1940-05-27 — Page 27

Monday,, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 27, 1940.

German Losses of Past 48 Hours Described As Staggering AQUASCUTUM

ALLIES HOLD INVADERS

AS MOPPING-UP' BEGINS

Channel Fighting

By RALPH HEINZEN

UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT

PARIS, MAY 26 (UP),—THE GAP IN THE ALLIED LINES BETWEEN

CALAIS BAPAUME AND PERONNE WAS STILL OPEN TO-NIGHT.

The battle for the Channel ports, however, has turned in the Allies favour with General Von Reichenau's main motorised army, held at St.

HELD BY Omer and Arras.

ALLIED FORCES

FIVE MAJOR ATTACKS

LONDON, May 26 (Reuter).-It was confirmed in London to-night that Allied troops are still hold- ing. Calais,

I

General Woygand, who returned from an aerial inspection of the northern Allied armies, was quoted_to-nigh¤_as being particularly satisfied with_the_morale and combative qualities of those troops after they had fought off three major German attacks yesterday and two more to-day without coding any terrain or allowing a German break through on the Lys front.

TERRIFIC TOLL IN POCKET

Allied artillery and aviation took terrific toll of German dead inside Fighting side by side. with the pocket and among the Reichenau divisions beyond Artois.

Allied troops, the B.E.F. have repulsed all enemy attacks and

are fighting magnificently,

Nazi Claim Denied LONDON, May 26 (Reuter). German claims that Calals is in Ger-

The German casualties have been greater during the past 48 hours than at any time in the 17 days of the German drive so far.

This seems to support the contention that Hitler's orders to the Reich's General

man hands are declared in authorita- Staff were to "attack without counting losses."

tive circles in London to be without foundation.

It is added that, $5 has been emphasised from both British and French sources, Caials remains in the possession of the Allies,

Coast Ports Firmly Hold PARIS, May 20 (Router)-AC- cording to milltary cireles here,

French troops are firmly holding the ports of Caluis, Dunkirk and

Zeebrugge.

A fierce battle has been raging ail day an either side of Valenciennes, where the Germans Launched two

strong attacks this morning (Sun- day).

No indication of the final outcome of these battles can yet be given, but It was reported late this afternoon that French troops had repulsed all

German attacks and that they had inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. At other paints on the front, the Germans have failed to break

BLINDED DIVISIONS

Wounded Ruthlessly Bombed

LONDON, May 26 (Router). -Three hospital ships arrived at a south coast port to-day with several hundred wounded from France.

Fourteen died on the

истова.

way A scaman on one of the ships said the Germans severcly bombed the harbour from which they sailed on Saturday, and tombs dropped Icse thon 300 feet away as the wounded were being taken aboard..

Fires were raging in the town and they could see flames and smoke when many miles out at

sen.

Japanese Planes

General Von Reichenau's blinded divisions turned northward to-day beyond Shot Down

He Fought A Dozen Nazi Planes With Damaged Machine

MASS NAZI OFFENSIVE

LONDON, May 26, (British Wireless).-A young New Zealander fighter pilot has just brought his damaged Hurricane safe to England from France after an extraordinary experience,

The aircraft was severely damaged through the positions of the Allied before the pilot left on his journey. armies-in-the-north, either on the home. His gunsights were gorie ond River Lys in the region of Courtrai the only instruments working were or in the west

This compass, oil, temperature and Above all, the day was one of aerial

press gauges. He had his eight ctivity Both the British. and machine gune loaded with only-or- French air forces were extremely dinary ammunition. The starboard active, carrying out intense bombing petrol tank was leaking, so he decid- operations over the whole reglan of ed to land at an aerodrome the north, as well, as the German northe France to refuel before rear and on Nazi columns on the continuing his flight to England. -

When approaching the aerodrome,

march.

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IN NORTH But Allied. Lines Hold Firmly

There have been heavy bombing attacks on lawns in the back areas,

Arras.

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Sequel To Big Raid Ôn Chungking

It was a manoeuvre clearly designed to turn the right flank of the Allied army north again, and to try and encircle the BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Dutch, Belgian, French and CHUNGKING, May 27 (UP). British Forces before they can-Two of the Japanese bombers effect their function with the which raided Chungking yester- Allied armies of the centre, now day were shot down by Chinese very solidly planted, on the pursuit planes, it was officially Somme and the Aisne.

Jannounced last night. with their backs to the sea, fought near Chienklang, 120 miles cast of But the Allied armies of the north, One of the Japanese bombers fell off five violent attacks in two days Chungking. and, even though the Germans might An official announcement states claim certain local succesTES at that 136 Japanese bombers partici- Courtrai, Valenciennes and Arras and pated in yesterday's raids on Sze- despite the Germans having planted chuan province... their forces on the historic battic- ground at Vimy Ridge to dominate the Flandere countryside, the Allied of the north continued to-day army †to receive ample food and munitions supplies by sea and was in excellent condition lo continue the battle.

Weygand Heartened

Chungking

Claims CHUNGKING, May 27 (Central). Two Japanese planes, and a heavy bomber and the other a Aghter, were shot down over Chungking yesterday

afternoon in

furious air battle.

The Japanese sent over 70 machines -the heaviest concentration since General Weygand is said to be the start of the

particularly heartened by the fact season." present "bombing

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that the Germans have made vir-

of the Chinese pilots, Kao Yu- tually no gains and that the situation sing, was the hero of the day. He in and out of the pocket has been accounted for one of the Japanese stable for 48 hours,

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Koo Yu-sing shot down the Japan- One report reached Paris from a ese machine over Siaokwanyinchiao, Balkan source saying that 70,000 04 kilometres south-east of Chung- German wounded have arrived in king.

MINESWEEPING TRAWLER SUNK

sow that a part of the town nearby __SPECIAL_TO THE "TELEGRAPHI

was-in-flames,-and-just-as-he-wast LONDON, May 28 (UP). The preparing to come down, he observed British Navy again successfully join- two Dorniers 215 begin a a dive- LONDON, May 26 (Reuter).] ed in the defence of the Channel bombing attack on the strodrome. ports to-day, when big warships lined

-The British General Head-to Two Dornier Victims

quarters have issued

com-losses. Immediately he got on the tall of munique stating that there has city on a German column moving one and gave towards the coast.

The fire of the naval guns was the enemy aircraft although he had the British Front.

There was no doubt that he had hit been no serious altack to-day on directed by units of the Fleet Air

-Austria from the northern front The other machine which was shot Arm, which subsequently reported no unaichts.

The enemy launched a strong

and that schools in Austris have down a heavy bomber, met the cross- that the column had been wiped out. The second Germon machine tried

hastly been converted into hospi- fire of several Chinese pursuit planes. to escape in the clouds but the Hur-offensive against the Belgian

talk

and came down in a cloud of smoke ricane pilot followed it, blazing away forces on our left. The British

German material losses have also above the Chien River, with his gun.

troops have gone to the assist-been enormous and in each of the got rid of the two Dorniers,ance of the Allies.

past four days Germany harlost the New Zealander was about to land

between 70 and 80 first line planes when he was attacked by a number

dally. of Messerschmkt_fighters. Unobis to The events of the last few days cope with all of them immediately, have not impaired the courage and

The British alone claim to have he circled the town for about ten resource of the British soldier." shot down 40 German planes dally less)The Secretary of the Admir- LONDON, May 28 (British Wire- minutes, giving them occasional One tank by itself to-day destroy-as an average while bursts.

ed seven armoured fighting vehicles. average is practically as high.

the French ally announces that HM. minesweep Saturday'

y's Offensivos addition the Belgian, Dutch, Polishing trawler Charles Boyes has been PARIS, May military spokesman states that the

(Reuter) and Czech air forces are in action. The Commanding

The Czechs us

alone claim to have German attacks on the Allied armies

barged 11 Messerschmidia. WEJ OMeer and 13 ratings are missing and in Belgium on Saturday were full-

At this phase of the operations, lives.

[*] it is feared that they have lost their blooded offensives in which ertillery,

the French military analyst to-day Rome this morning,

aircraft and tanks participated.

concluded that liter is using 110 Allies closing the gap at Artois. Sir Wilfred Greene has been Then he took off again with only

divisions between the North Sea attending

The arrival of these tresh

troops amcoting in Rome of the 50 rounds left in each of his eight forces swayed backwards and for- and the Swim frontier but only to reinforce the very tired Germans, Anglo-Italian Joint Standing Com- machine

guns. "With only that wards but finally the original post-five armies are in action in the who have been in continuous action milice on maiters relating to contra-small amount of ammunition I was tions were fully maintained.

of Flanders and in Holland, for 17 days without a break and with band

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almost helpless," he said later. "It Attacks Completely Fail

Sir Wilfred Greene Due To Return

When he landed at the serodrome; he found his starboard tank spurting LONDON, May 25 (Reuter)-The petrol. He had his port tank fuelled Ministry of Economic Warfare an- and, with a bayonet, widened the nounces that the Master of Rolls. Sir holes in the punctured tank to allow Wilfred Greene, is due to return from the fuel to escape.

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In the attack on Lys the opposing

Czechs Rovenge

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The proposals made by the Italian was just my luck to run lato another Two other attacks were also At total only tinned food and almost no sleep,

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authorities in this connection are re-formation of six Messerschmitts when launched on fronts from six to ten army strength is set at 200 divisions garded by him as affording very I satisfactory basis for agreement.

I was practically out of petrol. Any-miles wide. Both attacks completely of which the value of nearly half is and why I gave the leader a burst as he failed.

considered to be mediocre because It was thera that the Germans British and Italian representatives came head-on for me. I am sure I A special announcement broad-the

are 'elther over ogc or hammered the Allies most of to-day are engaged in working out the bit him and I dived down past him cast from Berlin claimed that an air- untrained. details in Rome.

and yesterday. towards the ground. After that I craft carrier had been bombed and This German army has been ex-| Nazla Completely Checked Just put my skates on for home." sunk off the Norwegian coast,

panded rapidly from 21 normal

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" The aircraft was decorated with a Well-informed circles in London divisions and one blinded division "TELEGRAPH'S" coat-of-arma

PARIS, May 28 (UP)—According pilot designed him- state that there is no truth whatever formed in 1934.

to a high French military source, the It Incorporates most of the un-in this claim.

Panzer mechanised shock Alles have met with considerable Nazi Onslaughts Fai! lucky signs. In the centre is the

units are known as blinded divisions. defensive success as a result of last auro 13

round it, a broken PARIS, May 20 (Reuter)-AThey are designed for the greatest night's battle." a correspondent has kindly under a ladder and another showing day that the British,

mirror, a sketch of a man walking, French Millary apokesman said to-striking force, have no dependance on The derman advance in the north pointed out, the full page map of the three cigarettes being lighted from Belgian armies have been successfully 1.0

French and wine communications and operate has been completely checked with Western Front reproduced-on-the one match. Under this challenge to battering back enemy attempts to It is now known that 1030 saw German attacks. on Courtral.

absolute control

from heavy losses to the enemy. Telegraph" on Saturday has in- und luck, the New Zealander printed break through.

G1QE4......

—The Belgian Army thwarted Uiree correct boundaries, Inasmuch Alsace and Lorraine are shown inside

as this inscription: "What the Hell,"

Weygand Confident four other divisions created, of which It has been confirmed that tho PARIS, May 20 (Reuter-Pro-another was blinded. In 1030 six French all hold Boulogne and Calais. aldent Lebrun has signed the order were formed.. In

normal and one blinded divisions Heavy fighting is in progress south diamissing many, high Police officials years 8,6 and 8 normal divisions plus

the succeeding of these Channel ports, northern France.

40 reservo divisions were formed and Seven Infantry colonels have been Nazi Claim

Inst September 40 appointed

Landwehr temporary Brigadier divisions WCTD

created by general Generals.

General Weygand, the Allied Com-were set up to

mobilisation and 00 training divisiona mander-in-Chief, is reported to be divisions and for the Instruction of depot satisfied, confident and full of hope conscripta.

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German High Command had with-] quested to note this discrepancy. At well-informed circles.

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frontier and from the Siegfried Line} apologises to its many French friends. refer to the raids in Yorkshire and beyond that already reported.

In these rakis no damage was done itself to throw into the Battle of Flanders in an effort to prevent the

Germany instead of being. French territory.

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