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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 8, 1941.

Initiative In Middle East Passes Entirely To Cairo

AXIS FEARS AN EARLY OFFENSIVE

THE INITIATIVE in the Western Desert has now passed into British hands completely, it was stated in authoritative quarters in Lon- don yesterday.

CZECHS GAIN NEW COURAGE

THE BRITISH, AMERICAN ANDRUSSIAN RECOGNITION

OF .CZECHOSLOVAKIA MAS GIVEN CZECHS NEW COURAGE WHICH 18 SHOWN IN THE EVER-INCREASING SABOTAGE IN ARMS FACTORIES, AL- THOUGH THE VIGILANT GES- TAPO 19 THREATENING DEATH FOR SABOTAGE OR NEGLIGENCE,

Silent demonstrations take place

er Russian Legation.

from

The Axis powers, instead of threatening daily in Prague outside the form- an attack on Egypt, are talking nervously of the possibility of the British attacking Libya, Sicily and the Greek islands.

It was stated that the recent) British offensive on the Sollum front took such toll of German) armoured fighting vehicles as to rule out ધા offensive by the Nazis on that front in the near future, even if it were possible while Tobruk is still holding out.

It is learned in Ankara Bratislava that the Slovaks wel- comed the recognition of Czecho- slovakia as nearly all Slovaks want to see Czechoslovakia res- tored.

are very bitter Slovak troops The Nazia are progressing In the Ukraine in a south easterly because they are being forced

the when in direction and

thrust fight Russia and, if the

and there

considerabis front line, hasten to desert gains any success, they might be able to join their brother Slavs, Reuter. get to the Caucasus and to- wards the British Middle East positions,

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The Russian army in Siberia is very strong being composed of the most highly-trained and best- equipped Soviet troops. It proved

in itsel superior

The British invasion of Syria finally wrecked Hitler's whole Middle East plans and put an end to The northern prong of his two pronged altack through Libya and Cyrenaica. | clashes on one hand, and through thej Router. Balkans on the other.

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East

Italian resistance Africa is now limited to the Gon-

dar and Walehelt pockets.

Gondar is estimated to have about 3,000 white Italian troops und 6,000 natives, and Wolchest a.similar number of white troops und 1,000 natives.

Surrounded

This is causing Britain to keep some troops in Eust Africa to mop up the enemy but the enemy. surrounded and unable to get supplies, would eventually fall

into British hands.

with the

tize frontier Japanese.

Another

Raid On

Sicily

Another war base in All possible troops have been Italy has been raided by shifted to other parts of the Mid- British aircraft, it was to block the territory linking revealed in yesterday's Egypt with Turkey, safeguarding Cairo R.A.F. communique. Cyprus and shielding Iraq.

dle East, and the British have had

ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT Although the German advance

AIR ARM AIRCRAFT in Russia is held and has slowed FLEET down everywhere, the Nazis still ATTACKED THE SUBMARINE| hold the initiative but undoubted- BASE AT AUGUSTA, IN SICILY ly the German High Command is Many direct hits from it low al- disappointed at the slowness of titude with heavy bombs the advance and the heavy losses. | scored.

Russian Situation

Latest reports indicate no great change in the Russian situation.

Hitler's armies on the Smolensk front are more or less stationary.

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PROOSEVELT

PROPOSAL

APPROVED

The U.S. Senate yesterday approved keeping conscripts in service for 18 months beyond the present active service periods, says Reuter from Washington.

Danger

From

CA CANNY IN The East

NORWAY

BRITISHPRES

INVASION VISIONS

The prospects of a Bri- tish invasion of the Con- tinent is beginning to be put-forward in the Ameri- can, press as not qutside the realms of possibility.

An expedition somewhere to the north, possibly with Russlan collaboration, is now being garded as both practicable logical.

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and

THE DANGERS OF SUCH AN MINI- OPERATION ARE NOT MISED BUT IT IS FELT THAT BRITAIN HAS FORCES EQUAL TO THE TASK.

The New York "Daily Mirror" In particular deprecates the “blitzkrieg" and suggests that an invasion of Nazi-occupied terri- tory might well be attempted. Reuter.

"I am confident India CHINESE

Oslo dock labourers, will rise to even greater have refused to unload heights of glory than in VICTORY

ships carrying supplies the last war to the defence

for the German forces in of her territory and the AT ICHANG Norway, says the Nor- Empire," said the Maha- wegian telegraphic rajah of Patiala to Reuter

in Singapore yesterday. agency.

The Dockers' Union in Oslo was

He added: instructed by the German mill-

"I am glad to see tary authorities to find 250 excep- the Indian troops happy and proud tionally fast dockers to carry out to fill an important role in Empire work for the Nazi army.

defence. Union officials replied they were! "India is determined to defeat unable to meet the request as the enemy and the day is not fur their leader, who alone had when the latter will be complete- authority to give such an arrange-ly destroyed." ment, had been removed from his position by Quisling officials.

The Germans were informed

Ho added India realised danger from the East.

the

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AFTER DESPERATE FIGHT- ING THE JAPANESE COLUMNS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN. BACK. 1,700 DEAD NEAR LEAVING

WALLED CITY OF THE ICHANG, THE CHINESE MILI- TARY SPOKESMAN SAID IN CHUNGKING.

The Chinese have captured large quantities of arms and sup plies.

in The Japanese forces

the vicinity of Ichang have launched three unsuccessful attacks recent- ly to disperse the Chinese con-

The war effort of the Princes of that in the circumstances they had India was such that if the call better apply to the little Fascist came India's response would not centrations, the spokesman added. Union of casual labourers organ- suffer for lack of men.--Reuter. ised by the Quisling Party.

Reuter.

INDIANS IN ACTION

R.A.F. and South African bomb.

INDIAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN ers during the same night raided ACTIVE IN THE WESTERN DE- Dernu, Benghazi and other ports SERT NEAR THE SPOT WHERE in Italian and German hands. THE FOURTH INDIAN DIVI- Three enemy planes were desSION COVERED ITSELF WITH troyed in a raid on Malta the same GLORY LAST WINTER, SAYS night.-Reuter.

Maizee's Ltd.

Alexandra Building

Wish to announce that owing to

shop and showroom alterations

their premises will be closed for

business from Wednesday, August

6 to Monday, August 11.

AN INDIAN ARMY OBSERVER IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IN A DESPATCH RECEIVED IN SIM- LA YESTERDAY.

The brigadier. commanding the newly-arrived tropps offered a re- ward of a bottle of champagne for

-Reuter.

SHARP CLASH

CLASH ON FRINGES OF TOBRUK

EXTRAVAGANT CLAIMS made in, the

the first German brought in dead Italian communique in regard to an attack-

or alive.

within 48 hours. An enemy car,

The prize was won by Mahrattas by British troops, on enemy positions in the whose driver had apparently lost salient at Tobruk were refuted by authorita.. his sense of direction, swept past

five quarters in London yesterday.

a Mahratta post, and at once, was

captured. Reuter..

RUSSO BELGIAN RELATIONS

It is stated enemy casualties were heavy. although a correct estimate is impossible.

British casualties were 28 kill meanwhile the enemy, attacked ed. 104 wounded and eight miss-Land overpowered the garrison ing.

Reuter

Dust Storms-

Arrangements have been made Heavy fighting took place round for an exchange of representa a post on the enemy's left flank 28 of the "enemy were tives. between the Government where

DUST STORMS, LIMITED- of Soviet Russia and Belgium killed.. following a meeting yesterday o The British troops, after fierce ACTIVITIES IN LIBYA ONE

on the WEDNESDAY, 'ACCORDING TO the Belgian Foreign Minister M fighting, entered a post

YESTERDAY'S BRITISH --MID- Paul Spaak, and the Russian Amenemy's right flank.

DLE EAST-COMMUNIQUE"-IN- bassador to Britain, M. Ivan Maisky.

CAIRO,

The meeting took place at the Secretary of State's room at, the Foreign Office, Reuter.

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barrage, causing The communique stated: "In "many casualties to thein...own Libya extremely heavy

dusti roops as well as the British. storms have temporari y. Hmitëd * the activities of our raiding par- MR. LYTTLETON-

After dark :::Itfformation was lies in the Tobruk area but under: received that the post on the cover of the dust one of our fight- BOUND FOR SYRIA

enemy's left flunks had been caping patrols attacked an enɑmy Mr. Oliver Lyttleton, Ministe tured and held by two officers post, infleting casualties and cap- of Siute, accompanied by hit andt 17 men including eight bad-turing prisoners and weapons, wife, stayed on Wednesday nightly wounded. They had eight "In the frontier area our artil

tery and machine-guna engaged at Government House In Jorusa Cerman prisoners. lem as guests of the High Coin, Strong infantry parties were the enemy and one of our patrols, missioner. They are on the way sent over to rellove the post-but surprising a small enemy column, to Syria.-Reuter.

they were delayed by fire and took a prisoner Router.