THE CHINA MAIL; AUGUST 6, 1941.
Fleet's Night
Attack In Sardinia
DESCRIBING THE MEDITERRANEAN
FLEET'S NIGHT ATTACK ON SARDINIAN PILOT WHO
PORTS AN AGENCY CORRESPONDENT ON
BOARD H.M.S. ARK ROYAL STATES: "BE- WOULDN'T LOW ME THE FLIGHT DECK, WIDER THAN GIVE IN
AN ARTERIAL ROAD, IS SCARCELY DIS- CERNIBLE.
"It is 3 a.m. and the night air is resound- ing with the hum of aeroplane engines. Their bomb racks are full, for the Gibraltar force of Admiral Somerville is on the offensive.
al-
"In fact the offensive has ready begun for three quarters of an hour ago there was a luminous reflection in the sky far away over the east of north Sardinia. came from star shells by destroy- ers sent ira to bombarti the sea-
It
plane base at Algeher and ship- ping in barbour there.
"Now our bombers are to fol- low and four tons e bombs be- neath the wings, are destined for Algehera perodrome
Is near and the
"Zero hour crews are already in the aircraft. A few minutes ago, wearing fly ing suits and lifebelts, pilots and observers under carefully shad ed lights in the Air Intelligence Department were receiving final instructions for the raid, **The bun of engines increases with a shattering crescendo and suddenly the flight deck is picked out in tiny pin points of light They match the stars in the dark sky.
BLOCKADE
OF
FINLAND
Economic measures taken by the British Government in con- sequence of the entry of German troops into Finland resulted i The blockade of Finland trom June 14 stated the Minister of Economic Warfare, Mr. Hugh Dalton, answering a question in the Commons.
Wounded in the head and shoulders during daring attacks in Libya, a young R.A.F. pilot found he had 250 miles to travel before he reached his base.
Gradually his strength failed but by a superhuman effort he fought back unconsciouses unti! he reached the British lines.
He made a successful landing behind the lines. Then he collapsed.
The pilot received his wounds in an attack on the aerodrome
Gazula, at
Diving very low despite heavy A.A. fre, he shot up and destroyed two enemy
planes on the ground.
He then swooped on a concen- tration of
mechanised transport, hall
braving a bullets.
of machine-gun
EX-PREMIERS ILL-TREATED
Early in June, he said. the The doctor attending the for- British Government, having learn- mer French leaders, imprisoned ed that German troops were berg at a chateau near Riom, has pro- stationed in Finland in substan- tested against "inhumane treat- 'ial number, instructed that no ment" of the deposed statesmen, more "ship navicerts" be granted] The charge was made by Dr. and that until further notice ves- Roulet in the Paris "Le Matin" in sels bound for Finland and Fin- telling of the living conditions of nish ships which had sailed be the former Premiers Daladier and intercepted and detained at a Blum, General Gamelin, former Allied Generalissimo, and Guy la Chambre, ex-Air Minister.
"Cunningly devised they east no radiance to the sky to advertise our preselice to a possible lurking U-boat but give a bare minimum of guiding light for a safe take off. | British port.
"The deck vibrates as the first bomber thunders forward. Its shadowy outline seems terribly menacing.
Flurry Of Sparks
"As it passed the bridge the orange glow of the exhaust illuminates а few feet off the fuselage and a flurry of sparks swirl madly in the before they vanish.
red wind
"The centre row of safety lights
disappear for an instant.
know the bomber is in the Within a few minutes all away.British Wire ess,
DOMINION STATUS
We
air.
are
The position continued to de- teriorate and on June 20 instruc- tions were given for the refusal of any more navicerts and export licences 10 Finland. British Wireless.
Dr. Roulet said that in winter heating was not provided.
Another complaint referred to the unclean condition of linen used by the prisoners.
TURKISH TROOPS
GREET BRITISH AT SYRIAN FRONTIER
AT THE SYRIAN-TURKISH border last month, British and Turkish troops greet-
The India and Burma (Post- ed each other in a symbolic gesture as
ponement of Elections) Bill pass-
ed the second Reading
izi
the the Allied occupation of Syria's strate-
Lords yesterday without division.
to the debate, said the object of
The Duke of Devonshire, replying gic points was completed by a British motor- Government remained the same ised column from the Aleppo region.
namely to bring about a state
of affairs in India so that she will
status and become an equal part-
wealth of Nations,
heartedly with Britain in the
war effort, the Under-Secretary
Following the armoured cars, I drove here
be able to obtain fuli Dominion with several British officers and correspon- ner in the British Common- dents, writes Russell Hill. A milestone on the The overwhelming majority of Aleppo-Antioch road, within sight of a medie- the people of India were whole val castle, states that Aleppo is twenty-five miles away in one direction and Alexandretta sixty miles in almost the opposite direction. A few yards from the first stone is another, which marks the boundary line between Tur- key and Syria.
for India added.-British Wire- less.
CHOLERA OUTBREAK
IN SHANGHAI
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Cholera has struck Shanghai, five deaths being reported in the past week.
International
The British armoured cars! After strolling down a road passed the Syrian customs house, which winds through barren the functions of which are being mountain country toward the Tur- carried on by the same officials, kish frontier, we observed fron who were in charge before the one of the heights Turkish advan- capitulation of the Vichy adminis-ced posts, where troops manned tration. The armoured cars con- machine-guns and field pieces. tinued on four miles, through a Later we came in sight of the The Japanese authorities have kind of no-man's land, until they frontler village of Aln-Dilfe, which shows where the crimson Turkish Eng enforced a strict inspection of reached a marker cholera passes before allowing the end of Syrian territory, and waved in the breese. A. captain persons to cross Garden Bridge the beginning of Turkish. From of the Turkish Army greeted the Into Hongkew.
the customs house on the other party cordially and expressed News Service,
side of the line Turkish soldiers pleasure that Great Britain and marched up the road. At the bor- Turkey were now neighbours. A der they came to attention, saluted British officer responded in simi- and then shook hands, smilingly, lar vein. After drinking a cup of with the men who had clambered Turkish coffee the invariable sign down from the armoured vehicles, of hospitality in the Near East, we
returned to the Syrian outpost.
Of interest, here is the fact that partment of Agriculture, .........Mr.
the British, at least for the time Paul Appaceby "and Mr. R. – M.
being, are leaving the frontier. In Evans, will fly to Landon within Cigarettes were exchanged but control, of those who were in the next few days to get a first-language difficulties Interfered charge while Gen Henri Dentz hand picture of British food re- with a free flow of conversation, ruled as High, Commissioner............A quirements and to tell the peo-The Turkish troops, however, similarly anomalous situation pre- ple of Britain how American far-managed English - well enough, to valls In Aleppo. Although the mers are expanding, their pro- say: “England Turkey very town has been occupied by the duction to help supply those 'good.”: At that they smiled, and British, Vichy officers and men needs Reuter
The British answered with smilles.. continue to move about freely......
BRITAIN'S FOOD
REQUIREMENTS.
Two officials of the US. De-England — Turkey
* Very Good”
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