1941-08-19 — Page 25

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 19, 1941.

Red Army Unit Fights Way Out Of Encirclement

HOW A RED ARMY UNIT cut off by the enemy fought its way out and inflicted con- siderable loss on the enemy is told in a supple ment to the Russian communique.

The unit, commanded by Commander Zagordonov, when cut off operated for 20 days in the rear of German troops and forced their way to territory held by the Red Army...

"Preserving them equipment. the Red Army men strove to cause the enemy the greatest possible tosses. They mercilessly exter- minated groups of German sold- iers they met, destroyed trans- ports, batteries, truck columns and headquarters and killed 240 Fas- eist soldiers.

The commander of the ubil and the political commissar led cut of the encirclement 520 Red

Air Dog-Fight

LATE

MORAL DEPRESSION SAID PREVAILING

IN GERMANY

According to the correspondent

LESS FISH AND

CHIPS

Fish friers may have to close one or two nights a week and others may have to go out of business be- cause of the shortage of fats for frying.

TRIBUTE TO LORD

WILLINGDON

Army men including 25 wounded, ican Consular representatives who of the "Washington Times", Amer- without losing 2 single machine-gun or rifle."

grived from Germany described states the supplement which also tells of the

the moral depression and disillu- Bagh handling of two Nazi batta-

Sionment prevailing in Germany in hions by

Russian

connection with the failure of the another commanded by Major Bashmagov

blitzkrieg.on U.S.S.K. They believe that the Nazi ring-leaders feel OF THE LATE LORD WILLING- A TRIBUTE TO THE WORK the necessity of some early and DON IN CONNECTION cheap victory in another direction THE BOXER INDEMNITY FUND WITH to detract the attention of th po- pulation from failures on the Eas. WAS PAID THIS MORNING BY Americans foretell, TARY-GENERAL OF THE BOX- MR. HAN LIH-WU. SECRE- that with this purpose in view the ER INDEMNITY BOARD. Germans may attempt to occupy the Atlantie coast of Spain and Portugal and capture French port, and bases.

I say that Major Bashmagov ́s wut supported by twTA artillery batteries attacked the enemy near a village.

tanks

coun.

The Germans hurled and armoured cars into a ter attack. A Russian bomber squadron commanded by Cap. tain Comaking took off to bomb

the German machines

tern front.

"There are many achievement: to the credit of the late Lord Wil- lingdon, and not the least was the the position of the Vichy Govern-British Boxer Indemnity Funds," In connection with these plans part he played in the return of the ment acquires a great importance. said Mr. Han, 2272-

The latest reports, the correspon-

Fighting between enemy chines and Soviet aircraft lasted an hour and a half and ended in

the defeat of the Germans.

Sixteen German machines were destroyed. Panic broke out the German ranks.

in

Bash-

In this fighting, Major magoy's unit inflicted heavy losses

"Lord Willingdon visited China dent continues, show that the Ger- in 1926 as Chairman of the Dele- mans are now endeavouring to gation from the Boxer Indemnity provoke disturbances in unoccupi-Committee, and presented a very ed France the same

as they did able report which laid down the some time ago In Rumania. The principles on which the British New Minister of Foreign Affairs of Boxer Indemnity Funds could best the Vichy Government is a Cagou- be used.

upon two German infantry bal-Volunteers" formed for the strug-appropriate

lard. The French Legion o "It would be fitting that, at an talions. About 500 Germans

date, some way were killed and wounded

gle against U.S.S.R. is under the and

rently to 120 taken prisoner while the booty Deloncle, and this legion evidently in determining an equitable dis- command of another Cazoulard. record Lord Willingdon's services taken included seven tanks and 11 guns-Reuter.

is being deliberately detained in posal of these funds." France as a nucleus for the for- mation of an army which would be able to overthrow Petain. It is stated, the correspondent con- cludes, that the support by the Germans of the politicians of the Deloncle variety resulted In 0 situation where even conservative elements intensified their resis- tance to the German demands. Tass.

SOVIET RAID IN HUNGARY

SOVIET 'PLANES. FLYING OVER SLOVAKIA, ATTACKED THE HUNGARIAN TOWN OF KOMORON IN DAYLIGHT YES- TERDAY: SAYS THE BUDAP- EST RADIO.

Ten bumbs are said to have been dropped, some falling on the Danube and others on the subur- ban districts where two people were killed. Komoron, which was ceded to Hungary by Slovakia after Czechoslovakia was broken up, is some 600 miles from the nearest Russian-held territory. Reuter.

CHRISTMAS PARCELS FOR PRISONERS

SUPERSTITIOUS THAT

SOURED

JAPANESE FOOD SHORTAGE

A SERIOUS FOOD SHORT- AGE IN JAPAN WAS STRESSED YESTERDAY BY COLONEL LUANG VIRA YODHA, MILI- TARY ATTACHE TO THE THAI LEGATION IN TOKYO, WHO

TERDAY ON HIS FIRST HOME Trotter Jones, | ARRIVED IN BANGKOK YES- LEAVE AFTER SEVEN YEARS IN JAPAN.

Mrs. Willimore of Madison. Ga., has found and saved thousands four-leaf clovers Nevertheless she has been in five automobile wrecks has lost three "I have gone without pork for husbands and has suffered so the last three years because it many misfortunes that her neigh- simply cannot be had," he said in bours call her "Calamity Jane."

an interviewv.

Mrs. Neville Coleman refused "Once in a while I could get to eat at a table set for thirteen some other meat. Sugar is scarce. people. She waited until the rest Milk is sold only to invalids and were through, and then sat down every morning there is a scramble alone. Halfway through the meal, for vegetables. she was stricken with a fatal heart attack..

"The rice I had in Japan is of an inferior quality. I must now Lightning struck the barn of eat plenty of Thai rice as I have John Ingram of Sheridan, Ark., been famished for a very long THE PRIME MINISTER OF mules Putting faith in the old Reuter.

destroying the structure and two time," he laughingly added. NEW ZEALAND, MR. PETER FRASER, YESTERDAY VISITED twice in the same place, Ingram -saw that lightning never strikes THE MAIN LONDON PACKING rebuilt the barn in the same loca- CENTRE OF FOOD PARCELS FOR BRITISH PRISONERS

tion Four weeks later lightning WAR AND SAW CHRISTMAS again struck the barn, and des-

troyed it and the new mules..

OF

PARCELS BEING WRAPPED AND DISPATCHED.

Each one of the 72,000 parcels WOODEN LEG FOR

contain a pudding, a double ration of chocolate, chocolate biscuits and rye biscuits, jam, margarine, roast pork and stuffing, a tin of beefsteak end, tomato, and a Christmas cake............

..

THE ARMY

JAPANESE REPULSED

THE JAPANESE DRIVE IN HONAN HAS BEEN REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES DE- CLARED THE CHINESE MILI- TARY SPOKESMANAT YES. Twelve per cent of all draftees | TERDAY AFTERNOON'S' PRESS All are in special Christmas accepted by local draft boards CONFERENCE IN CHUNGKING. wrappings, and contain a greet- have been rejected by the U.S.. He added that the Japanese ings card from the British Red Army for physical defects.

launched their drive apparently Cross, Reuters

Recently an Army Induction to cover withdrawals and also in officer found a Chicago draftee an attempt to disperse Chinese with a glass eye. Growled the dis- concentrations threatening Japan- gusted medico. Some of these ese advance bases, pad come in here with a wooden leg. Five thousand, Japanese In

Recently Negro James Brown, Sinyang, important city on the President Roosevelt disclosed 25, appeared before the wary Pelping-Hankow Railway, pushed yesterday that the delivery of officer, Brown's draft board had north-westward towards Ping- aircraft to the British forces in given him a clean bill of health chingkwan, After six days' hard the Middle East would be speed, except for the notation: "Enlarged fighting, the spokesman declared, ed up through a ferry-system tonsils" Told to strip, he took his the Japanese were driven back to conducted by Pan-American Air- trousers off, revealed an artificial their original positions suffering ways. Router...

SURI,1,500, casualties. Router Par

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MASSED BAND CONCERT

in aid of

BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR FUND

+

and The Massed Bands of The Royal Sco of The Middlesex Regiments will give a Concert in aid of the above Fund on the ground of the Hong Kòng Cricket Club at 9.30 p.m. on SATURDAY, 23rd August.

Everyone attending is asked to buy a pro- gramme with badge from the Lady Programme Sellers either on the ground or beforehand.

Tables may be reserved at a charge of $1.00 per person on application and payment to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. I. E. Roberts, Messrs. Thomson & Co., Hong Kong Bank Building.

Refreshments, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, will be served throughout the Concert, the pro- ceeds of which will go almost entirely to the Fund

and so

Gather your friends and come and enjoy a good evening

and

help a good cause.

HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB GROUND

SATURDAY, 23rd AUGUST, 1941.