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Two Kinds

Wednesday,

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Complete Story of Rawalpindi's Gallant End EPIC STORY Nazi WITH GERMAN

Of Nazi

Soldiers Bible Outsells "Mein

"THERE are two kinds of Gor-

man soldiers on the Western Front-those who are fed up and those who are fanatica).

A distinguichest French journalist who is a lieutenant in a front line unit and this recently,

The ordinary Reichswehr fight with-

qul meltie," he said.

"They do just the minimum amount needed to report to their officers afterwards that orders had been carried out,

"On several occasions. I attended the examination ut prisoners after capture. They always answer alt questions willingly but one.

"They will tell you without any diffenlly abut their units and the names of the commanding offterra, where they were before, and so on.

'No' To Politics

"They will even describe accurately the emplacements of their machine- Kuna and the situation of their command, all sorts of things which they must know are valuable to us and dangerous to their own com- rudce,

"But once you switch over to politics: and try to find out what they think about the war, the Nazi regime, and things like that, these men become cautious and reluctant," But there is also a quite different entegory of German soldier,

ke explained-the special shock troops which have been used re- cently by the Germans for daring) reconnaissance ralds an attacks.

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Kampf" In Germany

The Bible is outselling "Moin Kamp!" in Gormany now. A private report of the Prussian, Bible Society which has reached us reveals that since the Nazis came into power the sale of the Bible has outstripped Hitler's magnum opus by 200,000 a year.

Although the Bible is not encouraged, it is not definitely barred. Germen Protestants are re-acting more strongly against Nazi paganism.

Russian onginoors are on their way to Friedrichshafen. Germany, to study methods of building Zeppolins. This con- firms report to the affect that Gormany intends to try out Zoppolins for transporting oil and other goods from Russia, since she is experiencing so much difficulty in getting them by rail.

At the same time the Soviet is planning to produce 50 Two of those, we learn, are to high-grade films during 1940. be anti-Nazi.

Trouble is brewing in Hungary over Ruthenia, former sec- tion of Czechoslovakia "coded after the dismemberment.

The majority of the population is anxious to join Russia. They are being swayed by propaganda. Hungary is considering a plan to give Ruthenians a greater measure of autonomy to pacify them.

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In view of her claims to Rumania's Transylvania, Hungary cannot afford to lot trouble develop in a part of the country where she has a big Ruthenian minority, otherwise she would bo weakening her claim to the Rumanian territory where there is also a Rumanian minority.

Fashionable women of Berlin and other German cities are being asked by the authorities not to dress too well when aut in the daytime, to avoid the criticism that they are "unpatrio- tically dressed."

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Nazi. They fight hard and will re- peat their attacks two or three| times in face of murderous fire, notwithstanding their losses. "It is very difficulty to make prisoners!

"When among them," he said. forced to retreat, they earry back their wounded and even their dend rather than leave them in enemy

PRETORIA.The skeleton of a reptile that lived in the middle Per- hands. "They are recognisable by their black min period 220 million years ago uniforms, so that we always know has been mounted in the Transvant just beforehand what sort of an Museum. The work of mounting the enemy we shall have to deal with skull, 26 vertebrae, shoulder girdle und whether the night will be easy and the right hind leg has taken 20 Montreal, Three Rivers and Quebec

City. and short or stubborn and long." years.

MONTREAL-Recruiting for the Royal Canadian Air Force is under way in Quebec Province. A new call has been issued for skifted D duzen technical men in almost

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FIGHT RAIDER

THE following is the complete text of the" Ad- miralty account of the fight between the Rawalpindi and the German warships:-

The armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi, manned by mer- chant seamen, reservists and pensioners of the Royal Navy, and by men of the Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Navy Volun leer Reserve, was forming u part of the Northern Patrol, by which the contraband control of German trade Is enforced. This duty is particular- ty arduous on account of the long, dark nights and severe cold, and re- quired for its performance large vessels of good sen-keeping qualities, capable of enduring the frequent storms.

At 3.30 p.m. on the afternoon of Thursday, November 23, when cruis- ing to the south-east of Iceland, she sighted an enemy ship. Captain Ken- nedy, having examined this vessel through his glasses, said "It's the Deutschland all right," and the crew were immediately ordered to action stations. Course was altered to bring the enemy on the starboard quarter. Smoke oats were lit and cast into the water to enable the Rawalpindi to escape. However, a second encmy ship was soon seen to starboard.

The Deutschland, approaching, signalled to the Rawalpindi to stop, and when she continued her course fred a shot across her bows. As this warnlog was rejected, the first salvo was fired by the 11in, uns of the Deutschland te after 3.45 p.m. of a range of 10,000 yards. The Rawalpindi replied with all her four starboard Bin.

Kuns.

The third salvo from the Deutsch- and put out all the lights and broke the electric winches of the ammuni- tion supply. The fourth salve shot away the whole of the bridge and wireless room.

Ship In Flames

Both the German ships were now closing rapidly, and by this time the second had gone round the Rawal-

pindi's stern and was firing from the port side, The Rawalpindi main- tained the fight until every gun was put out of action and the whole ship ablaze except the forecastle and the poop.

After about 30 to 40 minutes of this unequal combat, about 4.15 to 4.25 p.m., the enemy censed fring. and three boats which were not shat- tered by shell-fre, one of which be- come waterlogged, were lowered. Two of these boats, containing over 30 men, were, It is believed, picked up by one of the German ships.

The. 11 survivors, who have been brought in by the Chitral, swam to the water-logged lifeboat and would probably have been picked up but for the fact that at about 0.15 p.m. the approach of a British cruiser cnused-the-enemy-immediately-to- withdraw. Th Rawalpindi con- tinued to burn amidships until B o'clock, when she turned turtle to starboard und foundered with all remaining hands.

Meanwhile the British cruiser nt- tempted to shadow the German ships, but in a sudden heavy rainstorm and the darkness of the night they made their escape from the scene.

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This account is given from the narratives of the 11 survivors picked from the water-logged boat by the Chitral, and is, of course, subject to correction in detail. It is, however, sufficient to show that the flawalpindi made a most gallant fight against overwhelming odds, and went down with her colours flying.

The search for the two enemy warships in continuing in tempestuous weather both by night and in the brief hours of daylight.

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