1939-12-13 — Page 3

Two Kinds

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December 13

13, 1939.

Complete Story of Rawalpindi's GallantEnd

EPIC Nazi WITH GERMAN

STORY OF

Soldiers Bible Outsells "Mein

THERE are two kinds of Ger- man Holdiers on the Western Front-those who are fed up and those who are fanatical.

distinguished French journalist | who is Beutenant in n Event Une urit sald this recently.

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"The prdinary Relchswehr fight with-

out melle," he said. -

"They do just the minimuen amount needed to report to their offlegra afterwards that order, had been carried out.

"Ču several occasions attended the examination est prisoners after capture. They always answer all questions willingly it one. "They will tell you without any

difficulty out their units and the damies, of the roommanding oflicos, į where Bey are before, and so t

'No' To Politics

"They wil men deyile accurately The emplacement of their machine- and the Fituation of their pins Pominand, all sorts of things which| they must since are valuable to tes and dangerous les their own com nude

"But once yond switch over to politics; and try to find out what they think, bout the war, the Nazi roghne, and f things Bke that, these men bereanel vations and reluctant."

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Har there is also a quite different German soklier, he explained the special shock Troups which have been med res cently by the Germans for daruer! recommabatice wadds and attacke

100 Per Cent.

These are obviously 10 per cent. Nazi. They fight hard and will res pent their attacks two or three times in face of murderous fre. notwithstanding their losges, "His very difficulty to make prisoners

among them," he said,

"When i foreed to retreat, they carry back their wounded and even their dead rather than leave them in enemy) hands.

They are recognisable by their black uniforms, so that we always know just beforehand what sort of an enemy, we shall have to deal with and whether the fit will be easy had short or stubborn and long."

Kampf" In Germany

The Bible is outselling "Mein Kampf" 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 oncouraged, it is not definitely barred. German Protestants are re-acting mare strongly against Nazi paganism.

Russian engineers are on their way to Friedrichshafen, Germany, to study methods of building Zeppelins. This con- firms a report to the effect that Germany intends to try out Zeppelins 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 these, we learn, are to high-grade films during 1940. be anti-Nazi.

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Trouble is brewing in Hungary over Ruthenia, farmer 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.-

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

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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 Gergian 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 teer Reserve, was forming a part of the Northern Patrol, by which the contraband control of German trade is enforced. This duty is particular- ly arduous un account of the long. dark nights and severe vold, and re- quired for its performance large vessels of good rea-keeping qualities, capable of enduring the frequent storms.

At 8.30 pan. 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 his 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. Suefloats were lit and cast into the water to enable the Rawalpindi to escape. However, a second enemy ship was soon seen to starboard,

1 The Deutschland, approaching. signated to the Rawalpindi to stop, and when she continued her, courie red a shot across her bows. As this warning was rejected, the Orst calvo was fired by the In. guns of the Deutschland a little after 3.45 pan.. at a range of 10,000 yards. The Rawalpindi replied with all her four starboard Bin. guns.

The third salvo from the Deutsch- land 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 roo21..

Ship In Flames

Both the German ships, were now el closing rapidly, and by this time the second had gone round the Rawal- hindi's stern and was dring 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 426 p.m., the enemy cepsed firing, and three boats which were not shut- tered by shell-fire, one of which be- came waterlogged, Werr 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 Itfeboat and would probably have been picked up but for the fact that at about 6.15 p.m. fhe approach of a British cruiser Caused—tho...enemy-kamediately. withdraw, The Rawalpindil conTM tinued to burn amidships until 8 o'clock, when she turned turtle to starboard and foundered with all remaining hands.

Meanwhile the British cruiser at- tempted to shadow the German ships, but

In a sudden heavy calostorm and the darkness of the night they made their escape from the scene.

This account is given from the narratives of the 11 survivors picked up from the water-logged bout by the Chitral, and is, of course, subject to correction in detail. It is, however, cufficient to show that the Rawalpindi mude a most gallant light against overwhelming odds, and went down with her colours flying.

The search for the two enemy warships is tontinuing in lempestuous weather beth by night and in the brief hours of daylight.

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