1939-12-19 — Page 19

DESTROYS U-BOAT, THEJ OBITUARY LEIPZIG, AND CRIPPLES

THIRD WARSHIP (Continued from Page 1.)

B. Lakin, Lieut. Lakin is believed to have been stationed in Hongkong at one time,

Romarkable Dasing

The exploll by Lleuf. Commander Bickford and the crew of forty in his 670-ton submarino Salmon reveals even more remarkable daring,

It was Licut. Cmdr. Blekford who sighted and permitted to escape the German crack liner Bremen,

hour

after the Twenty-four Bremen passed within torpedo range of the Salmon Lleut. Cindr. Bick-

ford sighted enemy warships..

Famed U.S. Columnist

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UP),-Mr. Heywood Broun, the well-known columnat, died at 9.50 nm, to-day after a brief miners.

His wife, son and brother were at his bedside.

Mr. Broun was unconscious for 24 hours preceding his death.

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

65 PLANES ATTACK NAZI NAVAL BASES

(Continued from 'Page 1.) Wilhelmshaven, where bombs were dropped "without result."

The Naal communique adds; "The wrecks of several British planes have already been washer ashore on the beaches of the Frisian Islands.

"The claim of 34 British planes choi down does not include other possible jossar."

SOVIET SOLDIERS MUTINY: OFFICERS SHOT AS BATTALION JOINS FINNS

(Continued from Page 1

judging from reports coming in from Fall sources,

December

19, 1939.

NAZIS FUNKED BATTLE Something he can wear.

WITH SMALLER SHIPS

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sta a thousand miles away elling at Rio,

All that awaited her outside the harbour were LWO six-inch Kun cruisers, Ajax and Achilles, and the

had arrived to replace the damaged

The Fins are belleved to have right-inch gun Cumberland, which gained ground in that aren.

They say that they have forced the | Exeter." Soviets back and have destroyed 30 tanks,

Dog-Fight Watched

This report may be partly confrm- Inhabitants of the outlying Jutlanded by the fact that while Soviet islands, which are clone to the Ger- official communiques give details of He received the last rites of the man border, witnessed the biggest the operations in other fronts, they Catholle Church on Friday.

aerial battle of the day.

are suspiciously silent about the Karelian Isthmus,

The dog-aght took place over the German naval base on the island of Sylt, and lasted from 10 am to 3 p.m.;

Fouricen bombs were dropped by the British planes, the detonations being plainly audible on the Island of Reem. The inhabitants could not say what results were scored.

GIANT PANDA DIES SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter).-Sung. On closer examination these provedore of the three specimens of glant to be the 20,000-ton German battle panda owned by the London Zoo, died to-day following an undiagnosed ship Gnelsenau and Scharnhorst, the biggest ships in the German Navy (Hillness of several weeks.

Sung was worth over £1,000,

"A swarm of Messerschmidts went will be recalled that the Gucizennu

British aloft to give battle to the seriously dam- was reported sunk

the British submarine legally tuke raiders, an Inhabitant of Reem Island aged in the Arst R.A.F. rald Wilhelmshaven), a 10,000-ton pocketoffensive aciloni,

Even then, responsibility for mak-told "United Press", battleship which is almost certain to

ing provision for the cafety of the be the Admiral Scheer (the Admiral Graf Spee was a sister-ship and the Bremen's crew would have devolved anly other one, the Deutschland, is upon the submarine-a matter of im- believed to be in the north Allante possibillly under the circumstances. and three cruisers.

on

were the

Two of these cruisern new 8-inch gun ships Hipper and Blucher, completed and commission- ed this year. The third way re-

AR the 0,003-tou cognised Leipzig.

Leipzig Is Hit

cruiser

Forced To Diva

A warning shot was never fred- a German aircraft appeared averhead and forced the submarine to dive.

In spite of being forced to dive by the aircraft, the submarine could easily have fired six torpedoes into the Bremen as she dived, for she was

law

"We could see the battle in pro- gress, but, due to the heavy mist, could not distinguish between British and Germon planes."

65 British Planes Take Part

Erecting Now Defences Although the Mannerheim Line is many miles deep, the Finns are still erceting new defences miles behind. North of Lake Ladoga, the Finns also seem to be doing well.

Our Losses Not Slight Our losses had not been slight.

The Ajax hund two out of four tur-

rets knocked out, while the Exeter hore up agulnat 40 to 50 bits, many from shells twice the weight of those she could fire back.

Three of her 8-inch guns were smashed and she sustained nearly 100 casualties. by far a greater part kill- ed.

Nevertheless the Exeter remained outside Montevideo, ready though crippled, to participate in a fresh at- Their batteries have destroyed three tack, and only departed to care for armoured cars, while Finnish aero- her easualties when relieved by the planes have also been busy.

Cumberland.

Our Submarinos' Best Week Fierce Frontier Battle

In the North Sea. British sub- LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter) --The

marines have had the best week fierce battle which has been raging

I can remember eliker In this war It night south of Kuasjuer on the

or the last," sald Mr. Churchill, Norwegian-Finnish frontier is #t!!!

"British submarines suffer a serious progressing.

disability in that they are not allow- Soviet troops have now occupied #ed to sink merchantships without pro- In addition to bombing Wilhelm-great deal of Finnish territory along viding for the safety of the crew, do shaven and Sylt, the RAF. bombed the Norwegian frontier although they not attack neutral vessels and hum- ble fishing boats, and the fnet that German warships hardly ever venture out of port." ot

the naval base on Hoernuin Island,

com-

The Air Ministry's ofetal munique states: "Approximately 05 Royal Air Force bombers launched

to-day.

"In addition

have sustained heavy losses.

These losses are unlikely to have a serious effect upon their ability to retain the new positions owing to the

Lieut. Cmdr. Bickford walled already on the attacking course, but aerial attacks on German Naval Bases rge forces at their disposal,

the dictates of internationa could not be complied with, and so the Bremen was allowed to proceed on her way unharmed.

until the Naal arajada came within range of his torpedoes and then ordered all alx tubes to be fired at most simultaniceusly on slightly different courses. The first torpedo hit the Lelpsig.

Then there were two more violent explosions, telling that the second and third torpedoes hal found then -the mark-almost certainly upon second heavy cruiser of the Blucher

type.

The other three torpedoes failed to find their mark.

nte

The Salmon immediately dived. without waiting to

anything the further. In order to elude screen of destroyers. she had to dive deep and allempt to escape by steering a xig-zag course at high speed.

She was hunted and attacked by hours. depth charges for over two and it was not until after dark that she was able to surface again.

Returns To The Scono

Lleut. Cmdr. Bickford returned to the scene of his exploit and there found an area of nearly four square miles of sea thickly coated In ol

fuel.

There was so much all on the sen that the fumes contaminated the air in the submarine to such an extent that the vessel had to leave the vicinity and ventilats with clean air before being able to submerge' again.

The evidence suggests that at least one of the Nazi cruisers might well have failed to reach port.

The Admiralty statement adds, "That is the true story of the

of alghiting

the Bremen

by a British submarine. "It contrasts strongly with the re- ports which have been circulated by the German radio, which have not been substantiated by a single fact."

Sights German Fleet Rather less than 24 hours after the Bremen had passed, the British submarine sighted

Germun Itun battle-cruisers, the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenu and one pocket but-

in tleship with three crufser pany.

to bombing maval

machines attacked other German as in Heligoland Bight, the R.A.F. epastal bases."

"Twelve German Messerschmidt pursuit planes were shot down in en- counters..

"Seven Britisi machines have so

trailed to return to their buzen”

Severa Air Fight

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter) is learned unoffelally that n aerial engagement occurred northwest German coast.

com-paration.

severe off the

A bulletin is in the course of pre- Meintime it is learned that reports Germany ure grossly Two of these new cruisers were trom new elght-incl

ships, the aggerated, both as regards the nur:- Hipper and Blucher. The other, bers engaged and casualties. was recognised as the Leipziz.

At first it appeared that the Bri-

tish submarine would be unable to

do more than report the fact that

Stoady Advance They have been steadily pressing southward since Friday.

Fifty Finnish sokliers crossed the frontier during the week-end. They stated that the Finnish detachments have taken heavy toll of the enemy At one point, they claimed, rio less than 700 Russions were taken cum- pletely by surprise and were wiped but with small

field guns and machine-guns.

Claims Soviets Crassed Norwegian Territory

The exploits

the subrourine Sulmon were praiseworthy in the l highest degree. She abstained from torpedoing the Bremen when she was at her mercy.

When she observed Nazi war vessels hit two cruisers which may have been Jon one of their rare excursions, she

able to limp, but

Werc forced to abandon whatever enterprise they had had.

Ursula Sinks Cruiser Today, the Ursula reported sinking surrounded by a cruiser although German destroyers.

A considerable total of the German ruiser strength was put out of action

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 18 (Reuter) single week. General Wallenius, the Finnish Com- The Nazi Navy and Air Force were mander on the northern front, informventing their wrath by redoubibug ed the correspondent of the Swedish their efforts to sink fishing smacks newspaper, "Nyheter," that he was and drowning fishermen. convinced that the Russian tanks Their air force yesterday und to- unarmed attacked by way of Norwegian terri-day was trying to homb tory during the Salmservi opera- merchantmen. including an Italian ttons.

ship.

He sinted that the Finnish machine- guns stationed on the road bordering the front were suddenly atineked on

It was impossible that Russian

the flank.

Big Air Battle LONDON. Dec. 18 (Reuter)-An the enemy was at sea, for the enemy Air Ministry communique, issued at ships were steering so that they 8.50 pan. to-day, states that a bomber would pass long way from the sub-formation of the Air Force recon-tanks could have avoided traversing note the Heligoland Bight area | Norwegian soil since the road was Just as the submarine comman-with the object of attacking any constantly watched. der was giving up all hope of enemy warships found at sea.

No worships were encountered being able to attack. the enemy

bombers met stron sea, but the cruisers altered course so as to pass within torpedo range of the fighter forecs. submarine.

marinu,

Six Torpedoes Fired

A few minutes Inter, the sights of the unseen and unsuspected sub- marine came on.

She fired six torpedoes.on slightly difference courses.

le

It would have been an easy mal-. for her to have fired all tor-. at one cruiser and thus make

The Nazi vessel was sighted shortlyain of sinking one ship, but sheį

#111

Nazi Submarine Sunk Prior to this thrilling event, the Salmon sighted and destroyed a big Nazi U-Boat of the ocean-going type. after the Salmon commenced hei patrol. She was sleaming tast the surface, using her Diesel and Lieut. Condr Bickford engines, manoeuvred quickly to attack.

Immediately the unsuspecting U- Boat came within range, Lieut. Cmdr. Blekford released his torpedoes, and In a few seconds there was a shatter- Ing explosien. Part of the wreckage was thrown at least 200 feet into the air.

There were no survivors from the U-Boat crew, despite the fact that the Salmon made a lengthy search.

Epic Of Skill

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Dec.. (Reuter).--The news of the Ursula's feat coming within a few hours of the seattling of the Graf Spee has caused jubilation in Britain.

and

Fierce fighting ensued and 12 Mes- serschmidis were shot down while seven of our bombers are at present unaccounted for.

GRAF SPEE VICTIMS

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Her "bag" for October was five

ARGENTINE TO INTERN GRAF SPEE CAPTAIN, CREW

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Machine-Gunned Survivors

some casca, they Cven machine-gunned sailors in boats, but their fury exceeded their accuracy.

Only six small boats were sunk and the bulk were not even hit,

These outroges were the tactics of a gailty regime, which felt the strong arins of scopower laid upon its shoulder,

Although German mines of all linds were being scattered profusely, the vast movement of British traffic was proceeding uninterrupted.

Canadians Landed

Mr. Churchill then referred to the anchorage right in the middle of the landing of the Canadians and con- main fairway in only 25 feet of tinued that the present satifactory. water, where whe danger to navigation.

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THOS. COOK & may become a position in the naval war was due to

Entira Crew Return BUENOS AIRES, Dec, 18 (Reuter) -The Commander of the Graf Spee and the whole crew, except those wounded in battle, have arrived

the care and conduel of operations by Admiral Sir Dudley Pound and the Naval Staff at the Admiralty, of which Rear Admiral Phillips is De puty Chief.

miin

-Commander-in-Chief of the

the Com the beginning of the The crew will be interned.

war, maintained that a strong walch won required in the Atlantic and the Hitler Forget His History LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)Ac-North Sea in keeping ships almost cording to a

continuously at sea under the con special commentary. issued to-day, the scutuling of the tinued mennee of U-boat, sircraft and Grat Spec constitutes an ignominious mines. departure from the honourable The main feet had been more days tradition of all navies, exemplified by at sea since the war began than it the following:

had ever been required in any equal famous 1The

Sir period of modern naval war, but no Richard Grenville in the Revenge, lendership could be successful unless fought 53 shilps single-supported by the whole body of

offleers and men of the Navy.

fired them a different angles, hoping ships. thereby to dirable more than one ship November was a poor month, for and thus do more towards provoking it was not until November 15 that affect action, for which the British she came acrass another merchant-aboard trawlers. Navy is forever hoping.

man, the 800-ton tanker, Africa Shell, The frat torpedo hit the Leipzig.

which was sunk in Portuguese terri- There was a pause

of only torial waters.

The Graf Spee's captain told the minute.

Two Others Find 'Mark master of the tanker that for the past Then two other terrific explosions two weeks he had been straddling torpedoes had the Australia-Cape shipping_route, tuld that two other

British found their mark-almost certainly but without sighting any

Doric Star Scuttled

which The Graf Spee, followed by her supply ship, on which most of the British crews were being kept, con- tinued to cruise around but it was not until December 2 that she sighted another ship.

upon the second heavy cruiser of the ships.. Blucher class.

The other three torpedons obvious- ly passed between the enemy ships.

The statement adds that the fact that there was no fleet action result- log in the annihilation of the Ger- fleet was the fault of bad man visibility and not of the submarine. The "Evening News" refers to the

Huge Air Battle exploit as on "epic of skill

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" audacity.".

TOENDER, Jutland, Dec. 18, (UP) Naxis Bomb Motor Ship

Inhabitants of the outlying Islands LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)-in close to the German border reported connection with the coastal raids on that the biggest air battle of the war

Nazi air force Britain by the

on took place over the German air base Sunday. It now reported that the on the island of Sylt between 10 am.. motor vessel, Serenity, of 244 tons, and 3 p.m., to-day. was sunk during the course of these altacks.

The crew, who has been landed by life-boat, sald that the ship was attacked by Nazi planes.

Que bomb made a direct hit on the Serenity, but fortunately no one wus injured.

British Aghters then arrived and drove the Nazis off, appearing to have destroyed one as they did so, according to the ship's crew.

First Sighted Bromon LONDON, Dec. (Router).-- Amplifying the recent Admiralty statement regarding the Bremen,

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They said it was best visible from the island of Roem and that 14 bombs were dropped with unknown results.

A few minutes after 10 a.m., the anti-aircraft guns on, Sylt began a heavy Bre. A "swarm" of Messer schmitts went aloft but due to the misty weather no one was able to distinguish between German or Bri tish planes or see many of the details of the fight.

Apparently, the southern German Island of Hoernum was also bombed during the course of the raid.

Carried 615 Mon

Doric This was the 10,000 ton Star which sent out an 8. O. S. and then opened her seacocks.

The bourding party arrived to find the ship sinking under them, where- upon the Graf Spee shelled and torpedoed her.

A few days later, she saw the Tairoa, which tried to get away and did not stop until the life boats, steering wheel and officers' quarters had been shot away. She, too, was sunk by bombs from the Graf Spee's aeroplanes.

Comparison With. Emden The Grat Spee, then returned to her supply ship and transferred 10

exception of the officers. her all the crews on board, with the

Finally on December 7, she sank by bombs the Treonshath, her lust

victim.

handed in 1591:

fight of

2-Admiral Craddock. whe faced almost certain destruction at

Faithful & Trusty Servants Upon these faithful and trusty ser-

the hands of a vastly superior fleet vants the burden felt directly. at Coronel in 1914;

3-The Spanish Republican destroyer, "Lois Dlaz," which after undergoing repairs at Gibraltar in the Civil War, came out and faced a powerful force of the Nationalisi Navy.

The settling intliestes not only a lack of will to fight, but the absence of confidence of final victory when the vessel, if interned, would have been, restored. restored,

Tacoma's Fate Unknown

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, Dec. 18. (Reuter)-Up to now there is no confirmation that the Tacoma is to be interned,

Ships Wireless Sets Ban

In two and a half months, she ac-

(Beuter);" LONDON, Dec. 18 counted for nine ships totalling 48,- 000 tons, which is less than half the Foreign ships in the territorial waters around the United Kingdom are now forbidden to use their wireless sels excopt when communicating with specie receiving stations in Britain. Such cornmunications must be carried out in English, French or in- temnational code.

Distress signals are, of exempt from this order,

The Nazis cruiser Leipzig, a 0,000 another, statement to-day discloses ton vessel, is a modified Konigsberg damage done by the Emden, which that when the submarino came to type. She carried a complement of was only one-third the Graf Spee's periscope depth to investigate, she 815 men and was armed with nine-size, in the last war. found the Bremen steaming past 5.0-in guns, six 3.5-in A.A. guns and fairly fast, but it was at once obvious 12 other guns. She carried twelve 21- that the liner would pass well within in terpedo tubes and was equipped torpedo range.

In fact, it would be impossible, for the captain of the submarine to have missed at such a great farget had he decided fire at it.

with two aircraft.

American's Comment NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (Reuter),- Commenting on the sinking of the The cruiser was powered with Admiral Graf Spee, Major Fielding i

Diesel engines of a total of 12,000 h.p., Elliott, the noted American military

says that a and could steam at 32 knots. She commentator,

are not in the German

forlorn had a cruising radius of approxi- hope has time and again produced But the captain had definite, orders mately 7,000 miles. The Leipzig magnificent results, "but forlorn from the Admiralty Dnt the war at was laid down of Wilhelmshaven (In hopes sea was to be conducted in strict; the yards in which the Admiral Graf tradition." accordance with International law. Spec was built) on April 18, 1928 hind

The British submarine, therefore, And completed in 1031.

low.

WA

set about carrying out the procedures "Very Handy Craft" required of it under International H.MS. Salmon, the British sub- marine which sank the Leipzig, was Signalled: Bromida To Stop: a small type vessel of only 070 tons, In spite of the fact that enemy and carries only forty men. She in alruraft were known to be la the equipped with six 21-inch torpedo viainly, it came to the surface and; tubes.

A

The Graf Spee will raid no more and Argentine beef and wheat will continue to travel to porta in Britain.

F

** "Honour Of Nazi Navy"

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI

BERLIN, Dec. 18. (Reuter).———Ac-

course,

In particular, the flotillas of des- troyers and submarines watching in the throat of the Elbe against sub- marine craft and the minesweepers were undergoing toll and strain the which only those who know details can understand.

Brilliant And Resolute "We have to go a long way back. to find more brillant and resolute fighting than by the Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, but if the call had come elsewhere skill and courage of an qual quailty would have been forth- coming.

"Rough times lie ahead, but every- thing that has happened hitherto would give the nation confidence that in the end the difficulties will be sur- and mounted, the problems solved duty done," concluded Mr Churchill.

New Contraband Control Base

ADEN, Dec. 18 (Router)--A new · British Contraband Control base has been established here to supplement those in the Mediterraneon.

The base is also to be used, for examination of cargoes of German origin on outward bound ships.....

BICKFORD AND CREW GET GREAT WELCOME

(Continued from Page 1).

and is well known in sporting circles here.

Lieut. Commander Bickford served in Hongkong as First

cording to the German news agency, Lieutenant aboard H.M.S. Odin, the opinion in Berlin polleol 'circles

He was transferred from Hongkong in 1937 to take up the

made a special signal by a daylight | Of the Swordash type, Salmon; is Is that the "honour of German sca-Submarine Commanding Officers course at Fort Blockhouse (IL.M.S. analling layup "Stop immediately." reputed to be a very handy craft" manship stands too high to make it Dolphin, Portarasuth). He received hli promotion in August, 1938

The Bremen took no notice.

and is capable of "crash-diving" in necessary to defend it against the in- The commander of the submarine thirty seconds. She cost £230,000 to sults of the Brush Press. at once gave orders for his gun to be build, was begun on June 16, 1933 loaded in order that a shot could be launched on April 30, 1934 and placort fired across the bows of the Bremen into service on Mediterranean Station

Nol unili this had been done could on March 8, 1938..

just over a year ago, and was then placed in command of H.M.8) The Prana, commenting upon the Salmon on Mediterranean Station. He was still in ILM.8. Salmon Graf Spee's career, states that her when he performed his remarkable feat of torpedoing two German task was to attack occan trade routes cruisers this work

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