1941-08-20 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 20, 1941.

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AIR VIEW OF RUSSIAN WAR

Remarkably Few

GERMAN PROTEST TO IRAN

REFERRING TO THE GER- MAN PROTEST TO THE IRAN- JAN GOVERNMENT THAT 1F "GERMAN CITIZENS ARE EX- PELLED," DIPLOMATIC RELA- TIONS WOULD BE SEVERED THE "BOMBAY CHRONICLE" SAYS IT IS THESE "CITIZENS" WHO ARE THE SOURCE OF

TROUBLE.

Unless German tourists And

Indications

Loose Fighting Over Vast Front

DESPITE THE MILLIONS OF MEN INVOLVED IT IS RE- MARKABLE HOW FEW SIGNS OF FIGHTING ARE VISIBLE FROM THE AIR EXCEPT AT ISOLATED POINTS, WRITES THE BERLIN CORRESPONDENT OF THE ZURICH NEWSPAPER “NEUE ZUER- CHER ZEITUNG,"" DESCRIBING A FLIGHT TO SMOLENSK.

FIJI GIFT TO MALTA

mechanics had not constituted R « | The Fiji War Appeals Board

admiration felt by one

This is apparently due to the loose nature of the fighting over a vastly extended front thousands of kilometres long and hundreds of kilometrės deep.

has voted £200 towards potential, and perhaps imminent. Malta Relief Fund "in token of the danger to Britain and Russia, the the two countries would not expressed their anxiety Iranian Goverrunent savouring of a threat. -- Reuter.

Many villages are completely destroyed have island colony for another island yet others outside the zone of fighting are un-

that to the colony

is SQ splendidly withstanding the brunt of enemy touched. air attacks in the Mediterranean."

in terms

Reuter.

DESPERATE CLASH CONTINUES IN TWO SECTORS

DESPERATE FIGHTING is proceeding in two sectors of the eastern front, in the north near Narva and in the south in the Ukraine, writes “Annalist” in London commenting on the German-Soviet military situation.

The double battle of Bialystok - The new German thrust in the Minsk left very small visible north is certainly in the nature of fraces as war material the Rus- # threat to Leningrad but the

ians allegedly left behind was Nazi troops may stiil be regarded | 'probably either already largely as a long way of-British Wire- removed or largely hidden inless. forests."

The correspondent Saw few traces of Soviet fortifications.

"THE RUSSIANS INTENTION- ALLY BASED THEIR DEFENCE ON THE FIRE OF AUTOMATIC WEAPONS DISPOSED IN GREAT DEPTH, HIDDEN SNIPERS AND WELL-AIMED ARTILLERY EQUIPPED WITH MANY HEAVY| GUNS.

"The Red Army also probably regarded tank and infantry coun- ler-attuck as one

methods of defence."

Impossible

of the

Simple

Issue

chiel Discounting the sugges- tion that his projected mission to London would

DARLAN'S

NEGOTIATIONS WITH NAZIS

The Deputy French Premier, Admiral Darlan, yesterday re- turned to Vichy from --Paris where he had a series of conversa- tions with the occupa- tion authorities, says a Vichy despatch to the German official

agency. Reu-

news

ter.

HURRICANE DISPLAY

THE FIRST HURRICANE FIGHTER SEEN, IN AUSTRALIA" IS GIVING EXHIBITION FLIGHTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

The machine is a gift from the British Government, ... and was promised by the Air Minister, Sit Archibald Sinclair, to Fremler Menzies during the latter's visit |to England.—Reuter.

DUKE OF WINDSOR

FOR CANADA Following the Nassau announce-

Smolensk Havoc Where destruction was visible, political issue, the Aus- be treated as a major for instance at Smolensk, terrible.

Where villages were not tralian Prime Minister, destroyed the Germans ordered collective farms to continue har- Mr. R. G. Menzies, told his daily press conference In other parts harvesting is in Sydney yesterday:

ment that the Duke and Duchess- the returning,

of Windsor are preparing to go population find towing and farms";

to the Duke's ranch at Calgary burnt out..

cannot replace tost "There will not necessarily be next month, the U.S. Secretary agricultural implements and to a vote in Parliament on the pro- of States Mr. Cordell Hull, "yes- face starvation,

posal. I think the matter will terday said he learned from the In order to tackle the supply

probably be decided by party British Ambassador that the Duke: problem the Germans have shown meetings before Parliament meets. and Duchess were planning astonishing speed. in converting "If the proposal is rejected. I visit to Washington. He did not one track and double track rail- !

that is all." stay here

Reu know any details, he added. ter.

Reuter. ways to normal gauge.

The Germans have apparently been as-vesting. sembling their resources for another big thrust towards Leningrad and like all offen- sives launched with weight and intensity it has met with some initial success.

The Russians admit they have fallen back from Kingisepp but there is indication of breach in their line.

no

The Ruesions have shown as. tonishing skill in evading being cornered in any

巍 position from which there is no issue.

Their defences increase in num- ber and strength the nearer the

They hate practised an elastic defence in most subtle form. and

front approaches to Leningrad, and have given ground in exchange if the defence, yields 2 little for infliction of heavy ground under the pressure of

losses.

numbers, the toll taken in casual-Soviet Communique ties is probably so high that"even" the Germans must eventually find the price higher than they afford.

can

It is probable that a similar offenolve is being prepared s Smolenck and Klev as it would be conelctent with German tra- ditions to exercise the maximum

pressure

an ail

The following is the text of the Soviet midnight communique issu- ed by the Soviet Information Bureau:-

RD

Alternatively, they use, motor

transport and transport "'planes.

Billeting Problem

1

The quartering of soldiers pre- sents a harder problem. Many German soldiers say they

have been sleeping in tents for weeks. With the possible start of cool weather in the northern and cen- tral sectors of the front in Sep- have "During August 19 our troops tember, the Germans will waged battle against the enemy the task of providing quarters for along the entire front, especially whole armies in continually more stubbornly in the Kingisepp, Nov-advanced front sectors. points at..the

worca: Gommel, and Odessa (direc- **WITH THE CONTINUING PENETRATION INTO RUSSIA, THE-ADVANCING SEASON AND "According to information now PROBLEMS APART FROM AC- A SOLUTION OF TECHNICAL In the Ukraine the Germans available, on August 17, in the claim to have reached the lower course of air combats, 28 German AND MORE DETERMINE THE TUAL FIGHTING, WILL MORE reaches of the Dnieper but Mar-planes were brought down and OUTLOOK OF THE WAR."- shal ~Budeñny's rear-guard are not 22 as previously reported, putting up stiff resistance on the "In the night of August 17/18 | REUTER east of the river further north in our planes bombed Ploesti. Our the bend, and at no place has a fliers observed large fires and ex- crossing been forced.

same time.

› Stiff Resistance

It is significant that the Ger-|

tions.

plosions.

Vitally Important

The German thrust in the

cording to military experts in London.

mans make no big claims as to "On August 18, 30 German Ukiaine is vitally important, ac captured prisoners and this would planes were brought down in the suggest that the main body of course of air combats. We lost 12 Marshal Budenny's army is still planes. intact and will have to be reck oned with even if the Germans

"In the Black ea our bombers succeed in obtaining possession of sable, two enemy transports and the whole bend,

set fire to another transport Reuter.

Remarkable Skill

The question of Russian resis- tanice is largely a question of the reinforcements at Marshal Buden- ny's disposal,

• He chá» « shown remarkable

NOTES TO IRAN

The speed of the Gorman ind- vance, although high, is such that no doubt our Russian allies are fighting well in the rear-guard action to the River Dnieper. The Germans have yet to reach the Dnieper in force and then cross the river.

*CAdvance beyond it dépends on Ruzejen, ability, to dispose of suffiolent resources to defend the five or six bridges between! Klov and the ser, to watch the river for. German efforte to orasa and to keep bodies of": troops bready, to attack “aný - partion

which succeed, S

skill in extricating his men from There has been no further encirolemont and the German Turkish press comment on the thrust" must be losing " vigour British and Russian Notes to Iran with ovary, mite of its progress, on the large numbers of Germans ⠀⠀ It is clear, however, that the In Iran territory, High Command is "all out" for u It is understood the Turkish decisive victory before the wea- Government has been kept fully ther breaks and puts an intoler- informed of developments by the would be open to them with no -able-afrain on their lines of .com-- British and Soviet Ambassadors, yantrat ilire, of defence until the

munication.

—— Reuter.

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A crossing in strength would be exceedingly serious as valuable stretches of Ukrainian, country

Don is reached,

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