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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

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TO GERMANY'S

R.A.F. REPLY TO

AIR BLITZKRIEG

EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF NAZI OIL PLANTS

LONDON, August, 13 (Reuter)-The crew of one of the Air Force aircraft which bombed the Hoesch Benzine synthetle sil plant at Dortmund last night reported on their return that they had witnessed an exceptionally violent explosion, states the Air Ministry now's service.

An early ratder at midnight dropped four bombs on the oil plant and a big blue flash followed. There was a violent explo- sion and even though they were flying at several thousand feet. the crew of the bomber could hear it above the roar of the en- gines which usually drowns the noise of explosions. A large fre followed the explosion,

A half-hour attack by several bombers just before midnight left the lockner Wintershall all plant

AUTHORITATIVE COMMENT ON GERMAN CLAIMS terday

COSTLY PRICE

IS PAID

Continued from Pagė 2-

Eight Junkers bombers appear- ed and were chased by Spitares.

CABLE

Japanese To Patrol British Area

JAPAN “FAVOURABLY IMPRESSED"

It is reported that one of the ter) Questioned regarding bombers was shet down. A second the withdrawal

German bomber was shot down in

JAPANESE PUT

TO FLIGHT

Town Retaken After

Street Fighting

IWUMING Aug. 13 (Central)- Chinese forces have recaptured

TIENTSIN, Aug. 13 (Reu-Shangkin, east of Lungchew in

south Kwangst.

The recapture followed a re- of British lentless attack.

After dislodging fames of a south-east coast town, troops from North China, a the Japanese from

their outer Three formations,

spokesman defences, the Chinese threw their totalling Japanese Army about 50 enemy machines, appear said that the Japanese au- whole weight against the red and were dying low.

thorities were "favourably inside the walled town. They Four houses were completely de- Impressed by the display, of forced an entry into the town and molished While others were British confidence in the Jap- the Japanese to flight.

after a bloody street combat, put severely damaged and a public

enemy

hall and a bus station were des- anese ability to protect the

Latest reports indicate that the troyed.

foreigners."

Chinese are in pursuit of the Casualties were comparatively He thought that the other Japanese who are fleeing in the slight.

troops also should be with-direction of Lunschow and Ning- drawn from the North, in

WORKERS MACHINE GUNNED

to

ming.

· BOMBER DOWNED One plane forced down in the order to avoid international

coast battle-a Mes-friction.

SEIUKWAN. Aug. 13 (Central) at Castrop-Rauxe? burning brisk-south-east

the serschmitt nighter-is stated ly while another section of

—A Japanese bomber was brought Asked whether the Japan-down by Chinese defence forces raiders in the early hours yes have machine-gunned a group of ese would patrol the British near Hotrung in southeast Kwang-

severely damaged thenavvies working on the road."

When the machine crashed, the area, he said that they were tang Krupp Trlebstoffwerke ou plant at LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuter)The Wanne and Eckel. causing wide navvies rushed to reach the pilot, willing to do so if requested August 6, according to despatches following an authoritative com- spread fires. There were explo. but the military from nearby ar- by the British authorities, received here

thick rived and took him into custody. otherwise they would not in while nine others who bailed out

During the fight a number of

during an air

raid

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1940. —PAGE 7

SUMMER

NOW

PROCEEDING

од

THE SINCERE

Three of the crew were killed,

At Gelsenkirchen over 50 heavy/German airmen were seen to bale/tervene, unless circumstances by parachute were taken prisoner:

out.

EXTENSIVE ACTIVITY

demanded.

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ment on the German daims of along and dense clouds successes on the sea and in the black smoke, air, made in London:-

"It is pointed out in London bombs find many inceddiarles

Major F. B. B. Dowling, com- that the German High Command, were dropped on the Gelsenberg

manding the British troops, paid- in reporting the air battles on Benzine Company's oil plant and Extensive German air activity a farewell call on General Homma, Thursday, Sunday and Monday and here, too. Ares and explo-over several parts of England and the "Japanese Garrison Comman- has admitted the loss of only 55 sions were caused, of their own machines, WHEREAS THE ACTUAL FIGURES AMOUNT- END TO 187.

POWER STATION HIT The pilot of an aircraft which "Similarly, the Germans claim attack the Dortmund Electricity the destruction of 234 British ma-power station near Herecke w chines. WHEREAS THE CORRECT four bombs hit the buildings and FIGURE IS 55.

vivid blue flash follow. Another

CHUNGKING AIR RAID ALARM Wales continued during the night der, this morning. and bombs were dropped in the TOKYO, Aug. 13 (Reuter)-A

CHUNGKING,, Aug. 13 (Central, south-east. north-west and south-Domel, dispatch from Shanghai-Japanese aircraft in three waves west districts of England.

states that a conference between bombed Tsekung and Luhsten in Many German raiders, how-

the Japanese and Commanders of south Szechwan yesterday. It is ever, hang over the sea and foreign troops in Shanghai has reported that Klangtsin, south of

been called "to discuss the after-Chungking, beat a hasty retreat when

was also bombed but math of the withdrawal of the no confirmation is yet available. Brllish fighters approached. "The crescendo at which Ger-electric power station was bombed German bombers attacked Wales British troops.".

The air" raid alarm was given - many is distorting to her own ad- at Hatdagen where three Ares during

The Domel Agency" adds, "In- a raid basting several vantage the day to day feats of

cidentally, the Japanese authori- here at 11 am. and the "all clear" were started,

hours this morning. Bombs were her naval and air forces suggests.

coastal towns where ties contend that the area hitherto was sounded at 2.30. p.m. During the German home "public needs

Accurate bombing from high al dropped on titudes was a feature of yester houses were damaged and a num-patrolled by the British troops, the period, Chinese fighter planes. should be handed over to the Jap-circled over the city ready to give compensation for its disappoint- ment that the victory is not maday's daylight raids by medium ber of casualties occurred.

anese troops on the ground that battle, but the Japanese planes The raiders were repeatedly

the International Settlement les failed to appear, driven off by gunfire.

In the Shanghal-area, now under BOMBS IN WALES

Japanese control. Guernsey airport

The Air Ministry and the Min-

FOR HONGKONG for the third day running. The Istry of Hothe Security communi-

TOKYO, Aug. 13. (Reuter)-AC- aerodrome and seaplane base atque states that during Monday

cording to a Piking dispatch, 40 was successfully bombed, right enemy aircraft dropped Fires were caused at Dinard aero bombs on widely separated ats-of the 50 British troops guarding the British Embassy in Peking drome and at Caen nemdrome tricts chiefly in Wales, South-have taken the lead in the with a building was bit with high West and North-East England. explosives,

teriallsing at the promised date in mid-August.”

NAZI AIRMEN CAPTURED

bombera.

Guernsey bombing from high by medium bombers.

was

bombed

1

Brest

LONDON, August 13 (Reuter)—— Sadering from bad wounds in the leg, one of the crew of &

RAF. COMMUNIQUE German plane who made a para- chute descent on farm Se LONDON, Aug. 13 (Reuter)—An south eastern England yesterday Air Force communique states that

of was kept covered by I double high-level bombing barrel gun by employees and aerodromes was carried out on later handed over to the Police. Sunday.

Another of the crew jumped Enemy occupied Airfelds at from the machine into the sea Dinard and Caen were attacked and was drowned,

and the seaplane slipway at Brest

enemy

A passing motorist, who saw was damaged. Guernsey airport the descent on the farm loaded was again bombed, his revolver en route to the spot, A Coastal Command aircraft, searched for the injured, män while on reconnaissance off the After anding him, the motorist French coast, shot down an enemy took him home and gave im Aghter into the sea. brandy before handing him over » to the Police.

AIR TRAGEDY

VIOLENT EXPLOSION Ön was again the main objective of bomber aircraft last night. The synthetic oil plant at Dortmund blew with a violent explosion and the plant at Castrop Rauxel, was fired on.

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According to a communique, five Japanese planes were shot down by Chinese pursuits dar- ing the dogfight over here on August 11, while six others were badly damaged.

Two of the aircraft brought down have been found at Shinchu

near the Hupeh border, and the Casualties were caused to sev-drawal from North China. eral residential districts but the They are proceeding to Tientsin other three respectively at Feng- the Hupeb border, number of fatal injuries reported and with some 120 other troops tu, near

in west Hupeh and 'a they will leave on August 15 for Lichwan is very small.

their destination which is report-point on the Yangtze below

Chungking. ed to be Hongkong.

500-600 PLANES

It is understood that in all, be- tween 500 and 600 German planes were engaged during yesterday.

It is authoritatively stated. that the German losses amount to 62 machines, of which 55 were shot down by the' R.A.F. and seven by anti-·· aircraft runs,

The R.A.F. downed 38 fighters and 19 bombers,

Bar To D.F.C. For Ceylon Airman

LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuter)

ره

Bomb Discovered In S'hai Newspaper Printing Plant

FOR THE FIFTH TIME SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE

·SINO-JAPANESE HOSTILITIES IN AUGUST 1937, the oft-threa- tened Post Mercury Company" was the scene of a bomb incident when a large bomb was found on the duplex. press, which prints the Shanghal Evening Post, at 9.45 am. on Aug. 2, reports the North China Daily News,

Detectives of the French Mani- cipal Police were faced with a dif- ficult problem as three hours be- fore the discovery of the bomb, Continued from Pare 1

George Baliabine of the Russian Auxiliary Detachment, literary staff of the Sydney Morn-

on duty ing Herald in 1900." After being

outside the Post Mercury. Com- engaged in the Australian migra- Plants at Gelsenkirchen, Wanne Royal Air Force awards announced pany, disappeared without leaving tion movement, Sir Henry went to and Eickel were also heavily bomb-include a bar to the D. F. C. for 8 trace as to his where-abouts. the United States to Investigate, ed. Other aircraft attacked the ACTING FLIGHT - LIEUT. "AD- mätters connected wih Irrigation oil depot at Cherbourg where the RIAN HOPE BOYD, who by his The bomb, found on the duplex

fine leadership enabled his fight press, was a very large one, mea to destroy a large number of Ger-suring about fifteen inches in length and two and a half inches

in 1910.

tanks were set on fire,

Sir Henry was official corres-

USUAL VISIT

pondent with the Australian Forces

14

LARGE BOMB

13 British Ships Sunk By Enemy

AXIS LOST OVER MILLION TONS

CO., LTD.

THE WING ON CO., LTD.

CHINA EMPORIUM, LTD.

THE SUN CO., LTD.

ANGLO-JAPAN RELATIONS WILL REMAIN FLUID

"Greater East Asia Order"

Progress Watched

HUGE

AFTI-BRITISH

TOKYO, AUG. 13 (REUTER) —THE DEMONSTRATION IN TOKYO, ON WHICH SO MUCH WAS EX- PECTED, PASSED OFF WITHOUT AN INCIDENT.

Folice precautions were remarkable. A veritable army of Police surroanded Hibiys Park where the demonstrators-variously estimated at 1,000 to 10,000 had assembled, while special guards were posted outside the British Embassy to prevent disorder there.

Faced with this counter-demon- stration of the forces of Law and

Order the meeting broke up quiet- Indo-China

Pact: No Confirmation

ly after passing the stock resolu- tions, against Britain and m fa- vour of the Axis Powers, within an hour-and-a-half without even attempting to proceed to the Em- bassy.

According" to "Chinese reports, of The effective police control and which there is no official con- avoidance of incidents caused a formation, a Franco-Japanese, un- favourable impression in British derstanding has been reached circles.

LATEST PHASE

concerning Indo-China and a pace of-amity concluded, says a Reuter message from Shanghai.

It is too early yet to say that

FRENCH ASSURANCE. the latest phase of Anglo-Japanese

That the French, Authorities wil tension is over but all indications do everything possible to re-open

the Chinese-Indo-China - Srontiers

are to the effect that the authori ties are trying to avoid a drastic for the benefit of transport of breach for the time being

Chinese merchandise Was Bi It freely forecast that Anglo-sured by Vice - Admiral: /J. will remain Decoux, Governor-General, after a Japanese relations fluid from now on 'until it is seen, series of conferences with the in Palestine in 1918 and later be- Military objectives at Duesselman planes:

He himself shot down, or" dam in diameter. It was equipped with

against England, how Japan's cur-Chinese Government representative came Minister for Trade, and dorg, Wanne, Eickel, Hattingen

rent plans regarding the New in Haiphong, according to reports a short fuse soaked in oil. The Commerce, Commonwealth of and Dortmund were also attacked aged, at least 12.

LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuter)-The Order in Greater East Asia," par-received from French Indo-China D.F.C was also missile, which was discovered by a Germans claim to have sunk dur- ticularly in relation to Indo-China yesterday.a Australia, 1928-29 and from 1932 and Bamm and Soest received to 1933, He was Director of Aus-their usual visit, A number of awarded to ACTING FL-LT, ROY Chinese worker, was wrapped in tng the week ended Aug. 5, 232,743 and the Netherlands Indies, pro-]

GILBERT DUTTON who has led of paper and placed on the folder tons of merchant shipping, but tralian Immigration in 1920. He enemy planes were also bombed.

was married and had a son and a' daughter. In his early fe he was our aircraft were lost. engaged in farining for a number

A bar to the

In all these operations three of Datrols with conspicuous success of the press, which would have the Admiralty, after checking the and personally destroyed at least been completely destroyed had the figures of the British and neutral 12 enemy aircraft.

bomb exploded.

losses, state that these losses only. FL-Lt. Dutton, born in Hattan, The Russian Auxiliary agent. amounted to 75,124 tons. 13 (BWB)-A Ceylon, was a planter and is the who was on duty at the comer of SIR BRUDENELL' WHITE Gerrian aircraft moving along a son of a former general manager Avenue Edward VII and Rus Mon- ships totalling 80,068 tons, one Al- These consisted of 13 British Lieutenant-General St Brude-nare path on an aerodrome near of the Railways.

of years.

CHERBOURG RAID

LONDON...Aug.

nell White was born on Sept. 23, Cherbourg last night was bombed 1876.

by a Blenheim of the Coastal Educated at Eton School, Command Queensland, he served in South The Elenheim pilot saw many Africa, 1902 (Queen's medal, three lights moving quickly along the clasps), European War" (Dardanel- fare path as he came in to attack. les), 1915 (despatches, DBO., C.B.) | His bombs burst very close to and elsewhere 1915-18 (C.M.G, them. KOMG.. AD.C. to the King: Gold? Others of his squadron attack- Order of Merit, Montenegro; Croix ed oil tanki at Cherbourg. They de Guerre, Belgium; Croix de started big. Ares Guerre, France; Order of the Ris-

1923.

TANKS ON FIRE

100 AIRMEN Continued from Pagë 1 This was the most costly raid of the day for the enemy, 2s 27 of their aircraft were. destroyed, of which seven were brought down by anti-aircraft-

fire..

tauban, disappeared at about 6.30

a.m. At about 530 am, the Rused ship, of 1,208 tons, and inve dan agent, armed with a Thomp-neutrals of 13,788 tons. son gun and a pistol; left his post Up to Ang. 12, German losses

| and entered the premises of the amounted to approximately 923,-

Mercury Press Company,

000 tons and Italians, to 250,000. topa

IN PRESS ROOM

A Chinese watchman admitted him through the from gates when

he said that he was going to the ENEMY HOLDING

lavatory. He remained on the

DOBEL

gress.

Foreigners Arrested

In Manchukuo

TOKYO, Aug. 13 (Reuter)- Nineteen. foreigners have been

arrested in Manchukno since July on charges of engaging in *malicious propaganda against Japan" according to semi- official Japanese sources,

WOULD-RESIST

CHUNGKING,, Aug. 13 (Reuter} - -A foreign traveller, now

route from Kunming to Chung- king was told by General Lung Yün that there was no question. of Yunnan and himself abiding, by whatever decisions were taken by the Central Government to meet on the Indo-China situation.

A high Yunnan omelal, who re- cently visited Indo-China, told the traveller that he was convinced that the Indo-China authorities. would resist any Japanese attack, unless strong pressure was brought to bear on them from Vichy:

ITALIAN REPORT

-DENIED

ATHENS, Aug. 13 (Reuter)—An

The arrests are being continued, official dendal was issued hure

Ona squadron of Spitfires ac-premises for about, twenty, minutes. ing Sun, Japan (2nd Class); "Ist

counted for three Messerschmitta Later he was seen in the press Class Order of Aviz, Portugal; As they flew away, gunners and and a Dornier 17 bomber and also room where the bomb was found.

CAIRO, Aug.. 13 (Renter)-The All He left the premises a few minutes communique observers could see flames rising three single-seater fighters.

licued yesterday despatches).

Bir Brudenell was Chief of the punctuated by violent upheavals the squadron's pllots returned before 6am, and has not been states: "There is nothing to re-

sately,

..seen since.! General Staff, Australia 1920 toas other tanks caught fire.

port from the Western Desert and Another flight of Coastal Com- The last raid of the day consist¬ At 6.30 am. French police in Sudan and Palestine there is the same sources state, adding yesterday of the Italian report majority of the foreign- that Daut Hoggia was amassinated mand Blenheims set out during the ed of 50 bombers off Kent, with checked the guards, but Hallabine no activity to report. night to attack a German oil an escort of, 150 fighters, stretched and his arms were already missing. Somaliland no operations ers received broadcasts from New by Greek agente,

short-wave The Italian news agency alleged Viscount Simon, Chancellor of depot on the Dutch coast. The out behind and above them, 30 at When questioned, a French are reported and the enemy haa

los, the contents at which were that Daut Hoggis," "a" the Exchequer until the recent weather was bad and only one a time, to a height of nearly five police official stated that they had made no advance.

abinet changes, and now Lord aircraft was able to find the tar-miler

b heard nothing of the missing man, |--"Kenya" reports of

Nationalities Chancellor, has been granted a get. The pilot dropped all his British fighters destroyed 17 although investigations were under sance units indicate that the contingent annuity of £8,000.

Ersona Dzēre not revE: bombe directly on the target area, enemy aircraft.

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banian, patriot,” was assassinated arrested by Creek sanis near the Cireek-

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