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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 22, 1941.

Hitler Offensive: Moscow Inflicts Heavy Losses

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”)

INDETERMINATE FIGHTING, OF EXTREME VIOLENCE, CONTINUES ON FOUR PRIMARY FRONTS IN RUSSIA, IN THE REGIONS OF PSKOV, SMOLENSK, BOBRUISK AND NOVO- GRAD-VOLINSK, BUT ACCORDING TO MOSCOW REPORTS THE MOMENTUM OF THE GERMAN ONSLAUGHT IS SLACK- ENING AND TANK UNITS BEHIND THE RUSSIAN LINES ARE BEING DEALT WITH IN DETAIL.

In one sector alone, says the High Com- mand, a big force of Nazi motorised troops was annihilated while Nazi heavy artillery sufficient to equip two full divisions was destroyed.

Russian guerilla units behind The German lines continued to inflict heavy losses.

In the bat'le zones covering the approaches to Leningrad, de- clares the High Command, a Red division trapped army infantry

an enemy formation, capturing 189 lorries, five' tanks, four armoured cars, two 'planes and six heavy guns.

At another point, our troops concentrations of surrounded enemy tanks and artillery and destroyed 300 enemy lorries and two divisions' heavy artillery.

Very heavy fighting continues of the key points along the bat-

tlefield. Service,

International News

"Last Reserves”

The extraordinary claim that

**

SPITFIRE

TAKES ON

Daylight attacks on a factory at Lille in North- ern France by the Royal Air Force were reported in the following British Air Ministry communi- que which stated:-

at

PANAMA CANAL RESTRICTIONS

Mr. Sumner Welles, acting Secretary of State, was asked his press com- ference yesterday about reports Japanese ships await- ing

for

permission

that

transit through the Panama Canal, had been ordered to pro- ceed to Japan imme- diately via Cape Horn.

Urgent repairs to the Panama Canal, he said, had sitated the curtail-

the "Soviet Army have been com- pelled to throw in their last re- official Is made by the serves,

"R.A.F. bombers escorted by a German News Agency, pre strong force of fighters to-day:

ment with its tradi-. (Monday) carried out attacks on sumably in line tion of advancing far ahead of the High Command.

a factory at Lille and on enemy shipping off the French coast.

seven of

A

The message also claims that number of enemy fighters were now 375 miles encountered and

them the Germans are from the former Russo-German were destroyed. Our losses were demarcation line and "once more three fighters missing." the vast battle of annihilation is in progress," this time east of the Stalin Line.

This time, says DNB we shall not allow the enemy the breath- ing space they so much desire."

Smolensk

Two Downed

A later Air Ministry announce- ment raised the total of German Bghters shot down to eight.

•

neces-

of merchant shipping through the Canal. He added that the canal authorities had issued orders res- tricting or prohibiting merchant shipping,

but he did not know the full details.---Reu- ter.

Describing the air battles over Northern France and the Channel, the Air Ministry News Service says that one British] þ✪‹ pilot a'tacked two fighters which were immediate- ly joined by three more.

German

his

Military commentators in Lon- don point out that the penetration of 375 miles most generously mea- sured would not put the German

beyond advance

Smolensk, at

He tcok on all five single- which town fighting has long been handed. When one Messerschmitt admitted, and that the "throwing had blown up and another had in of the last reserves of the burst into flames, the other three Russians" would be a much more broke off the fight and fled and convincing claim it Berlin had the British pilot rejoined

Reuter. not thrown in the Soviet's "last squadron. reserves" several times already.

It may also be pointed out that while DNB continues on the grandiose model, a radio com-- mentator speaking from Berlin yesterday said: "Conditions on the Soviet front are much me dif- ficult than in France, so that the required time will necessarily be longer."-Reuter.

STOLE SAMPAN AND THEN COAL

Eight months' hard labour was imposed by Mr. D. J. N. Ander- son at Kowloon this morning on three Chinese, who were charged with stealing a sampan from Yaumati Typhoon, Shelter and one cwt. of coal from No. 9, Taikoo Lighter yesterday.read

They were seen to trans- fer the, coal from the Light- er by a watchman, who, with the assistance of two Chinese de- |tectives, arrested them,

It was later disclosed that they had stolen the sampan earlier.

CHA LOU CHUN KILLED

Mr. Cha⠀⠀ Lou-chun, veteran Chinese scholar from Anhwel and member of the National Relief Commission, was killed during the Japanese bombing of Chung- king on July 10 and Mrs. Cha was wounded, it was rovented to-day.

Central News,

AVIATION SOCIETY

FOR H.K.

The Chinese Association for the Promotion of Aviation in Chung- king, headed by Major-Gen. Chen Ching-yun, will shortly establish a branch in Hong Kong in order to gain the support of the numer ous Chinese here to the aviation reconstruction programme of their home government. at

The main tasks of the Associa tion are to make the Chinese-air- conscious through propaganda, raise aeroplane funds, and pro mote civilian aviation;

Periodicals on aviation subjects. are published by the Association.

MOSCOW RADIO STOPS

Suggesting a German air raid on Moscow, at 1:15 a.m. to-day, Moscow Radio went off the air whilst broadcasting its English programme, Later, transmission from the station was very bad and was scarce- ly intelligible. The Moscow communique! on: yesterday's operations has not yet been: received in London, Reuter.

TURKISH REPLY TO

RUMOURS

""THE

STRAITS ARE TUR- KISH AND WILL REMAIN SO FOR EVER,” SAID A SPEAKER ON ANKARA RADIO LAST NIGHT,QUOTING - THE AN- KARA"DAILY ULUL,”“ SEMI- OFFICIAL PAPER, COMMENT- ING ON THE SPECIAL CELE~ BRATIONS. YESTERDAY OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE RETURN TO TURKEY BY PEACEFUL' NEGOTIATION OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE DARDANELLES.

1

The paper emphasised that at a time when rumours were being circulated in connection with the straits zone this aspect should be strongly borne in mind. — Reuter.

CIGARETTE PLOT ALLEGED

Three employees of the British- American Tobacco Company, to- gether with an unemployed Chin- ese, were charged before Mr. H G. Sheldon, KC, at the Central Magistracy this morning, with conspiracy to steal cigarettes. „First three accused, were also charged with stealing 20 packets of Capstan cigarettes from the BAT Factory “nt Gloucester Road while the fourth accused was charged with receiving zero

The accused were Lo Kwai, 25; Kwok Wing, 21, both coolies, Lam Tak-kal, lftman, and Au Ping, 20,, unemployed: svet

3. Mr. W. A. MacKinlay appeared · for the prosecution.. assisted by Detective Sergeant J. Bentley.

The case was remanded for 48 Thours. 19.Ball of $100 each was allowed.