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GENERAL

AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ENTER BARDIA BRISTOL SUBJECTED TO

FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL ONSLAUGHT AT DAWN Attack Preceded By Joint Sea And Air Bombardment: 8,000 Prisoners Captured

'CAIRO, Jan. 5' (Reuter)-"Operations at Bardia are develop- ing successully and intherto over 5,000 additional prisoners have been taken," says a brief communique Issued by British G.H.Q yesterday describing what appears to be the final assault on the town held by an isolated Italian garrison

Australian troops were the first British forces to enter the town, and it was these men who were responsible for the new large batch of Italian prisoners, which brings the total tüken in the Western Desert operations to over 43.000. Stealthily creeping towards Bar troopa "repulsed the enemy on. dia's outer defences in the pale slaught..

and inflicted gevero light of the new moon, eager Aus- losses." tralian troops, who for months: past have been straining at the The attack was preceded by a leash to engage the enemy, began relentless R.A.F. bombing attack their first major engagement at in which many tons of bombs were dawn on Thursday.

dropped on the town, causing heavy dámské.

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RELENTLESS ATTACK

An R.A.F. officer told Reuter he had seen nothing like it since the Western Desert offensive began.

They dashed through the south west corner of the defences, which extend for five miles outside Bar- dia, and quickly captured some 43 or more defended posts linked, by So terrifying was the bombard. barbed-wire entang'ernents whichment that the nerves of constitute the main defences,lans, who are living in mowed down some of the defenders ground shelters. must be shat..

tered. and captured many others,

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U.S. CONTACT WITH BRITAIN

HEAVY FIRE RAID

BY LUFTWAFFE

LONDON, Jan. 5 (Reuter)-Bristol, which had already, suffered | very heavy air raids from time to time, was again subjected to Indis- criminate bombing by the Luftwa Ye on Friday night, according to

Representative Sent official information released yesterday.

To London

The raid was long and heavy and started with the dropping of hundreds of incendiaries in the fashion of the London fire raid, fol- WASHINGTON, Jan, 5 (Reuter)lowed by high explosive bombs. Considerable damage was done but Mr. Harry Hopkins, former US all fires were under control by early yesterday morning. Secretary of Commerce, is being sent to London by President Roose-

Some were killed and injured! velt as his personal representative. though the casualty list is believed

Mr. Hopkins is a close friend or to be not high. the President and an ardent "New Dealer,"

The usual shower of incendiarles Teil on business houses and shops, President Roosevelt said that but the Auxiliary Fire Service, Mr. Hopkins is going to Lahdon to augmented by recruits who res- malotain personal contact with the ponded to Mr. Herbert Morrison's British Government until a new recent appeal, extinguished many American Ambassador is appoint of the fires before they were pro-

perly alight.

ed.

He is expected to stay for two or three weeks.

The President indicated that the

resignation of Mr. Joseph Kennedy will not be formally accepted until the name of the new Ambassador is approved by the Senate,

He expects to send in name to the Senate for approval next week

Japanese Ambassador To U.S.

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CONCENTRATED ATTACK

The Anzae attack came irom Concentration of their attack the south-west, taking the Italian on que corner of the defences had pillboxes in the rear. The Italians ADMIRAL the result of rendering partially finding themselves cut off. Impotent guns and

defences in rendered in large numbers.

other portions of the semi-circle,

Were

NOMURA

sur-

IN SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, Jan. 5 (Reuter-

It was stated in Cairo yesterday

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THE QUEEN OF THE SEAS

"ELIZABETH" SAFE IN CAPETOWN. LONDON, Jan. 3 (Reuter-The

Women and even children joined m putting out incendiary bombs. 85,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Bombs were also dropped in Queen Elizabeth has again crossed other parts of Britain during the the Atlantic safely, this time from night but little damage was done New York to Capetown, on her way

to an unknown destination. and there were no casualties.

Her maiden trip was one of the

closely-guarded London had three alerts during most

shipping Friday night, while Liverpool and secrets of the war. The secret of north-west England also reported the present voyage was kept un- Nazi planes.

til she was only a few hours away from Capetown.

LONDON ALERTS

The full force of the Luftwaffe's fire raid fell on Bristol but many An eye-witness who watched her buildings which would otherwise come in from a South African have been destroyed were saved bomber savs she was unquestion-

by the prompt action of civilians. [ably Queen of the Seas, dwarfing

no

A few high explosive bombs were all other ships making for port. dropped but many hundred in- Iler master reports that cendiary.bombs were showered on enemy "craft, of any kind Were the town.

sighted.

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A nursing home, municipal "It was a pleasant voyage, and clinic, a convent, a cinema and a the ship behaved perfectly." hotel were hit, while four churches said. and four schools were damaged.

Minor casualties were suffered

BRITISH INTEREST

many of which were trained to afternoon that the earlier figure | Admiral Kichika hure Nomura, fire outwards and

useless of 5,000 prisoners was on under- newly-appointed Japanese Ambas-in one hospital which was dam- against an enemy attacking from estimate; the total is actually sador to the United States, arrived aged by high explosive bombs but within the circle Itself.

hearer 8,000,

here by train from Nanking yes-another hospital was evacuated

IN CHINA WAR terday,

without casualties. As a precautionary measure the

CHUNGKING, Jan. 5 (Reuter)- Four Aremen and two soldiers The British Embassy announces Japanese authorities imposed tem- are believed to have been killed. that

Lancelct (porary trafic restrictions in areas

Major - General controlled "by them,

Earnest Dennys, the New British A twelve-year-old girl, who was Military Attache, is expected to dressed for a New Year party ran arrive in Chungking by alr into a house and stamped out an incendiary bomb with her feet and

January 13.

His appointment, it is pointed later assisted in extinguishing several others.

as an in- out, is to be regarded dication of the importance which the British Government attaches

that they had made no preparations to delend them.

fine

The Anzacs hurled themselves

NERVES FRAYED against points considered by the Tired and huggard prisoners Italians so unlikely to be attacked being taken in the Bardia sector special show the great strain that is now

prevailing in that fort The onslaught was a sequel to One Blackshirt is reported to co-operation between the have said that the tension among Navy. which blasted the fort with the troops sitting passively under shells. and the RAF, whice the British ball of fire, is increas showered down bombs.

ing daily. JOINT BOMBARDMENT

Often, he $275, men explode The joint sea-air bombardment with some such remark as "If only continued incessantly for 24 hours. this could come to an end!" and very span the Italian were replying with diminishing Iorca

guns

GILQ COMMUNIQUE.

A communique Issued by GA.Q.

GIRL'S HEROISM· "'

All the fires started were brought

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It is expected that Admiral Nomura will return to Japan to morrow and will leave Japan for the United States on Jan. 23.

Following his appointment as Ambassador to the United States, Admiral Nomura left for an in- under control by early morning to China's war of resistance and spection trip in Manchukuo and after considerable damage had [North and Central China

jof a desire for closer military been done. The new volunteer fre force played an important part in Uaison with the Chinese Govern- checking the scale of devastation.

yesterday afternoon revealed that SEA OF FLAMES

The capture of Hardia, which is the Australian forces have penc- now expected momentarily, wtrated into Bardia's defences in make the problem of supplies the central sector to a depth of easier. Our unvance furces are two miles on 2 -front of nine now 150 miles ahead of the rali-milęs. head..

IN BREMEN

HOSPITAL HIT

In the hospital hit during the raid patients were sheltering be- Ineath the building while the staff were upstairs dealing with incen-

The communique spoke of the Great Nazi Seaport dartes.

In Roine yesterday, the High "daring Australian advance" in Command cornmunique admitted which the Anzacs suffered only that the British launched a fierce light casualties, and added: "The attack by land, sea and air at operations are continuing success-the Bardia, but added that Italian fully "*

EIRE PROTEST TO BERLIN

GREEKS SCORE SUCCESSES ON CENTRAL FRONT

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SEVERAL ITALIAN TANKS DESTROYED

Devastated

LONDON. Jan, 5 (Reuter)-or third nignt: in succession R.AF. bombers made a concen- trated attack on Bremen on Fr day night, and, with docks, ship- warehouses and

yards, factories,

oll storage depots destroyed, the city is now a heap of smouldering

ruins.

The raid was the heaviest blow

These were being brought under control when a second batch fell on the hospitai

While Bremen were coping with

bombs the

the patients were was rescued from the operating evacuated, and valuable equipment

theatre.

out safely, a search was still going While the patients were all taken

0.1 yesterday morning for the equipment.

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An official described Bristol's struck at Bremen and also. the successful handling of the severe heaviest on any German city. No fire raid as a signal triumph for other city in the Reich has had to the amateur fire-fighters. endure such a succession of attacks

from R.AF. bombers.

FULL REPARATION DEMANDED

DUBLIN, Jan. 5 (Reuter).-The Government. of Eire yesterday Issued a strong protest to Berlin ATHENS, Jan. 5 (Reuter) - against the recent Germans bomb Authoritative sources yesterday ings.

declared (according to an Asso- Mr. De Valera is demanding ciated Press, despatch that Greek ment.

area of Bremen AMERICAN

The industrial was bombed in good visibility,

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states an. Air Ministry announce. WAR EQUIPMENT

compensation and is insisting that torces had broken through on the "Eighteen red fires (four of then

these happenings conse

central front, paving the way for large ones) were observed, while were too great to be

A statement Issued by the. De-important developments "

white fires

partment of External Affairs" says The official communique issued counted.

stated Later aircraft-found the area a Other targets in Germany were

that the Charge d'Auares in Ber- yesterday morning merely lin has been instructed to make that "there was restricted activity sea of flames. an energetic. protest against the by our patrols and artillery." violation of Eire territory and the The Greek spokesman told cor also attacked; one of our aircraft loss of life and destruction of respondents that the Itallans is missing

property.

counter-attacked in the Chimarrà

FOR BRITAIN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Reuter- Senator Carter Glass (Virginia) declared himself in favour of loan- ing to Britain all war equipment the United States can spare "to pe Germany off the face of the nap."

He will ask for tull reparation sector in an endeavour, to slow FRENCH SUBMARINE said that forty times and my opin-

and that definite steps be taken down the Greek advance as much

tu avold a recurrence

AIR ACTIVITY

IN AFRICA

as possible and so allow the con- struction of a defensive line north for Valona

TORPEDOED

VICHY, Jan. 5 (Reuter)--A tolai lof 74 men lost their lives when a

Three Italian Bombers several tanks were destroyed torpedoed by ·lar]

The mes

Speaking in Washington yester- day Senator Glass said: "I have

on has not changed."

Questioned regarding

reports that the Federal Budget would total about $17,000,000,000, Senator

ITALIAN CABINET

The counter-attack, he added French submarine and an auxi-Glass grinned and stated: "If you itary vessel sank following an ex add about ten billion to that you was broken up.

The Italians, he continued, used plosion on Dec. 19. en route from would be closer to being right." tanks: in the Podgradetz sector Casablanca to Dakar. and in the south coastal region. saxe adds that they were probably unknown sub-

MEETING Elbasan. It was announced. was marine.

heavy raid by Informed circles in London stäre

LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuter-The the day in question no R.A.F. Bombers, three big fires that on

Italian Cabinet met under Musso- British submarine was operating being starten.

within 500 miles of the place wherein in Rome yesterday morning

A brief communique said that the incident occurred.

decrees and bills relating to eur rent affairs were discussed An- other meeting of the Cabinet is to be held on Tuesday.

Downed In Dog-fight subjected to

CAIRO, Jan. 5 (Reuter)-Tobruk and Gazala were among towns bombed by the RAF in wide. spread raids in Africa, It was stated by R.A.F. Hendauarters yesterday.

Military buildings were hit and fires followed by explosions ab served

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PEIPING INCIDENT

NOT SETTLED

IAP. CASUALTIES

TOKYO, Jan. 5 (Reuter)-The IN CHINA WAR United States and Japanese au- CHUNGKING, Jan. 5 (Reuter)— An Italian seaplane was shot thorities have not yet reached an In an official announcement by Airmen Prisoners In down into the sex by our bomb. agreement over the incident in Chinese Military Headquarters Felping involving the arrest and yesterday Japanese casualties so R.AF. fighters are maintaining detention of US. Marines by the tar in the Sino-Japanese war were

Japanese Gendarmerie,

Czs.

a constant patrol,

One of our righters. Intercepted five Italian bombers, shot down three and damaged the others.

Only one British bomber was lost in all operations.

Pacific Raider:

WELLINGTON, Jan. 5 (Reuter) given at 1,800.000 killed and-New Zealand Air-Force Head- A semi-official Japanese report wounded.

quarters announced yesterday that yesterday said the American pro- The yearly totals of Japanese 10 airmen are prisoners in test had been rejected because it casualties are given as '256,100 in enemy raider, in the Pacific and was "groundless" and that nego-1937: 444,800 in 1938; 409,795 in10 others are reported to be pri tlations are still pending.

1999 and 343,617 in 1940.

soners in another ship

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