1941-09-15 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 15, 1941.

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Germans Astonished By The Russian Counter-Offensive

SOVIET "SECRET WEAPON'S

WITH NEITHER OF YESTERDAY'S COMP MUNIQUES TAKING THE STORY OF THE RUSSIAN BATTLE MUCH FURTHER, ONLY A FEW POINTS OF CLARITY EMERGE IN THE PICTURE OF THE WAR ON THE EASTERN

FRONT.

FINNISH LACK OF INTEREST

(By Reuter' Diplomatic Correspondent)

Last night's report from Vichy that Marshal with- Mannerheim had drawn his troops away from the Karelian Isth- mus, north of Leningrad, to a sector north of Lake Ladoga, seems, if correct, to be a remarkable indi- cation of the lack of in-

Attention naturally centres on the great struggle for Leningrad but the jeopardy of that great city is only one factor in the Rus-terest on the part of the sian situation as a whole.

been

Finns in the great Ger- man assault on

Lenin-

at Bress.

The central front, Salla region in Northern Finland grad which is now in pro-

where intense fighting has which covers Moscow is at resumed for Kanuulaksha least as vital and it is the head of the White Sea.

One would have thought here that the invaders In the extreme north the Ger- that this moment, if ever, was have been astonished by mans have launched the force of

Timoshenko's

an

attack the one for the two allies to be

the battering north-east of Petsamo with

at the same front f Marshal alm of driving the Russians out they were really working in

Effec- counter- of the Fishers Peninsula,

tive opposition by Soviet warships has hitherto frustrated this Ger- man move.-Reuter.

attacks and south Smolensk.

of

Along the whole vast length of the central front, the line sways one way and another and reports state that the Russians have here thrown in one of their most for-

midable "secret weapons," tanks of up to 64 tons in weight.

to

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In reality, of course, the Ger- mans are seen in London as be- Ing completely uninterested in Finland's prospects In the pre- to have sent war, and merely hoped to persuade the Finns to bear as large a share as possible of the German army's burdens on Russia's northern front.

PACIFIC 120,000

RAIDER CANARD

A report that a Ger- man raider had shelled' Nauru and the Society Islands in the Pacific not issued by Reuter is without foundation.

The Commonwealth Mr. Navy Minister, Hughes, declared yes- terday in Sydney that the report was untrue and he expressed the opinion that it was Q pity such reports were not verified before publication. Reuter,

DELIVERIES TO TURKEY

DURING EIGHT MONTHS UP ΤΟ THE END OF

AUGUST, BRITAIN HAS DELIVERED TO TURKEY GOODS ΤΟ THE £3,598,433 AND VALUE OF THEY CONTINUE TO BE SHIP- THE SAME PED AT ABOUT RATE.

Largest single item, of £733,- 866, was. 0,704) tons of locomo tives, tenders and goods wagons.

Cotton piece goods were the next biggest in value at £518,412,

If Vichy's report proves true, Mannerheim's move may welt bre an indication that he does not see any reason for throw Ing away further Finnish fives-Reuter

In order to help German assault on L'éningrad.

The U.S. Department of Com- merce reports, that lack of cargo space, and rising freights were

factors adverse

reducing U.S. in with the Philippines trade

merely it 1040 to $83,315,000. The Philip- pines rank ninth as an outlet for U.S. goods.--International News Service.

The German losses continue

Germans be great but the

may still be able to sustain such losses for the time being provided they continue to gain ground, for was their

warrior king, Frederick the Great, who uttered the precept "to conquer is to ad- vance."

own

New Dangers

Towards the south now dan- gers threaten. The Nazis are at Chernigoff, 80 miles to the rear of Kieft and 80 miles too near. And the enemy have forced the passage of the Dnieper.

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Instead he seems to be turning his attention to territory of direct interest to the Finns: Reuter.

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Carlos Romula, pressed by Chungking banking known Manila publisher, has ar- circles as a result of the cancel rived in Chungking by 'plane lation of quotations for the from Hong Kong for a visit of Shanghai exchange black market, several days. He expects to inter- according to a report in the "Ta, view General Chiang Kai-shek.- Kung Pao." Central News. International News Service.

In Britulo, such · facts, pre- not to 3.5 pence regarded either with complacency or despair but rather the, moral is drawn that nothing shall be left undone to strengthen the Russian resistance.

Karelia Battle Over?

Field-Marshal Mannerheim has transferred most of the Finnish troops from the Karelian Isthmus, north-west of Leningrad, to other fronts, stuted a Helsinki despatch to the Vichy News Agency yes- terday.

Thus it seems that fighting in tho Isthmus is virtually at an end, added the despatch.

Finnish, Advance:

The Vichy agency states that

the. Finns new objective. is the

Marshal, Mannerheim is said to

EPIC STORY OF A BRITISH "SUB"

WITH 18 FEET of her bows missing, a-12-

conquest of Soviet Karelia, and foot split in her amidships and other severc have promised this new territory damage after hitting a mine, the submarine It is stated that most of the H.M.S.. Triumph: limped home, 300 miles

to Finland,

Finnish, troops are, advancing, to-

wards Petrosavodaks on the wes- tern shore of Lake Onega, while the rest are tackling the Russians

across the

But sheth Sea.

repaired and has since tor-

along the western bank of the pedoed five warships and five supply vessels. River Svir. between, Lakes Ladoga Her exploits were disclosed last night by the

and Onega..

to have reached this area, which

The Finns a week ago claimed Admiralty, nearly 12 months after they had: is about 150 miles north-east, of begun, on Boxing Day.

Leningrad and 75 miles south-

cast of the former Soviet-Finnish It completes a brief announce- Unable to dive, Triumph lay frontier.

ment in April last year. that Lt.-right inside: mine-infested enemy According to a Holsinki, dia Comdr. John Wentworth McCoy-waters making water fast. The patch...the Finns have put the then her commander had... been pumps had to be kept running-at Leningrad-Murmanak, railway awarded the D.B.C. for "outstand- full capacity, with ratings «plug- where It touches tho Svibuting initiative, skill and resource ging the leaks are 30 miles from It further when a mine struck his ship." north,

Soviet Using Fleet The Finns are stated to be trying to establish a continuous line along the Svir, after occupy- ing a few points on its banks.

German-Finnish reinforcements have been brought up in the

None of the crew was injured" "It seemed as if she was push- by the mine explosion and an ing up half the North Sca" as she able seaman sleeping only about started the long voyage home at 30ifcet: from where, the mine wont five to six inots... off, did not wake.

In bad weather, she had to res Of 10 torpedoes rendy for fir duce speed to two and a half knots ing one was mitting, only the for a whole day, and at one time after part of another war loft was in danger of being attacked by and the tubo. of a third-was 'a Dornier which, however, an es- orushed in, but none exploded. Icort 'plane drove off. Reuter.

RUMANIAN DEAD

.

Twenty thousand Ru- manians were killed out- side Odessa during the first 10 days of Septem- ber by the defenders, in- cluding the famous mar- fines and sailors of the Black Sea Fleet, says the "Red Fleet.'

Tanks, guns and hundreds of machine-guns and thousands of the prisoners were also lost by etiemy.

From the city itself 12,000 men and 70,000 Comsomols (members of the Russian Youth Movement) have gone to the front.

The article also recounts how one Soviet soldier bäyónéted 22 machine- Rumenians while a gunner mowed down2 300 of the enemy. A regiment of Marines commanded by Coloniel Osipby cut off a Rumanian regiment, forced them back into the sea and killed large numbers,

indessaht In three days of fighting the First Regiment of seamon smashed "two regimenta of: eměmy marines, many tanks, gund ewu machlife-gung and captured much other material.

Fierce fighting: is: still going on but the enemy has gained nothing while the city in the meantime has: become a fortress-Reuter,

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