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Luftwaffe Discomfited By "Beau" Fighters

34 Raiders Downed In The "Battle Of The Full Moon"

LONDON, March 16 (Reuter)-The R.A.F.'s new Beaufighter... which sprang into fame at the beginning of the "Battle of the Full Moon," scored a "further brilliant success when the Luftwaffe was arain discomfited on Friday night.

. Four raiders were destroyed, of which Beau fighters account- ed for three and anti-aircraft fire one. At least two of the destroyed raiders, crashed into the sen

The total losses of the Luftwaffe derable scale, spread over most during the last four moonlight parts of the country,

nights is thus brought up to 34. The Clyde area was again at

As reports of Friday night's attacked but the raid was not as heavy as that of Thursday night. tivitles are received, many ex. amples of individual

Business dash

and houses premises hëroism on the part of RAF were damaged and some were kill- ed when a block of flats was hit pllots are revealed.

Otherwise

and

One pilot who shot down ralder two nights ago repeated the Derformance

heavy.

casualties were

not

R.A.F. “BLITZ” ON GERMANY

Rotterdam Oil Tanks

Also Bombed

GENERAL

BRITISH NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF GENOA

U.S. WARSHIPS FOR BRITAIN

"Definite "Statement" By F.DR. Expected

WASHINGTON, Mar. 16 (Reuter) -President Roosevelt, in a world broadcast last night, was expected

Warehouses Razed LONDON, March 16 (Reuter)-- Military and Industrial objectives

To The Ground at Gelsenkirchen and Dusseldorf NEW YORK, March 18. (Reuter provided the RAF. Bomber Com--The enormous damage suffered to state that he has no intention mand with their main targets on in Genoa as a result of the British of weakening the United States Friday night.

naval bombardment last month, ❘ fleet by aiding Great Britain.

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It was the third successive night |is revealed in a vivid despatch The belief was expressed that that industrial targets in north-from an American correspondent President Roosevelt would make west Germany were attacked. to the New York Daily News,

a "defnite statement" on the sub- A very effective raid, though ot His report. which managed to Ject of releasing warships and a small scale, was tanks at Rotterdam.

made on of get through the strict censorship, would give an assurance that any aays that warehouses in the port ships, transferred will be replaced: Full details of these attacks are burnt Uke matchwood when they by newer types. not yet available but the German were set radio has admitted that many guns

on fire by the British

tires broke out in the towns at- An important oil refinery was predicted, tacked.

destroyed and Ilve out of One British bomber is missing of tanks in the port were des- from the large force employed. troyed.

SHIPPING ATTACKED Coastal Command aircraft also

seven

A long stretch of houses along the waterfront was levelled while the coal port was smashed up.

Four ships were sunk and 16

A north-west England town was raided enemy shipping, aerodromes He caught à Junkers 88 bumber, bombed and shops and industrial and docks at various points along which dived 5,000 feet in an at-premises damaged. Fires which the coast of enemy-occupied terri- were damaged and Eating badly. tempt to escape. The raided, how

broke out, were brought under tory from Norway to Brest. ever, crashed on the ground.

control.

Offensive patrols were carried

IGNOMINIOUS RETREAT Another Heinkel, intercepted off

houses many.

and casualties

wcre

A call for further speeding up of production of ships was also

OFFICIAL SECRET When Colonel Stimson. U.S. Secretary of War, told journalists yesterday that some war materials were already on their way to Bri- tain under the Lease-Lend Act, he declined to give ang details stating that it would be nnfair to the Bri- tish Government.

RAILWAY TRAGEDY

COMMANDER ARRESTED The inhabitants of Genoa, who Most of the damage was done to out over enemy aerodromes by were kept in ignorance of the not Fighter Command alreraft. One damage for two days, stormed the enemy aircraft was set fire and harricades roping off the damaged

IN BULGARIA the East Coast was crippled to Enemy planes during yesterday others damaged, while ground parts of the city.

LONDON, March 18 Reuter)- such an extent that instead of morning were reported in" the defences. searchlights and bulld.

Hundreds were clubbed by the Ten were killed and 30 injured continuing its Ignominous retreat vicinity of an East Anglian town ings were swept with machine-gun Fascist police trying to towards Germany it turned in an and a South Wales toWIL.

prevent when a train near Oporitse station, them from seeing the results of the in Bulgaria, fell into a attempt

ravine to regain the British

From all these operations ne British action. shore :

when crossing's bridge, according bomber and one Coastal Command.

to a Sofla despatch to the Viny aircraft are missing.

news agency yesterday.

Cause of the disaster is un known.

NUISANCE RAIDS

Thirty miles from the land ole Pursued by R.A.F. fighters and of its crew baled out, while with harassed by A.A defences, raiding

height, rapidly diminishing, the planes over Britain during Friday Luftwaffe craft made its way back, night appear to have been more

"towards Britair.

It crashed in the sea the land,

just off

of a nuisance than destructive..

Although raiders were reported cver many districts, often for

fire.

MR.

ALEXANDER WARNS OF

Two British pilots flew over an number of hours, actual bombing COMING ATTACK

enemy aerodrome in France dur. was restricted. big the night

Bombers

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The naval commander of the |pert was arrested for allowing him- self to be surprised by the British attack.

Brilliant

R.A.F. Victory Brasso

In Greece

A number of incendiary and

LONDON. Mar. 16 (Reuter)-The view that this year must see the the ground high explosive bombs were drop- were on but the RAF. pilots braved ped on London but the heaviest

launching of a most ruthless at- heavy anti-aircraft barrage. came attack was reserved for a south-powerful enemy, was expressed by Eight Italian planes were shut

tack on Great Britain by a very LONDON, March 16 (Reuter) down 10W and destroyed two west coast town. where raiders, Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of down by a small formation of searchlights. damaged anti-air lying in pairs. encountered the the Admiralty, speaking at Tor RAF. fighters on Friday, states a craft gurs and set at least one heaviest barrage yet put up in that

communique

from the British enemy bomber on fire.

Headquarters in Grecce

FRIDAY'S RAIDS

district.

Activity was also reported from the south-east coast, the West of Enemy air activity over Britain England, a north-west town and on Friday night was on a const-south-west Scotland.

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tacks will be on land, in the air Mr. Alexander added: "Those at

This formation encountered and upon the sea, and we must large number of Italian bombers steel, ourselves to the realisation escorted by fighters that these attacks must bring Other Italian planes were 50 damage, loss and tribulation, but I severely damaged that they are suggest that this crucial period junlikely tombe able to can be faced with courage and their bases... fortitude because of the remaining factors."

return to

Two RAF planes are missing but the pilots are safe, baling out Mr. Alexander proceeded to re-by parachute. count British efforts since the col-

lapse of France, and asked who

amongst those who were technte- COAL SHORTAGE

älly qualified to consider the mill- tary and strategical situation's would have dared prophesy last June that we should be in such a

IN SHANGHAI

position as we are to-day to meet APPEAL TO BRITISH

this intensifed attack.

Alluding to the passage of the SHIPPING MINISTRY Lense and Lend Bill and to the SHANGHAI, Mar. 16 (Reuter)- large quantities of munitions, The China Press learns that the planes and guns already received Shanghal Power Company has ap- from across the Atlantic, Mr.pealed to the British Ministry of Alexader said:

Shipping in London to solve the "When one contemplates the Shanghal fuel crisis by releasing magnitude of this contribution, in a number of British ships that addition to the powerful aid which have been requisitioned for WEN Is rapidly expanding from the uses.

Dominions, 1 feel certain that our A high official of the Company people will be encouraged to fare is" reported to have stated that the Eigours of the next few months eight ships could end the power in the certain hope that victory curtailment in Shanghai by re- and freedom must be ours

suming shipments of coal from

"Never was there a cause either. India. so great or so urgent or fraught with such consequences"

SOUTH AFRICAN

AIR ACE

AWARDED BAR TO FLYING CROSS

LONDON, Mar. 15 (Reuter) The destruction of 23 enemy plantes highest total officially credited to an individual pilot- has been rewarded by the addition of a Bar to the Distinguished Fly- ing Cruss.

The same official, according to the China Press, declared that the solution of the crisis now rests in the hands of the British Government and the Japanese Government which, since 1937, has shown no inclination to aid in the import of coal from North

China,

JAP. STABBED IN SHANGHAI

INCIDENT BEING INVESTIGATED

SHANGHAI, Mar. 16 (Heuter)

This award was announced in the latest list of decorations in Landon yesterday and is made Shanghal Volunteer Corps officers to a South African, Flight-Lt. and the Japanese naval authorities Marmaduke Pattle, who is de-are investigating the alleged stab- scribed in the official citation as a bang of a Japanese civilian, F. "courageouis "and skilful pilot.".

Noguchi, employed by the Chinese Maritime Customs.

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LONDON, Mar. 16 (Reuter)--An Noguchi is alleged to have been official of the Turkish Foreign stabbed by member of the Office has arrived in "Sofia, ac American Company, S.V.C. on cording to a Bona despach to the sentry duty on Friday night on official German news agency yes Garden Bridge, leading to the terday,

The agency asserts that the off-tlement.

Japanese-occupied part of the Bet- cial is reported to be carrying a

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The American volunteer, how-

written message from the Turkish ever, was not detained yesterday. President, to Hitler (presumably In reply to the latter's recent message slightly wounded, la aald to have Noguchi, who la understood to be to Turkey);

refused to obey the sentry. A LONDON, March 10 (Reuter) slight altercation followed, in the Paris of Bir Dadiba Dalal, who was The death has been announced in course of which the Japanese "was

slightly cut the first India Tigh Commissioner țin. Lenden,

It is learned that the incident jta mcarded as a vojner effuis,

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