In the attack on the railway every enemy, offensive of tanks Two destroyers were sunk to yards at Hazebrouck, our fighters and motorised units and in repeat-gether, with 13 transports and a also kept the enemy away while ed counter attacks inflicted heavy barge loaded with tanks. A fur-

ther 13 transports and one des bombers straddled the target with losses on the enemy, N high explosives. British Wireless,

were in flames, ⠀⠀

Br Printed and the westerly direction our troyer were heavily damaged and.

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No losses, were sustained on our side either in ships or air¬z craft.

Reuter