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AMAZING R.A.F. VICTORY

LONDON, May 30 (Reuter).-An amazing air victory, one of the greatest in history, has been revealed by the Air Ministry.

Out of a total of 69 Ger- man planes shot down or seriously damaged on Wed- nesday, 37 were bagged by one squadron of new twin- seater Defiant fighters without the loss of a single plane.

One gunner who thought that his plane had been seriously disabled, baled out into his parachute over Belgium. How- ever all the machines returned safely.

Out of the 37, 17 were fighters and the rest were bombers,

57 Plancs Shot Down

Altogether 67 enemy planes were shot down during the day of which 25 were bombers.

A further

damaged.

17

were

seriously

Ten of our fighters are missing but one pilot, although wounded, has returned safely.

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

THE CAPTION ON this photograph, received by air mail from Landen yesterday, stains: "A French naval hospital ship, sunk by German bombers during a raid on a port in Flanders."

May 31, 1940.

NINE DIE IN BLAZE Disastrous Fire

In Wanchai

The fire which broke out on the first floor of No. 34 Percival Street early this morning and which spread with alarming | rapidity to No. 36, took a heavy toll of lives.

The fire took a firm grip of the premises and guited the first, second and third floors of Nós, 35 and 36, four women and five children, who were trapped by the flames, being{ burned to death.

11 Others Injured

In addition, four adults and seven) children have been admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital suffering from multiple injuries as a result of at- tempting to escape falling debris and flaming pieces of wood.

REARGUARD ACTION

FROM PAGE ONE

WAR-TORN B.E.F. ing supported by the Allied navies

3 DESTROYERS Hospital DISEMBARKED

FROM PAGE ONE Ships Sunk

Allied the great courage and flerce energy

Meanwille the heavy bombers were active during Wednesday and Thurs- day night supporting the troops.

damaged the

They wrecked several seaplanes,

Other Naval planes shot down an enemy bomber over the North Sea and disabled another one..

moins the task

bren

Dastardly Work By

Nazi Bombers

·FROM PAGE ONE

of Leonidas at Thermopylae nearly 2,200 years ago, they are grimly holding the narrow passage to the port, sacrificing their lives dearly and exsciing a terrific penalty

fron the enemy."

ready_beng

and ale forces.

Naval merchant ships are bringing supplies Dunkirk. to

The Allies are on a narrow front and are still firmly holding Dunkirk despite heavy German ralds.

R.A.F. SuccessCE

On Wednesday, the R.AF. brought down 22 German planes over Dun- kirk alone.

The Germans have flung a large number of men into battle and have)

suffered heavy losses.

of our soldiers and the new glory Naval planes attacked an enemy with which they are adorning our

—LONDON, May 30 (Reuter). aeruplano-base on the Dutch 5935), Hags the British, French.

hangurs and Dutch and Belgian troops in the Two British hospital ships it is already being stated, constitutes main effort at the present time seems

The rear-guard action at Dunkirk,

A French spokesman says that the coastal areas appear to have

German

one of the most remarkable feats of to be to try to widen the wedge be- cuccessfully evacuated. there yet re- have been sunk by

of evacuating the bombers and two others

were arms every performed by a British

in the north by attacking between troops who are fighting their way in attacked, it is officially announc- Army. The young men whose fath-tween the British and French troops ers were the "Old Contemptibles" in Cassel and the River Yser or between the coast from the Lille front and from the extreme north.

retreat from Mons have already Dunkirk and Lille where the French the re carned

ned unperishable fame.

esman of the French war A spoke office stated Lals to-night that it is hoped that samo 650,000 Allied troops, including Belgians and Dutch, have already been evacuat- ed from Dunkkk,

A fighter plot, who shot down three enemy Bghters and bombers, came down into the sea. He was picked up and landed at a south- east coast port during the night.

WAR-TIME "SOCIALISM" FOR U.K.

Totalitarian Powers For New Premier

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

ed.

The two that were bombed at Dieppe. They were

Berlin Admission Berlin reports which earlier claim-Were

ed that the entire Allied army of clearly marked with Red Crosses 750,000 had been trapped, now admit painted in the usual colours, that evacuation through Dunkirk white and green, so that there and casualties have reduced the was no possibility of a mistake. number still remaining.

Nazi Trap Fails

Port-Holes Smashed

650,000 Evacuated? SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

PARIS. May 30 (Domel)It is now, slated that only 100,000 of the 750,000 Allied froops trapped Flanders have hus far not been able to reach the point of evacua- tion at Dunkirk,

Attlee are empowered to do, in! This message seems to indicate that south coast port to-day with her port-northern fact, is to institute a New Deal the Nazi trap Lille has

$10

over

оп

precision German reinforcements,

Gorman Reports

BERLIN, May 31,

forces are d driving their way through,

heavily attacked from the rear flonks.

The French front along the Somme to the Aisne and from the Alsze to the Maginot Line appears to be quiet.

Substantial British troops are oc hind this fronith the French.

They are well equipped with ar- moured vehicles which can given the German armoured columns a good) battering. They are good at baller- ing if they turn their attention tha

way.

>>> FROM PAGE ONE

thing like the barrage we put up to stem the advance, but the Germans'

right

Their advanced

Into it. losses must have been enormous." All the time they were being embarked, the troops were bombed the air. and machine-gunned from Many were sul wet from having to bring them aboard.

SPECIAL TO THE 17+ Lswim and wade out to the ships to

At another centre, Reuter saw officers and men of the French and Belgian armies and naval ratings who had also arrived from France.

"It has been simply hell," they said, "but we are getting off boys who have stood in the triangle and re-

The Air Ministry to-day announc- Yesterday's Bgures gave the total number already evacuated as 500,000, ed that German bombers attacked a leaving 150,000 in the field, either hospital ship in the English Channel fighting a rearguard-action-to the nn. Wednesday night. A British re- the Coastal coast from Lille or holding the line connaissance plane of

Command saw the attack and chased open in and around Dunkirk,

British Troops On Somme An urgent "United Press" message the bombers into the cloud.

9 o'clock this

LONDON, May 30 (Reuter)-The from Paris, received at 9

One bomb fell very close to the The majority of these men are still morning, stated it had been officially announced that most of the lost army ship, covering it with foam.

fighting a rear-guard action towards Ministry of Information announcer of General Rene Prioux had escaped Another hospital ship.

which the coast from Lille, where they have that British troops are now operating

of the Somme, LONDON, May 30, (UP)-arca In a

through the Nazi trap in the Lille arrived at the south const to-day succeeded in smashing their way with the French in the sector south The message does not state whether desperate lunge which with B.E.F. wounded on board, had through the German line which en-

soldiers were units The full impact of the enormous carried them completely through the its port-holes smashed and its funnels circled them wit the Panzar divi- these. British

sions from the south met the infantry evacuated from Flanders. powers-granted Mr.Winston German Jines towards the Channel, peppered with machine-gun fire.

German planes allocked it at a divisions from the north in the To-day's official French-com- Τινο Churchill and his government

of these divisions have already

munique on the operations on the under the new law passed on reached Dunkirk from Lille and ore French port on Wednesday while vicinity of Armelleres.

French Air Assistance

southern front states that fighting is embarking under intense air raids, wounded were being taken on board.

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH"

progressing favourably on n greater May 22, placing every person while the remainder of the original

-Machine-Gunned.

PARIS May 31 (UP) The French part of the Somme front. and all property under State eight divisions are nearing the coastal

Air Ministry communique last night There is no change on the situation control, will be felt soon.

port.

LONDON, May 30 (UP). A states that the French nir force in the Aisne or along the Maginot What Mr. Churchill and Mr.

Brillsh hospital ship arrived at a carried out important missions on the Line.

daylight front in.

and yesterday, despite failed, holes on the part side shattered by that will make President Roosa- Eather the French military spokes-machine-gun bullets and her supers unfavourable atmospheric conditions. DRAMATIC TALES

comprising velt's famous experiment look an at announced: "The situation tructure damaged.

in Flunders is star critical, but cur German planes had machine-gunned sixty-plares-was-active-last

Members of the crew.reported that "A group of sombert like chicken-feed.

evening. "the communique states. the ship as wounded men were being They attackel and harassed with Firstly, drastic educational re-annies are continuing their orderly

and

Bght towards energletic It is plan

carrted aboard. forms are to be instituted.

airfields, strategic coust." ned to raise the compulsory school Another military source in Paris the Belgians laid down their arms. supply cold. age from 15 to 17 and to increase the told "United Press" that the bulk of The "Nachtausgabe" says: "Natur- roads and

"Dozens of bemba were dropped, maintenance allowances to parents

the German forces were surging to ally, nothing was said by England whils! the children are at school inwards the Lille sector in an effort to and France about English troops, as especially on brikes along the Somme. stend of in jobs.

"Precise Information was gathered complete to the encirclement of the already officially admitted by a Bri- It is also proposed to create a British and French forces who were tish officer, embarking for England regarding enemy movements." official Recommending Committee trapped there. possibly under the chairmanship of à

In their smash through to Dunkirk last week."

Nazi Report On Dunkirk Raid well-known Socialist educator.

from the Lille sector, General Prloux's Army broke the

German

BERLIN, May 31 (UP)-The Ger- ler's Headquarters elnim in an official Banks Must Lond

made no communique that three British war- Next week la expected to bring a ring of steel near Poperinglie. Then, man High Command has

protected in the rear by tanks and special announcement regarding the ships and 16 ships in convey were significant shake-up in the person soldiers who fought a constant rear-number of bombing and pursuli sunk by German planes in the raids nel of the Government's financial advisers. This will probably be guard action, and preceded in front planes which participated in yester-on Dunkirk, while ten other warships by usereen of other tanks, the escup day's ralds on British transports in and 21 merchantmen were damaged, the forerunner of sweeping daan-

Ing divisions moved swiftly towards Dunkirk, but the force is reported to The communique claims that 68 clal measures later this month, in-

have comprised two flying corps with Allied planes were brought down in cluding the lowering of the Interest the front,

ranking Generals in command. high

action. Navy Does Its Part and virtually obligatory foans

Conservative estimates place

the

Only afteen German planes by banks to key industries requir LONDON, May 30 (Reuter). It is

Belilah total at between 300 and 500 bomb-missing, the report says,

"Our airmen have done magnificent ancially announced caplial. ing

Naxi Optimism

work, but it's volume we need. From Allowances for dependents of sal-warships are giving all possible helpers with an equal number of pursult

to the British and French land forces planes, making a total of between 000 SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH"

the minute we reached France, we lors and soldiers will be increased,

NEW YORK, May (Domel)-

31

bornbed and continually were New

Thus, the raid on Dunkirk was Berlin despateles quote high Nazi machine-gunned trom the Alr- highways to housing, coust under heavy

Thursday hospital chips, troops and every- are expected to rapidly absorb Bri. The warships are giving supporting probably the greatest in history-mcials as desiring, on tain's remaining 680,000 unemployed. and covering fire to the troops, im- lauko so bomb the recent mass that the German forces will shortly thing

launch a gigantic of

offensive on Paris.

Belgians Too Labour leaders told "United Press" peding the enemy's movements and attack of 650 bombers on Sedan,

The Chamel

between urea inflicting considerablo punishment on

The Naz quarters are further to-day that British workers

Graveline and Dunkirk, covering

"When we were quoted as claiming that one million whole-heartedly backing the Govern- German advanced forces.

The wounded and a large number hardly more than 300 square miles out of the told strength of French ashore, but when the boat did not go men!.

of other elements have already been (the total area of Hongkong is 301 armies amounting to 4,000,000 have back we swam back again to take her But she turned safely withdrawn. These operations quare miles), is probably witnessing already been filled, wounded,

turtle and we had to swim again. are being conducted ceaselessly day the writer and bloodiest fighting taken prisoner in recent battles and night with cool determination in

before being picked up by British The Germans are making desperate are destined to perish in the next Some of us were swimming for hours the face of flerce opposition, parti-

few hours. cularly from the air.

efforts to link their Panzar divisions While the French military strength warships. All of us were almost The German High Command claim operating northwards from Calnis has now beca reduced to 3,000,000, naked, and we had no food since yes-

with the forces converging ОП to have inflicted very large losses Dunkirk, thus cutting of the entire the German atales, according to the terday and no sleep for the past three

days. units and transports un naval

It is not only the British troops which they protect. As usual, these coastal area and effectively maroon-Nazt claims, att still holding the ing Allled troops who аге still overwhelming strength of 8,000,000, bear no relation to facts.

and can count on 4,000,000 additional We are bringing off but the French ond Belgians too. The Belgians Operations of this nature cannot be

Italian troops. Another Fabrication carried out without losses, and the

If the French assign one million don't want to give up fighting."

Five Belgian officers in the party It is estimated that the combined destroyers Grafton, Grenade and

An official German announcement troops to the defence against Italy British and French monthly produc- Wakefield and certain small auxi- tion of arroplanes is 14,000 machines. llary craft have been lost. One small at 8 pm. daimed that General Prions and another million to the defence said they were astounded when the "We don't intend to cease fighting the Abuldir of 880 tons, has and several members of his staff had of the Maginot Line, they will have order came to cease fighting.

been captured at Steenkoorde, east of to utilize no more than 1,000,000 at on Leopold's order and there are been

spirit and conduct of all con- Mt. Cassell, during the fierce fighting the defence lines along the Aisne and thousands of other Belgian soldiers The

north of Lille.

Somme rivers, say, the Nazis.

of the same opinion," declared one. cerned are beyond prake.

Nazi leaders express the confidence The British and French are still The operations are continuing.

This appears to be another fabricn-" lion in view of the fact that General that the Germans with their prepon- Claim Capture Of General

north. Prioux and his army are reported is derating forces will find it eary to making a magnificent show in the LONDON, May 30 (Reuter)An have smashed through the Nazi cor- reach the French capital.

only they would give us more stato that the German air losses since omelet German news agency claims don north of Lille, and the advance

planes, we could tell the Germana a May 10 are now well in excess of that General Prious, Commanding guard of his eight divisions had al- Southern Rhodesia different story. As it is they have 2,000 planes point out that as the the First French Army, has been ready reached Dunkirk.

got he much us they have given, but majority of

of these are bombers, it captured at Steenvorde, near Casel

we have not been bombing and ma- implies nos

loss of over 5,000 in trained The news agency also claims that

chine-gunning men in the Water." many other high French officers have

Berlin's Latest GNECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHO`

(UP) The Ger-

rate

that

from arterial Work projects, ranging that are operating on the French and 1,000 machines.

were

ALLIES BUYING UP U.S. PLANES

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American pilots to fly planes across Canada for delivery to Europe.

Germany, it la believed, is prodery tree suis.

nort.

ing 36,000 new machines month.

2,000 Planes Lost

LONDON, Mny 31 (Router)~~Au-

thoritative circles in London

who

ale personale is considered to err been captured.

enemy pressure.

of war.

Inland.

1

DNB reports that Isolated units of

the Allled forces who were now abic!

War Effort

arc

sisted the worst that the

Germaas could do to them, and, believe me, the Nazis don't love you.

or out of the harbour, or

hit we

swam

Mine Ashore At Cheung Chau

to escape the Nazi cordon around the SALISBURY, May 30 (cuter); Lille front are now being mopped up. The South Rholestan Prime Minister, on the low side.

The Germans cikim that Well-informed, quarters

niso exe

they Mr. Godfrey Huggins, announced in originally, trapped 750,000 Brilish and the Assembly today the formation press the opinion, that as the result

French troops, of whorn 350,000 were of an Inner Cabinet consisting of of the great air battles of the last 10 BERLIN, May 30 days, Britain

is already close to man Press is now charging that the members of the BE. It is now ad- himself and the Ministers of Defence

A mine drifted ashore on Cheung- parity

with Germany in Oghter craft. British Expeditionary Force started mitted that this figure has been and Alr to meri dally with the aim to

Flanders several considembly, reduced by casualtice intensifying Southern Ithodicala's chau Island about 600 yards from (aç parily in number takes no acts ovacuation of

war effort,

hospital at 9.n.m, on Tuesday, There' count of the British moral superiority days before King Leopold capitulate, and early evacuations."

the The German Press acclaims The Voelklacher Boedischer" says:

The Prime Minister also announced was some alarm, but the authorities The British forces were transport- Flanders operations as the "greatest that it was proposed to raise nome rendered the mine ineffective shortly

native regimens for service in Africa, afterwards. ing themselves to safely even before victory in history,"

The

which has been clearly established. Only in bombers is Germany voutly superior to the British air strength.

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