1941-08-20 — Page 41

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 20, 1941.

AGAIN FLOODED

Many Officers And SHANGHAI Men In Middle East Decorated

HEAVY RAID ON REICH

NEARLY 80 officers and men are named in last night's "London Gazette” for gallant and distinguished service in the Middle East.

Col. (temporary Brigadier) James King- stone, late cavalry, who already holds the D.S.O., and M.C., receives a Bar to his Dis- tinguished Service Order. He was in 1932 An Air Ministry com- munique dealing

appointed to the command of the Ninth with R.A.F. night

Queen's Royal Lancers when he was only 38 activity states: "Cologne and an exceptionally early age for an officer to Duisburg were again at Command a regiment in peace time. tacked by aircraft of the Bomber Command Monday night.

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The weather was no and great number of heavy bombs were seen to burst in both towns. Many large fires were left blaz- ing.

Another force effectively bomb- ed the docks at Dunkirk.

Eight of our abcraft are miss- ing.

Fighter Command aircraft on offensive patrol attacked enemy airfields

occupied territory

during the night."

Once more the Germans ap. pear to have brought up

new

defences for the Ruhr and Rhineland, the Alr Ministry news service states in describ. ing the R.A.F. attack.

One bomber over Cologne was held by searchlights for a whole hour while there was flerce A.A. fire from both sides of the river.

But the weather was on

the side of the attackers and they dropped load after load of in- cendiaries and high explosives on factories

railways and Cologne and Duisburg.

Hide And Seek

in

"We played our usual game of hide and seek with searchlights and A.A. fire,"

rear-gunner said, "and didn't let the fireworks put us off.

away

"As we turned sharply from Cologne after the bombing I could see our own fires addigg to the light of those that there before,

were

"There were as many large fires in Duisburg as Cologne, in- cluding a great oil fire on west bank of the river opposite

the

the inland docks. It was burn-

ing flercely with a heavy cloud of black smoke over it."--British Wireless.

Guided Home

HIGH PRAISE INDEED

During recent tions in the Desert

opera- Western

The Distinguished Service Or- der is awarded to Capt. (tempor- ary Major) Robert Archibald Eden, Royal Horse Artillery; Capt. (acting Major) Robert Brian James, Essex Regiment; and Major (acting Lieut. Col.) Fre- derick Arthur Montague Bertram Jenkins, M.C., 2nd Punjab Regt, Indian Army.

of

the a report written

by the field officer of the German Afrika Korps on the subject of infantry warfare under desert con- ditions came into British hands.

Interesting feature of this re- port by one with great experience | of the African campaign was the comparison between Australian and German troops as desert fighters.

This German senior officer had no doubt as to which

was the better fighter.

He summed up the Australians as superior In the following respects - In the use of small arma, sɛpecially as snipers, In making the most of terrain. In fire use of camouflage, in ability to observe carefully and draw sound deductions, and in the use of ruses of all types. Australian snipers won praise from him, many of the head the first time they poked N.C.O.'s having been shot through their heads over the front line to

make observations.

high his

Australian troops were also given unstinting praise for ac- artificially curacy of fire behind created dust screens, and the re- port expressed amazement at the

moved even heavy batteries be- hind such screens.

Toughness In Defence

A searchlight beam swept across the sky guided two British bomb-speed with which the Australians ers safely home and probably saved the lives of the crew and "their aircraft,

Gunner Laurence Smith had just gone on duty at a lonely

It has been long recognised that searchlight station when he heard the Australians are second to the drone of a British bomber.

none as shook troops but it is The engines were "missing" and interesting to find this German Smith realised the pilot had lost senior officer particularly cm- his way and had engine trouble. phasising admiration for their

He put the beam on the air-toughness in defence. craft and flashed It several times across the sky down to the bomber's base until the pilot realised he was being .shown the way home.

He landed safely and another bomber, also lost, followed him in .-

Reuter.

ATTEMPT TO EVADE CONTROL

His report complains that Aus'ralian soldiers are much too cunning for the Germans, whom he describes as "mostly simple souls".

Final grumble is at the feeble- ness of the Germans as trench diggers, which the writer consi- ders to be 60 per cent. of the work of Infantrymën.

He expects them to have more opportunity of practising in future and cites as perfect models the British trenches near Tobruk: British Wireless.

CHANNEL AIR WAR

"It is nowadays very difficult. for the police to arrest masters. of firewood, shops as they instruct fokls to sell firewood away from their shops,” said Inspector W. H. Nolloth before Mr. H. C. Mac- Namara at Kowloon this morn ing when prosecuting Chan LATER OFFICIAL Chung-hing, 25, and -Chan Lin, 31, married woman, for selling firewood without, a permit and at a price higher than that, fixed by the Controller of Trade.“

Both were arrested in streets yesterday selling at 30 catlles for

REPORTS

DISCLOSED THAT THREE-BRI+

TISH BOMBERS AND 12 FIGH TERS WERE LOST DURING EX, TENSIVE OPERATIONS OVER THE CHANNEL AND NOR THERN FRANCE YESTERDAY.

Coastal shipping off Ostend and off the Dutch const, and targets Accused were fined $20 or one | at. Hazebrouck, were among the week on the first charge, and objectives of the raid wel $200 or one month on the |-- Twelvo enemy fighters were. 'second.

destroyed. Reditor, 20

The Miltary Cross is award- ed to 21 officers including two of the Indian Army, and six of the Australian military force. The list also includes the award Medal to Sergt. Richard Samuel Distinguished Conduct Head, Royal Artillery, of South Wightmen, Rifle Brigade, Prince Shields: Sergt. George Cairns Consort's Own (Maidstone) and two Australian sergeants.

Indian Awards Four Indians receive the Indian Order of Merit (Second Class). Thirty Military Medals and Indian Distinguished Service me- dals are awarded.

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Captain (acting Major) R. E. James, Essex Regiment, and Ma- Jor (Acting Lieut. Col.) F. A. M. nition of "gallant and distinguish- Jenkins, are mentioned in recog- ed services in the Middle East."

Reuter,"

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Many Shanghai

streets

were flooded

as heavy rain, herald- ing a typhoon, lashed the city causing considerable damage but

no casualties. Part of the transport network

was idle.. International News Service.

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FINES ON POLISH

STOWAWAYS

37, and Szepsel Lewin, 26, chary- Two Poles,. Gerszet Apfelban,

ed with stowing away and with vagrancy, were fined $25 or two weeks' hard labour, and ordered to be expelled from the Colony,by Mr. D. J. N. Anderson at Kowloon this morning."

Accused arrived from Shanghal on board a British ship without aving their passages. They said they were en route to Palestine.to join the army.

Both pleaded not guilty to vagrancy, stating that there were many Jewish Societies and rela- tives and friends, who were will- ing to help them at any time,

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