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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 10, 1940

DONALD DUCK

CHECKING SOUT

Tanks, Troops, And Petrol Dumps Destroyed.

HARASSING OPERATIONS BY R.A.F. CONTINUE

LONDON, June 9 (Reuter).—An Air Ministry bulletin issued to-day states that from nightfall until shortly before dawn this morning, heavy bombers of the R.A.F. were almost continuous in their action against military objectives in Germany and the battle zone in northern France.

Enemy reinforcements which were moving up towards the line of the Somme offensive were bombed and harassed by machine-gun fire.

GALLANTRY

Ammunition dumps were destroyed and lines of communica REWARDED

tion in many parts of the back areas were cut by low-level bombing attacks.

Railway junctions

points between the

Prussian and Belgian

at keycks on oil storage tandas in Ghent, Extensive damoje was

Rhonish many res were started.

done and

frontier Aй the Allied aheraft engaged in

were attackel. Goods waggons ly.

Abbeville Attacked

Brilliant Feats By

R,A,F. Recalled LONDON, Juno 9 (Reuter).- these night operations returned aute-Gallantry displayed in flying operations against the enemy is were set alight, tunnels were, Our lighters yesterday shot down recognised in a lat of awards blocked and rail traffle disten enemy aircraft, including - seven

are now published. bombers. Two of our aircraft

It includes the DS.O. for Acting. organised.

missing.

Anthony A bulletin issued by the Air Minis Flight Lieutenant James On the Somme front, Abbeville was try states that eight R.A.F. Hurricane Leathart who, during May, led his squadron on a large number of heavily attacked soon after dark by ghters, patroling the fighting zone

offensive patrols over northern. a section of heavy bombers. Two over France yesterday, met a forma- direct hits were scored on the main tion of 20 Heinkel 111 bombers and France.

On one occasion an attack was the shot down six of them.

a formation of 60 enemy railway bridge. One end of

Ten

fightera, made on Messerselimiti 100 bridge was completely demolished.

his company with the enemy aircraft. In In the second raid on the town, two which were escorting

15 Messerschmitts and fours later, the main roads were hit bombers, were unable to give them quadron, Flight Lieutenant Leathart

One effective protection against the attack shot down

one Heinkel 3 and with high explosive bombs.

Messers Possibly salvo apparently struck an ammuni- by the furricanes. One tion stere for afler the bomb had schmitt was also shot down. Two Junkers 88 during the period men- burst there was a terrific explosion our Hurricanes are missing. which lit up the town and violently rocked the strecaft above it.

A.A. Battery Destroyed

tioned.

one

Other Decorations Troop Convoys Raked PARIS, June 9 (Reuter).--An Alri Distinguished Flying Crosses are Ministry communique states that awarded to Squadron Leader George. working in close co-operation with Campbell Tomlinson, Flight Licu In an attack on St. Valery, which land forces, our night aircraft crews tenant Adolph Orbert Malan, Flight is eight miles west of Abbeville, the

the Lieutenant William Arthur Toyne, Robert Flight Lieutenant rallway and road bridge over the concentrated their actions on

Roland Stanford Tuck and Pilot Somme estuary were repeatedly hit of violent battle now proceed-Alten One salvo of bombs burst on top of They vigorously and repeatedly Omeer John Laurence Allen. an A.A. battery which was defend-attacked Important centres of com- The Distinguished Flying Medal is ing the bridge.

ing.

munication as well as troop convoys awarded to Sergeant James William A parachula flare dropped after the in the sectors of Laon, Peronne and Bristol Phillies. attack showed that the northern span St. Quentin.

the of

bridge had completely collapsed.

Great fires were observed after the [attacks of our bomber squadrons, Enemy troopa and supply columns On enemy-occupied points, harass

ulso wells, ing of columns, supply convoys and were attacked as were

units WAS continued forests and woods where the enciny armoured

throughout the day-by-żimbs-and forces sought cover.

Bombs were dropped on a column machine-guns.

One single group of bombers of heavy vehicles in the forest of

bombs struck an dropped more than 30 tons of explo Boulern, The ammunition lorry which blew up and sives on the enemy.

All the aircraft returned to their set the woods ablaze.

Patrol Dumps In Flames

b1905,

Our fighter and assault planes con- their destructive uelton

£18 the ugainst armoured units and enemy

After a salve of bombs had been dropped is, the Bols de Chimay, altinued series of explosions occurred ammunitions or petrol dumps went tanks. -up in flames.

The road and railway junctions

Tanks Suffer Heavily Tank concentrations have been

from Amiens to Charleville, in the destroyed and motorised columns south, and to Valenciennes,

north, were attacked.

ira the were attacked, made to turn back and dispersed by intensive air attacks of

Eight direct hits were registered our aviation.

on the railway

Charleville. The main

was wrecked, the

junction

These actions were executed in

Squadron Leader Tomlinson's! squadron destroyed 13 enemy aircraft and damaged a further nine in raids over Holland and Brussels.

Flight Lieutenant Tuck's squadron engaged enemy formations of 60 and 50 aircraft respectively over north- ern France and shot down 10 enemy aircraft and possibly another 24.

Appeal To The Old Guard

men

French Ex-Servicemen Asked To Assist PARIS, June 9 (Reuter)-A

·line track perfect co-operation with the opera- message to all French ex-service-

de. lilons. warehouses

to join the Territorial Our fighter groups, while attack-Guard which is now being form- mollshed and petrol dumps were set;

ing motorised forces, simultaneously ed to fight fifth column activity alight.

were ensured protection from air attack The railway aidings, which

has been made by M. Riviere, crowded with loaded goods waggons, and engaged in numerous combais.

Many enemy aircraft were brought Minister for Ex-Servicemen's were left blazing.

At Valenciennes, "an of storage down-by-French-fuhters and artil-Pensions.

and exploded.lery. The exact number carmot yet plant was bombed The flames ruse 500 feet and were be established,

A pall of visible afty miles away. black smoke 7,000 feet high coveral the area within a few minutes.

Raids On German Towns

In Germany, the marshalling yards near Essen, Duren und Euskirchen

were bombed and Ares started,

|

Daylight Attacks

His appeal was to those who, oft the grounds of disability through wounde or age, have been prevented LONDON, June 9 (Reuter)-An from taking their part in the war. Air Ministry communique describes Many of them live written to him daylight air attacks behind enemy asking how best they can be of use. lines in France.

Example Of Vigilance

The bulletin states that enciny transport columns were senttered

The answer js--by setting...an

A large convoy of vehicles near and fun, fnio confusion, lines of example of vigilance. Wavre, south-east of Brussels, was tanks heavily bombed, trinoured They must counter-attack the signs machine-gunned and in 20 minutes cars and motor lorries reduced by of impatience, and suppress wil

direct hits to twisted wreckage, und rumours by rumour-mongers.

was reduced to a state of chaos,

at the

The enemy occupied aerodromes at marching troops machine-gunned Their past has given them authority Abbeville and Endbouen in Holland when British bombers ranged over to do this. They must not fail to use were also raided last night. A fierce the German right wing on the Breslo this nuthority at that all through fire was sen to break out

and

the Somme delivering a series of France there will be only one who Abbeville aerodrome.

shallow and deep dive-bombing at- will restat, and one sentiment, the tacks, Saturday's Operations

confiderice of ani victory.

Volunteers, he continued. were LONDON, June D (Reuter)-AR A detachment of German cavntry

in all By placing themselves at the disposal

Air Ministry communique issued to with transports encountered-south needed in every town and village. day states that throughout Saturday, of Nampsauval, stampeded medium bombers of the RAF. con-directions when bombers approached, of the military authorities, the French Linued their attacks.

One hundred incendiary bombs) ex-servicemen will be helping their They attacked the enemy lines of were dropped by shallow-diving sons to save Trance, communication, including road junc bombers on a petrol dump in a wood

Abbeville. There was a tre-

tions and river crossing behind the near, exniasian and the wood was thought it would be a waste of bombs

mendaus

Aghting fronts.

Troop concentrations and columns left a raging mass of flames, of armoured fighting vehicles wero .also bombed,

Two of our altcraft are missing, Theno operations

were continued

to drop any more in the cauldron.

Obtained Precho Results.

The

* Traks Go Up In Flames

LONDON, Juno D (Teuter) The Alare of the Barnes revented" Describing the bombing of oll depots five railway lines, two of which were in Ghent, mentioned in an earlier filled with coverod waggons, during the night.

communique, an Air Ministry bulletin pilot was able to obtain very precise The northern entrance to Amiens says that one cluster of tanks, was results on the unexpected target. and key-points in the Abbeville area already blazing fercely when theAs the waggons blow up, there was were attacked by our heavy bumbers, second wave of bombers arrived. n succession of great explosions.

Ammunition dumps, concealed in

Therefore these bombers placed There were also explosions, followed wooded areas is the Ardennes, were their bombs on other oll reservoirs by eruptions of blay smoke, when blown up...

which were allhouetted by the flames, another aircraft made four hits on a Another formation of heavy bomb- These reservolts were also set alight, further section of largo oil containers org maily, night attacks' on "military When the following aircraft found | The plot of another aircraft' re- objectives over a wide area, ranging their targets fred already, they aime leased all his bombs in a single anivo, from the Ardennea north-eastward toled their bomba so as to widen the katting at lost two more oil con- Rhonish, Trisala and the Ruin burning areas-overy Lime success-tainers alight Then he flew low and

fully.

MY SARANA machine-junied other tanks and set Moro Planos Shor: Dówna Eso widespread and high were the fire to the escaping-fuel with tracor The Conital, ....... Command aircraft Bames from the oil tanks that one bullets, adding to the scene of flaming rando" bombing and machine min st- pilot in the last steze zote the tank ruins

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"Reuter" Reports On Big Battle

FRONT EXTENDED TO ARGONNE

PARIS, June 9 (Reuter)......“This is a critical day in the great Battle for France," said a French War Office spokesman to-day.

was

He said the enemy, had thrown all his resources into the battle from the sea to Argonnetween the Olse River at Noyon and

The situation

not the Aisne River at Solssons. very It was there also that the enemy desperate but at least serious. But the losses of Land armles have been severely tried.

It was not till early this afternoon were not important if we wore that he resumed his offensivo after down the enemy, he concluded.

Throwing in new divisions, supported by trash armoured units to the south

Earlier Reports

this

An

PARIS June D (Reuter)-An of the Aisne River near. Soissons.

At the end of the afternoon Issued communique official morning announces that the enemy attack was also in progress in the has extended his front of attack as region of Pont Avert

Attack Stammad fur as Argonne while continuing his

In Champagne we have completely previous offensive.

Diminishing his pressure on the stemmed the attack which the enemy River-Breslo, he has now pushed his launched at dawn on the whole front Chateau-Porcien the region of stretching from urmoured units in

(south-west of (north of Rethel) to Argonne. Forges-Les-Eaux

The enemy was only able to cross Amiens) towards the region of Rouen

the Aisne River at two points where and Gisors (north-west of Paris).

Some reconnaissance detachments he was counter-attacked. have reached the outskirts of Rouen and Pont-de-l'Arche Rouen) where they have vainly tried dropped behind our lines. They are

now surrounded

(south

To the north of Vouziers (south of

of Rethel) a group of parachutists were

to cross the Seine River.

Further east between Montdidier:

Despite their fallgue and numerical (south-east of Amiens) and Noyon inferiority, our troops continued to (south of St. Quentin), the enemy has fight with ardour and heroism. been much less Incisive than they were last eventag

Continuing their action. in battle, Dur fighter and bomber ́ aircraft Nazis Suffer Set-Back opposed thrusts of armoured forma- It appears

from numerous state tions despite very violent reaction by ments by prisoners that in this region enemy Bghters and anti-aircraft guns. Reconnaissances were carried-out he suffered yesterday afternoon a serious set-back and considerable this morning to show that several lusses.

columns were severely tried and left It was the same this morning bo-behind a large quantity of material.

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