1941-09-13 — Page 2

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 13, 1941.

CAMPAIGN ON SOVIET FRONT IN NEW PHASE New German RECORD Drive Under GERMAN

Way?

(Military Commentary By "Annalist"')

YESTERDAY ONCE AGAIN BOTH THE GERMAN AND SOVIET COMMUNIQUES WERE GUARDEDLY NON - COMMITTAL BUT BEHIND THIS RESERVE IT IS CLEAR THAT THE BATTLE FOR RUSSIA IS ENTERING AN- OTHER HIGHLY IMPORTANT PHASE,

While the danger to Leningrad appears to be no worse, and the city's defences continue to prosent the Germans with a formidable obstacle, it would appear that the position of Marshal Budenny in the south still remains a potentially perilous one.

The Russians have ad-|

mitted that the Germans

have obtained a foothold east of the lower Dnieper and this may mean the Germans are beginning to drive towards the Pere- kop Isthmus, which joins the Crimea to the main- land.

In the central part of the front Marshal Timoshenko continues hisi counter-thrust but here it would seem that even success has its potential dangers, for should the Russian army proceed too far forward following Marshal Timo- shenko's victory at Yelnya, his own lines of communication might become difficult of maintenance.

Adequate Match

With, however, the eituation, as obscure as it is at present, | any prophesy is almost equally, likely to err on the side either optimism and pessimism. UP TO THE PRESENT THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR BE LIEVING THAT THE BRIL-

LIANT GENERALSHIP, COU- PLED WITH THE HEROIC FIGHTING QUALITIES THE

DISPLAYED, ARE NOT PROV-|

GIFTS FOR AIRCRAFT

Gifts towards the purchase of acknowledged by the aircraft Minister of Aircraft Production include another contribution from the "South China Morning Post" War Fund to bring the total

£ 151,880.

to

The Burma War Donation Fund have sent a further £10,000 to- wards the cost of a Burma Squa- dron of medium bombers, total to date being £120,000.

With a further £37,800 from the Madras Governor's War Fund the people of Madras have now contributed £337,454. -British Wireless.

LOSSES

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent in Moscow)

"On the Leningrad up- proaches a battle of in- credible fierceness is rag- ing and the losses the Ger- mans are now suffering are heavier than they have ever suffered,

M. Lozovsky the Soviet spokesman, said yester- day.

"The struggle has taken on such proportions and such a character that the Germans can- not go on for long," he said.

"The Germans want to settle and that is the matter quickly precisely what they cannot man-

GERMAN TANKS WOULD GET REPULSED AT

A HOT

BRIANSK

RECEPTION

M. Lozovsky, the IN THAI

Soviet spokesman, re- vealed last night that when the Finnish radio claimed the Ger mons had reached Briansk, a German tank unit had in fact attempted to force that direction but mony of its tanks were immediately destroy- ed and the German force was decisively repulsed. Reuter.

Travel

Permits

Possible

"If the Japanese strike at Thailand, they are in for a hot reception," de- clare sick and injured A.I.F. men who have re- turned to Sydney from Malaya.

"

Malaya is a fortress, and the ALF. men standing to arms on the Thailand border are "itching to fight," they told the "Sydney Sun."

"Practically every day for the past two months boat-loads of men have been arriving." declar- Led

of Private G. B. Anderson, Broadmeadow (Newcastle). "There Is a tremendous number of troops there now-Australian, British and Indian,

Relief From 'Boredom

"Our boys greeted the order to move up on to the Thailand bord- er with delight for it came after months of inactivity. The weather up there is not too good-95 de- grees, in the day time and 90 at night—and our chaps were begin- ning to get bored.

They

are not bored now. Every one of them is 'rearing' to go! There were lots of minor ill-

age. Not only the army and the THE POSSIBILITY OF THE ness due to the heat and the food, Baltic Fleet, but the entire popu- INTRODUCTION OF A GENER- but the chaps have forgotten that

OF SCHEME

"TRAVEL now. lation of Leningrad are strug-AL gling-all capable men and women PERMITS" WAS REFERRED TO

They want only one thing—to IN THE COMMONS YESTERfight.

went bearing arms."

That is what they DAY BY THE PARLIAMEN- there for,

M. Lozovskzy added, stress- TARY SECRETARY TO THE "Our boys think the world of ing every word, "However | MINISTRY OF WAR TRANS⚫ the G.O.C. (Major-General Gor- hard the struggle, none of US PORT. here or in Leningrad has the slightest doubt that the Gar- mans won't manage to lay their dirty hands on Leningrad.

"The whole people and the of the Soviet are Government convinced of this. It is a difficult and bloody struggle," the Russian spokesman said.-Reuter.

R.A.F. BOMB AXIS

SHIPS IN IONIAN

were

don Bennett) and they will be happy to go into battle with him at their head.

Col. Llewellin was replying to the debate in which many reier- ences were made to difficulties

"Apart from the heat and the workers

experiencing in food, our chaps have had little to obtaining public transport brought complain about. People up there about by the reduction in vehl-work until 1 o'clock and then cles available and their use

by finish for the day. Australians shoppers at hours when workers have found it hard to keep going were coming off duty.

all day."

"The boys 1 left over there," paid Private H. G. Shepherd, af Canberra, "will welcome A scrap, And there are plenty of troops there to handle the "Ja- panese.

"Looking across from the place where I was stationed, you could see nothing but troops. The 'boys are just aching to get into it."

The Minister had announced that every effort was being made to increase the number of buseg and he added "We are also try- ing out a scheme in the North Midland region of travel permits for workers. On the first day in which the scheme was in operation between Macclesfield and Not tingham hundreds of shoppers not having the necessary permits were left behind. On the second day Missed Comforts the number was '80, on the third

Private W. Keith (39), of day 50, and by the fourth day Dubbo, who had his leg broken in shoppers had learned what was an accident, said that numerous happening and there were none to be left behind. If the ex- periment proves successful it will be extended to other parts of the

British Wireless,

SOVIET ARMY HAS ALREADY TARGETS IN CYRENAICA, at Messina, ING AT LEAST AN ADEQUATE and in the Ionian Sea were attacked by the

Royal Air Force, according to the R.A.F. Mid-country." dle East communique issued yesterday which states:-

MATCH FOR THE NAZI STEAM- ROLLER TACTICS.-REUTER.

-·

Soviet Communique

The Soviet midnight com-

the enemy on the entire front.

munique said: "Our troops fought}.. "Heavy and medium R.A.F. bombers We have evacuated Chernigoy and aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm raided a (on the central front, "between

number of objectives in Cyrenaica during Gomel and Kiev).

Wednesday night. At Benghazi, the har- bour was bombed, fires breaking out at the base of the cathedral mole.

"Fifty-three German

planes

were destroyed on September 10. We lost 32." Reuter.

Leningrad Raid

communique states: "On Septem-14

off.

number

were

B.F.R.D.C. GRANTS

HEARTENING ACCOUNT

THE FRENOH OFFICERS AND MEN, TO THE NUMBER OF 192, WHO HAVE REACHED LONDON AFTER ESCAPING FROM GER

MAN PRISON CAMPS VIA RUS SIA, ARE JOINING THE FREE ||FORCES IN BRITAIN;

cow.

of

men in the ambulance unit

to

which he had been attached were complaining bitterly at the ab- sence of comforts.

"I was in Maluya for five months," he added; “and I never once received a single parcel.

"Even parcels sent to us, "from" our relatives seemed to have gone astray. The boys are loth to be lieve that this is due to deliberate tampering with the mail, and nut Fit down to bad organisation:

Pte. Keith said that the quan- tity and quality of the food at, Malaya, was excellent. Cigarettes. were plentiful, although pipe. to-

bacco was very hard to get at times.

The moral of the troops was

excellent, he continued. Their

FUEL ECONOMY INVESTIGATIONS

One; Major. Billotteson A supplement to the Soviet "At Martuba the aerodrome "During Wednesday night an General Billotte, who was killed

By equipment was 100 per cent,, ber 11 the German air force re was heavily raided, bombs fall-unidentified enemy aircraft drop-in Flanders' last year while carry-

and they felt confident of hand- peatedly attempted to raid Lenining among about fifty dispersed ped a small number of bombs ing despatches from General Wey-

„Jing any emergency. of near Acre, in Palestine. No gand to Lord Gortgave very grad but were each time driven enemy aircraft, a

Which were either destroyed or damage or casualties ensued."

Heartening account of Russian ef- Planes were constantly in the severely damaged. Large fires Reuter. At about 11

ficiency, and morale as he saw it air and any move that might be p.m. isolated followed the raid.

during a six weeks' stay in Mog made against Malaya would cer 'planes broke through to the city "Landing grounds at Gambut

mapepo tainly not take the inhabitants

surprise. and dropped incendiary and ex- plosive bombs. Fires that broke and Derna were also attacked. A

He stressed the unlimited re- serves of men and women at Rus- out in dwelling houses were ex- large number of bombs tinguished.

dropped on trains, ferries, land-

sia's disposal and the fact that ing stages and the ferry power

The Board of Administrators of sources of man and woman pow

er are almost entirely militarised house at Messina during Thurs-

the British Fund for Relief of

and disciplined and exceptionally day night.

"Detalls of the damage caused Distress in China. Hong Kong and could not be observed owing to South China Branch, has approved good...

the following grants, and cheques He expressed a strong opinion smoke.

The Secretary for Mines an- "Yesterday, medium R.A.F.have been forwarded according that even if Russia lost Leningrad, bombers located two merchantly-To the St. Louis, Industrial Smolensk, Kiey and Moscow shonounces he has set up a committee to advise on the many technical men and one destroyer in the School, as donation to the School would still never give in, Ionian Sea. The larger of the for support of refugee children; Of great interest also was the aspects of efficiency economy in merchantmon was hit "twice, $2,500; To the Foreign Auxiliary statement Billotte cited of the industrial fuel consumption. The and photographs taken by our to the National Red Cross Society editor of the French Communist committee will work in conjunc-. said he was listening to broadcastsatroraft show the ship left In of China: for cost of fifty Singer newspaper "Ce Soir" to the effect tion with a staff of combustion en

rebuilt sewing abinking condition.

machines and that as recently as last May 90 gincera placed at the disposal of of any British prisoners liberated In Germany to find out if their "In Abyssinia yesterday R.A.F. transnortation charges, for train- per cent of French civilians were the Mines Department by the Coal

successfully freedom, depended on the astute bombers

attacked ing refugee women in tailorlag definitely opposed to collaboration Utilisation Joint Council British,

with Germany-British Wireless, Wireless,

According to preliminary data, in the Leningrad approaches 11 German planes were brought down:" Router.

V

WATCHING NAZI- TRICK

The Minister of Information

adoption of propaganda mothods.":"bangars at Azozo aerodrome.

work in Kweilin, $4,410,