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THOUSANDS WATCH AIR BATTLE BETWEEN NAZI AND R.A.F. PLANES

NAZIS NO MATCH FOR HURRICANES

By RICHARD MCMILLAN

UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT

WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN FRANCE, April 3 (UP),—In addition to the Nazi raids on Scapa Flow and on a British merchantmen convoy, and the British reconnaissance flights over Gør- many, aerial activity has increased considerably over the Western Front with the first breath of spring weather-the weather which, experts say, will be a prelude to Nażi blitzkreigs on land and in the air.

Acrial encounters along the 125 miles of Western Front from the Rhine to the Moselle have provided soldiers in the trenches with their greatest excitement

Isince war started seven

months ago to-day.

WESTERN FRONT

BORG PERL

RMANY,

RZIG

SIEGFRIED LINE

SIERCK

MACIND

LINE

SAARER

FRANCE.....

BIG BATTLE DEVELOPING

Cannonading Most Intense Of War

Since last Friday there have been at least four-possibly five-big dog-fights to enliven

the sporadie artillery fire across No Man's Land,

The first thrill was provides

to-day, when a requadron of nine- Messerschmilt 110's; smarting`undet, last week's defeat in which they last three machines, roared west- wards towards a squadron of Haw- ker Hurricanes which wero lazily patrofiing up and down over the British sector.

War Ar 380 M.P.H.. With a few seconds for, at 380 m.p.lt. it did not take the combatants long to, meel--the dog fight was in progress.

The first casualty was a Messers- chmlit. It was brought to earth in flames by an RA.F. nachloe_In which the plot, wounded in the thee and blood streaming over his goggles, fought the German to a

lasdstift.

The wounded R.A.F. pilot then fell PARIS, April 2 (UP).—ut of the fight. With a Messers- The seventh month of

chmitt on his tail he speeded back to his base, where he landed safely

war

wound up to-day with the under the protection of a barrage of intensity of fighting appre- A.A. fire, which drove off the Ger- man. The British pilot was taken to ciably increased.

hospital.

For the first time in the war, artillery fire was con- [ tinuous throughout the day,.{ the dull roar of heavy guns back bringing

to many French people far behind the lines memories of the awful bombardments of 1914-18.

Most of the artillery activity occurred on the narrow Lorraine front between the Saar River and the Vosges Mountains.

Meanwhile the fight still continued lover No Man's Land.

Australian Victor

on

to

+

A young Australian pilot brought down the next Nazi plane.

le hurtled down Messerschmitt, whose plot fran- fically tried to drive the Australian from his tail.

No matter where the German pilat turned, the Australian was there be- hind him. One second they were 15,000 feet in the air; the next a few feet from the ground.

the port engine of the| Messerschmitt burst into names

The Australian followed the Nozi pilot down until the Messerschmitt

Checked 'Naxi Soldiers

The 424th official Commu-crashed into a wood. nique, issued from General Gamelin's headquarters to-night, confirms that French artillery fire was on a larger scale than usual.

TOKYO PRESSURE ON BERLIN

-SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

The R.AAF. pilot then turned back towards the German trenchce,

HEINKEL HE, HK is a medium bomber which can y 2,100 miles at a top speed of 261 m.ph. Its "Inveri:d-V" engines permit smoother streamlining than the engines in the Bornier. This Helatiel is used for bombing Britain.

NAZIS SINK OUR NAVY (AGAIN)

NEUTRAL PROTECT

MACHINES FRONTIER

AMSTERDAM, April 2 (Reuter).-Behind a brief communique issued by the British Air Ministry to-day lies a thrilling story of violent air duels over the North Sea, witnessed by thousands of spectators in neutral Holland.

The communique said:

"R.A.F. aircraft of the Bomber Command were actively engaged in reconnaissance over the North Sea during the day. Enemy patrol vessels were attacked with bombs and one enemy aircraft of the Junkers type was engaged and damaged in combat.

ship.

"The wreckage of this aircraft was subsequently observed by a war

"One of our aircraft is missing."

The violent air battles were watched by thousands of spectators at points along the Dutch frontier yesterday even-|

Dutch air patrols were sent up. to protect Dutch neutrality.

LONDON, April 3 (Reuter),.-Further large-scale ing. Nazi air raids on Scapa Flow are apparently in progress. According to the Nazi claims the British Navy has again been annihilated.

Here is the Nazi version of the raid, as issued by D.N.B.:.

"Some hours ago Heinkel bombers once again paid a memorable visit to the British Naval Base at Scapa Flow,

"The first planes have already returned and are over

******* | Heligoland.

JAP VERSUS ZEESEN

GOEBBELS is having some difficulty in making his pro- paganda brondcasts from Zeesen heard in the Far East.

Zeesen is being drowned by a "revving" morse station.

But the Allies are not causing the trouble. Everyone in Hong- kong is free to listen to the Nazi propaganda—if they can hear

it.

A Japanese station is the offender. It is utilising a fre- quency that blankets out the German station.

The call-sign of the morse station is, appropriately enough, JAP.

Munitions Explosion

"According to radio reports 80 far received, several English warships · were` · attacked with heavy-bombs.

"Some ships sustained direct hits. Others have been damaged by explosions in their immediate vicinity.

People in many places in eastern and central Holland ran out of doors to see what was happening.

ECONOMIC WARFARE

No Cotton Re-Exports

To Germany

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Apr. 2 (UP)-

The rival planes-tiny black specks wheeling and manoeuvring in a clear sky-were clearly visible.

Anti-aircraft fire was heard from the German side of Exports from the United States the frontier.

SMOKE-SCREENS ACROSS FRONTIER Great smoke-screens drifted across the frontier particularly in the neighbourhood of Zutphen.

Reports that the combatants flew over Dutch territory lack confirmation but the roar of the aircraft engines continued well into the night. The

watchers saw five "One ship developed a list and from another dense smoke and enormous searchlights being flames appeared."

brought into action in the neigh- (The British Admiralty has bourhood of Borken (just over from Arnhem) announced that no ship has been the frontier hit or damaged).

which swept the sky unceasingly.

Al one moment observers saw a plane caught in the beam and escape Ad-again after a serious of breathtaking

Admiralty Statement LONDON, Apr. 2) (UP).—The miralty

announced that German planes attacked. Seapa Flow at dusk to-day. Bombs were dropped, one of which fell on land.

manoeuvres,

Fight Over West Front LONDON, Apr. 2 (Reuter),—A bulletin Issued by the Headquarters No ship was hit or damaged and of the British Air Forces in France one German plane in believed to have states that yesterday three fighter sit been shot down.

craft of the R.A.F. attacked and broke up a formation of nine Messerschmitts! of the 110 type on the Western Front near Melz.

The raiders were repulsed by fire from warships and land batteries.

No Damago

The Press Association reported that the bomb which fell on land caused no damage. Alr raid warnings were sounded at dusk and the all clear was sounded after three quarters of

an hour.

Fierce anti-aircraft fire was audible

Three Lose Lives In Scottish Factory LONDON, Apr. 2 for five minutes after which the ex- where he exuberantly skimmed a (Reuter).-The Minister of plosion of bomba was heard.

The raiders were chased off by tonished German soldiers, to whom Supply announces that an RAF fighting planes. An eyewit-

occurred explosion

German plane in a ness said he saw n

few feet over the heads of the as-

he waved gally.

third R.A.F. pilot, a young Eng munitions factory in Scot- make a spiral dive into the sea.

Haliman, was at one stage surrounded

by no less than seven Messerschland this evening. mitts. He managed to keep them off

Heinkels Chased LONDON, Apr. 3 (Reuter). — A |

It is feared that three lives German plane appeared near the his tall until a burst from his seven have been lost. Four men were south-east coast of England yester machine-kung brought down the third German victim of the day.

PARIS, April 2 (UP). — The Paris "Soir" states that Tokyo is bringing pressure to bear on Germany In an effort to prevent wounds,

jinjured.

day and British pursuit planes took

,

With the loss of three machines, the Germans called it a day and

A Court of Inquiry has been off. heated uncls for home to lick their et up to investigate the acc-heard on the wh

[dent.

any, relaxation of the good rela- part of the British pilots participat- IL was an astonishing feat on the

The sound of gun-fire could be Another Nazi plane was reported| lover or near the north-east const,

SUICIDE ATTACKS

Chinese Commander's Amazing Hercism

to Europe and neutral countries were featured at question time to-day when Parliament resumed following the ten days Easter

recoas.

The Minister for Economic Warfare and that while it is true that the the United States-during-the-three months September to November 1989, und United States exports to countries near Germany were larger than dur- ing the same period in 1935, he could not accept the suggestion that this indicated re-exports to Germany,

Netherlands' imports of cotton from

No Raw Cotton Re-Exports According to officiel Netherlands statistics, he announced, no raw cotton was re-exported to Germany during the four months September to Decem- ber 1039. He added that during the LANCHOW, Apr. 2 (Central). same period re-exports of cofton In The heroism and sacrifice of other forms were very small. Major Chao Shou-kiang resulting from all sources into the Netherlands in the re-taking of the strategic or the whole of 1939 totalled 62,250 town of Wuyuan in west Sulona compared with 62,850 in. 1937. yuan by the Chinese last month, was related in military messages received here to-day.

Six Bayonet Charges Major Chao and his battalion were assigned to the task of storming the district government building ni Wuyuan, used by the Japanese gar- rison as their stronghold inside the attaciced city.

All our aircraft returned safely.

German Version BERLIN, Apr. 3 (Reuter)The British bombers which

Five Aliled planes were shot down in combat, it claims.

Defying withering machine-gun

German patrol vessels west of Sylt on Monday dropped 25 bombs, all of fire from behind barbed wire en- which mlased, says a German High tanglements and block-houses, the Command communique.

battalion charged six times during the night of March 20. They finally succeeded in dislodging the remnant Japanese from the building.

Battalion Wiped Out Major Chao was killed in nction and all but eleven privates of the whole battalion gave their lives in the fighting. The Japanese comman- der of Wuyuan was killed, together with several senior ofers.

Major Chao and his fallen men will

the military authorities.

Crumbling Dykes

Sovere Flood. Throat To receive posthumous recognition from

Ponnsylvania City

tions existing between Berlining in the dog-fight. Although they Death Of U.S. Army Turkey's Loyalty working frantically, og finndling bat-

and Moscow.

were- outnumbered, all

The newspaper states that Tokyo machines succeeded in returning to has signified to Berlin that it would safety.

be reassured by a meeting between

Within four hours, in fact, ali the

M. Molotov, the Russian Foreign pilats were in the air again, on patrol Cominissar, and von Ribbentrop, the over the lines. But the Germans did} German Foreign Minister, if the lat- | not re-appear.

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General

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"

To Pledges

Three Ships In Distress

He stated that imports of cotion

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BIG HONGKONG ESTATE

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SUNBURY, Penn, April 2 (UP), Thousands of emergency workers are an effort to new sandbag riers against the crumbling dykes Caught In Hoavy Storm that are the only protection this food-devastated city now has against

Off Norway PORTLAND, Apr. 2 (UP)-Tho ANKARA, Apr. 2 (Reuter). The the rampaging Susquehounn river.

SPECIAL TO THE *TELEGRAPH" death is announced of Major-General] main' tople of the Press is the re-

The crest of

DERGEN, Apr. 2 (UP) Three Creed Hammond, former Chief of the port, subsequently formally denied expected late in good-waters are| Milltin Burenu and Comptroller in London, that the Allies have The bridge connecting Wilkes merchant ships ore reported to be in

partner of Messrs. General in the Philippine Islands, asked Turkey to allow the passage Barro, and Plymouth has already intrean off the const of Norway Johnson; Stolter:and. Alanter, the late PARIS, April 2 (UP). The 424th The late Major General was born of warships through the Dardanelles. given way under the pounding of a following a heavy snowstorm.

Responsible Official French war cominunique con in Eugene, Oregon on October 0,

One is a Norwegian ship from Mr. Herbert Johnson, Gedge, who quortora

Casualties have all her!

now reached Haugesund, another is an unidentified died, at 31 Montagu Square, London,: LONDON, Apr, 2 (UP)-Mr. firms that numerous dog-nghis took 1874.

Turkey's loyal adherence to phasise 16 miles per hour current. Montagu Norman has been re-elected place over the Western lines to-day: In addition to being a military pledges, and that she will scrupul twelve. They include one man who Danish ship loaded with wheat, and on July 25 fast, left Hongkong estate 1. Governor of the Bank of England for Ja an encounter between French officer, he had considerable experi-ously observe the Montreux Conven- shot himself when his home was the third is of undetermined nation-worth $374,700,

ality, the 21st term. Mr. D. G. Catterns und German maches, two Germansence in banking and mercantile busi- tion and allow no belligerent war- destroyed.

In addition, five persons are miss- A coastguned cutter has put out Tinson to seal certified copy of pro- has been re-elected Deputy-Governor were ahol down and one French nens. He first went to the Philippines ships to pass the Straits while sho for the afth feṛın.

machine has not returned to its base, in 1920.

ing. Thirty thousand, are homeless. 'from Bergen to assist the vessels.

ter

could

Bective pledge that

A

• Moscow has no intention of reintore-

Ing the Russian forces In the For

East.

Official Confirmation

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

outside the war,-

Formerly

An application by Mr. G. G. N.

bate of the will, has been granted.