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Extensive Raids In Germany: Berlin Bombed

AN AIR MINISTRY communique states: "In spite of bad weather on Tuesday night aircraft of the Bomber Command made heavy attacks on Germany over a wide area. Main targets were objectives in Berlin, indus- tries in the Magdeburg and Hanover districts. and Krupps armament works at Essen.

In Berlin large fires which were started were increasing hold when our aircraft left and much damage was also done in the other attacks.

Objectives were also bombed at many other places in Germany, including Stettin, Kiel, Bremen, Osnabruck, Duisburg and Cologne. Aerodromes in Holland and the docks at Le Havre were also attacked.

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The highest German representatives in Tokyo are telling Japan that Russia's Siberian army is a mere mob of untrained irregulars, according three articles concluded in the Tokyo "Kokumin Shimbun" to-day.

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From all these operations bombers are missing.

Fighter Command aircraft tacked an enemy aerodrome occupied territory.

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AIR RAID CASUALTIES IN JULY

Altogether 50 1 were killed and 447 injured as a result of air raids on the Unit- ed Kingdom during July, announces the Ministry of Home Security-British

Wireless.

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Aircraft of the Coastal mand on patrol off the Norwegian coast during the night attacked shipping, harbours and an aero- drome.

DENIED

Further details of the night's The New York "Post" widespread attacks on Germany are given in an Air Ministry Suggests that it was at the instance of Australia

bulletin.

that General Sir Archi- wa bald Wavell was replaced

In almost all arcas heavy cloud and bad weather encountered. The badness of

the weather kept the bombers as Commander-in-Chief-

long time in the Middle East by General Sir Charles

over Berlin for a looking for targets.

One of the worst barrages yet Auchinleck. encountered faced them.

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Under the heading, "Wavell Shift Menzies's Idea," it publishes the following Associated Press of America message from London:

Wellingtons, Munchesters, Stirl- ings and Halifaxes were over the The series consisted of a round-German capital and in two hours table talk between the Japanese of attack fires were seen begin- "Australian criticism of General political leader Tyutaro Nagai, ning as white points of light, Sir Archibald Wavell's conduct of Major-General Ott, the German continuing as a red glare beneath the Libya campaign precipitated Ambassador, and' the German the clouds and ending as a sullen the shake-up. military attache.

glow in the skies which our crews In this the Ambassador as- could see for a great distance on serted that the present cam-their way back. paign against the Soviet Union

fulfils all the alma of the tri- Wood From Tree partite alliance.

With angelic harmony tile i One, crew back from Berlin! conferees agreed that a 'Soviet came into the interrogation roont collapse was inevitable, that the carrying wood from a German United States was hypocritical in tree. The captain had come be supporting "dictatorship" while low the cloud and found himself hiding the truth from its own grazing the top of a wooded hill, people and that the American ac-pro tion in Iceland was prompted only by greed for more territory, Reuter.

MINOR RAID

AN AIR MINISTRY COM- MUNIQUE LAST NIGHT STAT- ED THAT IN THE MORNING ONE OR TWO ENEMY AIR- | CRAFT CROSSED THE NORTH EAST COAST AND DROPPED BOMBS AT POINTS A SHORT DISTANCE INLAND.

"From Australian

sources it was learned that resentment by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, was an important factor in Gen- eral Wavell's shift.

"Australian staff officers, these sources said, advised General Wavell against his defensive dis- · positions after his army had run the Italians from. Cyrenaica.

“General, Wavell was reported: to have, replied that the 300 “mllás → of desert~ between ́ ́ his- A Stirling crossed the coast, at army and the Axis, troops - in; 400 feet and then cruised round. Tripoll would hold any enemy; the Ruhr, mostly at 300 and never ≥» advance to small units ----2014 ľabove 1,000 feet. The pilot fin-} →

-“As a result, the western de Fally found a good target and fences of Cyrenaica were reduced dropped his load of bombs, to release troops for Greece. The "At Hanover the weather al- Germans hit the British screen. lowed our crews to see more They swept, the British from the 'of what they had done and they territory, the taking of which cost

were well satisfied with the hundreds of Australian lives.” results of their heavy attack."

At: Essen, Wellingtons got the armament works and start ed, a tremendous fire about half a mile long."?

Mr. Menzies's Denial

When the New York report was mentioned to Mr. Menzles he

Kiel. Bremen, Osnabruck, Duls-said:- burg and Cologne were "among The suggestion is entirely un- other targets of the night and true. It is not even like the aver No extensive damage was done reports from crews attacking age lie, which has some shadowy but a small number of casualties these towns are evidence of a half foundation somewhere." have been reported.

nights of Eustained bombing and of difficulties most persistently overcome-British Wireless,

Elsewhere there was very little enemy activity and there were no reports of any bombs having been dropped-Reuter,

ITALIAN CHEMICAL WORKS DESTROYED

The RAF bombed the chem ical works at Crotonne, southern

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PACIFIC TYPHOON

The Manila Observatory in 'warning issued at 8:10 a.m«

day stated that the typhoon was over on near Naba, moving WNW

wwwww There were indications of a low pressure area over the North China Sett

"Seventeen million steel helmets Italy

on Monday, leaving the have been manufacturedɔ by the whole objective a mass of fames, Ministry of Supply for the Fight- says Reuter from Londoning Services: and civilian firs

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Watchers MegaThey are being turned out at the rate of nearly 500;000) pet week, which means there are enough for all the Fighting Ser vices and civilian fire watche American machines sent under th Lease and Lend Act have used in producing the helmets ---- Fines British Wireless:"

A new L.M.S. Coronation class streamlined engine is to be named King George

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