1941-09-30 — Page 41

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 30, 1941.

HEAVY R.A.F. ON GENOA

STIRLINGS AND WELLINGTONS WERE IN THE FORCE WHICH ATTACKED OBJEC- TIVES IN ITALY FROM THE BRITISH ISLES ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

One Wellington pilot, who made a care- fully-planned low level attack on a large fac- tory at Genoa, said that going out they flew through moonlight, but near the Alps it be- came cloudy.

They skirted a terrific electrical" storm over Mont Blanc, and they could see the zigzag flashes of lightning over the famous peak.

When they reached Genoa, they stayed there for an hour and a half. flying round, at between 2- 000 and 3,000 feet.

tham.

The bombers above them kept dropping flares around lighting up their 'plane.

Thero

was, in addition, a good deal of heavy flak and a fair amount of light anti-aircraft fire.

"There were two layers of cloud over Genoa and a high bank of

NEW GUN

SURVIVES

HEAVY TEST

A new sub - machine -

cloud over the moon, but we pick-gun, the invention of an ed up a good. 'pinpoint' for our Australian soldier, has survived the most severe

first run up.

Scotch Caution“

"The cautious Scotch bomh tests, according to a Syd- aimer dropped a few incendiaries ney cable this morning. which dropped right on the far- tory and soon the whole of one end of the enormous building was ablaze.

"On the next time round; high explosive as well as incendiary bombs were dropped.”

They went round a third time and saw the fires still going strong. They then dropped a stick of bombs along the docks.

The factory fires' were still butą-. ing when they left.

A bomber from New Zealand and Czech squadrons took part in the bombing of Italy.

of

"Showered with sand, buried in earth, plunged into a tank water, immersed in a gluey mess of thick clay and mud," these were some of the gruelling tests passed with great success yesterday.

wea-

The "Owen sub-machine-gun” It was, against similar pong" the only" ona to fire auto...“ matically under als conditions. Military, experts described its: performance as amazing.

who headed a party of spectators The War Minister, Mr. Spender

of high Army officers, said that

"Masonry: Airborne" the tests appeared to be. minst A New Zealand Squadron Lead-satisfactory and if the experts' er described how he flew "just detailed report was favourabla about 400 feet, above the summit the gun would be put into pro- of Mont Blant.”

duction.

Simplest Yet

RAID

FIGHTER

PATROLS

IN ACTION

of

Offensive patrols R.A.F. fighters attacked a number of objectives yes- terday said the Air Minis- try News Service in Lon- don.

Off the Belgian coast, enemy patrol boats and o̟ seagoing barge were swept by cannon and ma- chine-gun fire resulting in patrol boat being set afire and others being damaged, while the barge was left sinking.

one

A gun position on the coast was put out of action. Five lorries' of a convoy in Northern France were set on fire in another raid.

From these operations one R.A.F. figh er is missing but the pilot is safe: Reuter.

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Saying It With

Bells

The Dutch have found a new way to annoy the Nazis.

the They now "say it with bells,"

A short time ago, saya a‘re- port in the Nazi-controlled Dutch paper, "Algemeen Handelsblad," carillon of St. Servatius the Church at Maastricht played con- tinuously throughout the) night two sacred songs: "On Servatius, Protector of. Maastricht” and “To According to official statements. You Oh King of Ages" — the the gun is far more simple to latter being the best known of all

type: Dutch Catholic, songs. construct than any proved and the estimated cost is under In the morning it was learned that the machinery which nor- £10 when mass-produced compared with £60 to £70 for mally rings the bells had been tampered with so cleverly that it There were many. Hampdens in the well-known type now used.

The 27-year-old inventor. was impossible

stop this the attack on Germany,

demonstrating Dutch, Frankfurt was one of the chief Evelyn Owen, has been released method of

the Australian

that Imperial confidence

the'r objectives. One Hampden pilot, from

"There was plenty of light at Genoa” he said. "Flares were dropping all over the place. Com-: ing back it was pitch dark all. the way. We could just make out the peaks of the Alps but after that we didn't see a thing until we came out of the cloud over the aerodrome.”

where

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to

land

seeing more than mere flying frag-Forces to supervise production. would be freed from the aggres- ments of a building in Frankfurt. Reuter.

reported impressively "masonry airborne from one burst."-British Wireless.

Official Communique "Objectives at Genoa, Turin and elsewhere were attacked by aircraft of the Bomber Command on Sunday night.

"Ay Genoa, industrial areas were bombed and large fires, were start- ed in the docks," says an Air Mia- istry.communique issued in Lon- don yesterday.

"Other, forces attacked targets

Frankfurt. Five aircraft of the

sor. Reuter.

MR. CHURCHILL

TO REVIEW

WAR SITUATION

THE PRIME MINISTER WILL MAKE A

in western Germany, including STATEMENT ON THE LATEST DEVELOP Bomber Command are missing" MENTS OF THE WAR SITUATION WHEN THE the communique states, dut

attacked an oil depot and refiner

Aircraft of the Coastal Command HOUSE OF COMMONS RE- ASSEMBLES ies at St. Nazaire, says the com- SHORTLY, WRITES REUTER'S DIPLOMATIC munique, adding two aircraft of CORRESPONDENT. the Coastal Command/are" miss- ing."Reuter.

QUETTA QUAKE

EARTHQUAKE. PROOF

He will deal at some length with Russia, both as regards the position in the battle areas and the aid this country and the United States have given and can give,

Although normal consultations sequent talks with the Russian BUILDINGS ARE THOUGHT were only begun yesterday be Commander in Teheran, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACT

tween representatives of Russia,; Production Issue. THSART: COMPARATIVELY NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE, AND the United States and Great Brit

tain, the time that has elapsed Some members of Parliament ONLY THREE CABUALTIES, since the Mission arrived in Mas- are anxious to raise the question. ONE OF WHICH WAS FATAL.

cow has not been wasted.

of production as it affects help WERE CAUSED BY A SEVERE

for Russia, but as there will pro- EARTHQUAKE, YESTERDAY IN

la-unlikely the Prime Min bably be a further opportunity QUETTA

Isterk will be able to give any of debating this question after thing more than a preliminary Lord Beaverbrook's zeturn from of the propremno, far: Moscow the discussions on the achloved, though the help sont Prime Minister's statement may

balloved to be" aun=1}be confined to generat issues

Subsequently, the

minona will be asked to pass a further The Prime Minister -may also, vote or credit!

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