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FOUNDED 1681 一拜禮 號六廿月二英港香· MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26,- 1940.

No. 16901

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Unnamed Heroes of Royal Air Force In Great Battle

LONE

FIVE

BOMBER

FIGHTS

MESSERSCHMIDTS

LONDON, FEB. 25 (REUTER).—THE R.A.F.

THE MOST MOVING PICTURE OF THE WAR CARRIED OUT ANOTHER EXTENSIVE FLIGHT

THE nircraft carrier Courageous, struck by a torpedo when-on-patrol on September 17, sinking in the sunset.

She has heeled over, her crew are scrambling down the ship's side and into the boats. Many have leaped into the sea and are swimming towards the escorting 'destroyer from which this picture was taken.

the bridge. He did not The captain, Captain W. T. Makeig-Jones, can be seen on leave, and went down with his ship, saluting the White Ensign, A few minutes later the Courageous turned turtle and sank, carrying 515 officers and men with her. Six hundred and eighty-seven others were saved. This picture was only recently released.

OVER HELIGOLAND BIGHT AND NORTH-WEST GERMANY YESTERDAY.

This time they met with some opposition but six separate attacks were beaten off and all the British planes got home safely after completing their task.

One Bristol Blenheim bomber was attacked by five Messerschmidt 109 fighters while it was returning from Heligoland Bight and the Ger- man Friesian Islands with some of the most valuable photographs yet taken over enemy territory.

Despite the superior speed of the enemy fighters and the fact that one machine-gun was practically out of action, the British plane got away,

The enemy was first sighted by the R.A.F. plane when it was flying in a clear patch of sky 2,000 feet up.

CANADIAN

The pilot immediately dived. his plane towards sea level to prevent an attack from below and to restrict the movements of

AIR FORCE the Germans.

ACROSS

Arrival Of First Squadron

LONDON, Feb. 25 (Reuter), The first squadron of the Canadian Air Force has arrived

in England: The squadron

On the way down one plane attock- ed. It from above and the others followed, three on the port side and another at the stern,

After this attack they gained height again and dived down again from both sides.

The RAF plane. wheeling to left and right, fought them off by turning lis nosc towards each attacking plano as it came down,

Escaped In Cloud Bank Three minutes after the battle

He decided to take cover in them

MOTOR

ILMAN

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THIS IS A RELIC OF 1918:

THIS HUGE SHELL dug up on a farm in the peaceful Somme valley looks like one from the Allies' own glant rail guns in the present.

But it is a relie, just discovered, of a war that is 25 years old. If explosive is found to be still good, it will go into a new shell..

war.

Hitler Offers Mediation In Finland As

landed at a north-western port started, the British plot saw a baris Neutrals Are Warned- und without leaving harbour of clouds 3,000 feet above him. left by special train for an R.A.F. station in the south of England, Captain H. H. Balfour. Under Secretary for Air, welcomed them on behalf of the Air Minister.

and roared-up-towards-the-clouds-in-:- a series of steep right-handed turns. One Messerschmidt promptly at- tucked him from above and another attacked him from below.

Beating them olt the R.A.F. machine continued up and entered the cloud bank,

Canadians' "High Trust" He made a short speech at the

Here the Nazis lost contact and had quayside after the men had landed. to abandon the chase.

He said that the Canadians were heirs The R.A.F. machine returned home

SOVIET ADVANCE FINNS EVACUATE site in your launde" he concluded the were intact Against Ore

HELD BY FINNS

HELSINGFORS, Feb. 25 (Reuter).-The Finnish positions on the eastern sector of the Mannerheim Line are still intact.

In the western sector, where the Russians broke through in the vicinity of Summa, the Finns appear to have held up any further advances and the Reds are not yet in touch with the main Finnish defences in front of

Viborg.

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The Soviet lines in front of Viborg form a salient with Koivisto as the apex.

Although the Reds have again reiterated their claim to the capture of the Koivisto fortress, the Finns still state that the fortifications are in their hands. 1

To-day's Finnish communique states that Saturday was marked by local Russian attacks in which they suffered heavy losses,

Finnish artillery showed Increased activity, and dispersed several delach- ments as well as destroyed over 17 tanks.

North-east of Lake Ladega, the Finns repulsed the

enemy

and

captured 27 machine-guns, 21 Lewis

guns and, destroyed two tanks.

In the direction of Petsamo, a

taken

Soviat Pilots Captured

two Russian Airmen 113

TO COPENHAGEN men a happy time. I wish the Boche

HELSINGFORS, Feb. 25 (Reuter). One hundred Fin- nish children and some mothers will leave here for Copenhagen on March 5, They are the first batch of evacuees which Den. mark, like the other Scandina- vian countries, is to receive.

At the same time a second contingent of 300 Danish metal workers left Copenhagen for Helsingfors yesterday.

This is part of a big plan to help Finland in which the trade unions in Norway, Sweden and Denmark are sending skilled workers to keep Finnish in- dustries going while the Fin- nish workers are fighting at the front.

Russian Break Through Will Not Weaken Finns

By WEBB MILLER

(UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT)

LATEST

Five

NAZIS PREPARED TO USE FORCE

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, Feb. 25 (UP)-Hitler is now prepared to

The Correspondent reports

battle states that the British bomber that Stalin is prepared to accept 3-POWER

TALKS

of a great tradition of predecessors. with six bursts of bullets in it but no "We know this bigh trust will be one was injured. The photographs mediate in the Russo-Finnish War, according to the well- safe hands,"

informed Diplomatic Correspondent of the "Sunday Lord Derby

spoke, wishing

LONDON, Feb. 25 (Reuter).-An Despatch." I know he will get, and authoritative description of the air something tha; is a hell of a time." he said.

was attacked from above, the left and German mediation, provided it astern by ve Messerschmidt fighters

attains a "face-saving" victory of the 109 type.

Despite the enemy's superior speed, for the Red Army. the fact that it was hit six times by. The Sunday Despatch" states that machine-gun are and that one of the Hiler is attempting to hasten the end Denmark, Norway, And British machine-guns was virtually of the conflict by putting pressure to

Sweden In Conference out of

of action, the bomber succeeded in evading its pursuers and returned pear on the Scandinavian countries in

order

the transit of volun- fts base with valuable

To pred.

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 25 safely to

teers to

The newspaper states that the (Reuter)-A conference of the obtained over enemy territory.

Scandinavian countries have been Foreign Ministers of Denmark.. All members of the crew escaped

warned that unless they comply Norway and Sweden opened this injury.

with Germany's "riendly sugges- tions," force will be uillised against afternoon, ihem.

2 INDIANS

SHOT DEAD photographs which it had previously

Sensational Wanchai Shooting Affray

Two Indians are dead and a third in hospital suffering from gunshot wounds as the result of a sensational shooting affray in Jaffe Street, Wanchal last night. Murder and suicide are fndicated In the police report.

The vletims are:

DEAD

Banta Singh, Watchman No. 331; Lall Singh, Watchman No. 310;

WOUNDED

Sweden's Exchange Precautions

Hitler "Guarantee"

After a luncheon together, the Ministers were received by King Christian, after which the full con- At the same time, Hier is preference of Ministers and advisers be- pared to give a guarantee to the

gan in the Christianborg Palace.. Scandinavian countries that their

Dr. Munch, the Danish Foreign STOCKHOLM, Feb. 25 (Reuter),-neutrality will not be violated by Minister, who presided, before going they into the conference said that no hard and fast agenda had been prepared, but only a very general one.

The Riksdag to-day approved the either Germany or Russia it

to stay out of the Russo-Finnish of con-

Swedish Government's measures safeguard the country's exchange to Alet. ensure the importation of vilat com- modities and to provide for pur- chases abroad for the nation's de fence.

Only authorised dealers may buy and sell foreign exchange and then only for special purposes.

The measures are to be enforced immediately,

Despite this trance. Ilter is reported by the "Sunday Despatch" correspondent to have warned the Scandinavian blos that unless their neutrality becomes more amenable to the Nazl vlowpont, Germany will be forced to counter the British

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SO THE NAZIS GAVE A SILVER LOVING CUP!

Both M. Gunther (Swedish Foreign Minister) and. M. Koht (Norwegian Foreign Minister) have planned to return to their capitals to-night.

Official Communique COPENHAGEN, Feb. 25 (Reuter), ---Â communique issued at the close of the Three-Power Conference states that the position in connection with the Russian-Finnish conßict was discussed,

Inder Singh, Watchman No. 389. According to the police report, Lall Singh run amok shortly after three LONDON, Feb. 26 (UP).—The Russians' capture of o'clock this morning.

He shot Santa Singh through the Finnish patrol of ten men repulsed a advance positions on the Mannerheim Line constitutes chest and then turned his 38 revolver detachment of 100 on skis,

bullet wound in the thigh. the Finns' most serious reverse since the commencement on Inder Singh, who received a The shooting occurred on the third! HELSINGFORS, Feb. 25 (Reuter). of the war, but in my judgment based on two months with

After the shooting Lall Singh The Finns claim that they have the Finnish army and many visits to the Karelian isthmus oor of 93, Jalle Rond.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" armed with bls revolver, and then).

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 25 (UP). The German Ale Ministry, powners. These al men were in front, this does not foreshadow a collapse of Finnish apparently ron up to the rest, sill

through the German Legation in Copenhagen, has forwarded a silver Swedish town of Fajala, they claim. resistance or Finnish de-not exploit their possession of died across the intervening roofs to

The plane was forced down in

forward Mannerheim positions, the top of 77, Jake Road,

His body was discovered there Finnish territory on the way home. bacle.

The captive airmen state that their So long as both ends of the These heavy guns still are ablo to later this morning. In his right hand loving cup to Captain Meyer of the Danish steamer Feddy which In the meantime, however, German airmen on February 9 killed aquadron set out from Murmansk to Mannerheim Line remain firmly huri serious crossüre into Soviet was his revolver and he had a bullet rendued two German pilots in the North Sen on October 8. bomb

the larger wound through the head. at Finnish headquarters

Lall Singh was still alive when his several of the Feddy's crew when the ship was en route to England. Rovancim! but did not reach their anchored by big gun batteries at positions, Moreover, on

he was They strafed the shop with thoir machine-guns and the ship. narrowly objective.

Koiviste at the right end and by front, the Finns still maintained their body was discovered and

immediately taken to Queen Mary The town of Pajala la some way Lake Ladoga batteries near Tai-Loriginal positions, which have been Hospital. He died in hospital at 3.33| escaped destruction: Bho was rescued by British vessels and brought in thele relations to all states:2

to a British port. ipale at the left, Red troops can- PLEASE Turn To Pago 9."

volved in the Soviet bombing of the

off the direct route from Murmansk

to Rovaneimk

part of the 60-mile Mannerheim

The Ministers have emphasised the most serious and profound desire of all northern peoples that the conflict may at an early dato be brought, to n peaceful solution which will pre- the full Independence of Fin- serve land.

They have ascertained their unani❤ mity in respect of neutrality. They reject all assertions that pressure is exercised by one elda or the other. and they intend to continue thele policy Impartially and Independently The communique says that the PLEASE Turn To Pago 9MM