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二拜禮 號三十月八英港香 TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1940 † SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS
No. 1027
NAZIS USE
MASS RAIDS
U.S. Pilot MOST INTENSE
Burns To Death
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
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WILDWOOD N.J., Aug. 12 (UP)-Lieut C. E. Rieben, U.S.N.R., burned to death, and his companion, W. C. Sayers, a Leading Seaman, is miss- ing, believed drowned, as the result of their naval plane catching fire in mid- air off Cape May to-day.
Lieut. Rieben landed the plane in the sea four miles off Cape May when it caught fire. His body was recovered from the burnt out machine.
RAIDS OF THE WAR TO DATE
By EDWARD BEATTIE
(UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT)
SMOKE
$30.00 PER ANNUM
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$3.00
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3-PCE. SUN SUITS
$1.50
GIRLS' SHORTS
from $2.60
BOYS' COTTON SHORTS
$1.50
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BABIES' SILK DRESSES
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SCREENS
IN
ON GREAT BRITAIN
LONDON, AUG. 13, (UP).—MONDAY'S RAIDS ON BRITAIN HAVE PROVED EVEN MORE INTENSE THAN THE MASS ATTACKS CARRIED OUT ON SUNDAY.
Reports received from many sources indicate that the number of civilians killed and injured is the biggest of any day in the war.
From these scattered reports, it appears that at least 400 German planes participated in the attacks.
The bombing was the heaviest yet experienced by England **** and the area the most widespread ever attacked. Many inland
abjectives were attacked for the first time.
DECISIVE
BATTLE RAGING?
Britain's Defònco Of Somaliland
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
ROME, Aug, 12 (UP).—A de cisive battle for possession of British Somaliland is reported to be in full swing south of Ber bera.
Britain, according to Italian ol reports, has massed tens thousands of crack untive troops and a newly arrived Indian con- tingent, behind the desert run- parts.
Italian Claims
ושיות
Despatches
Addis Ababa claim that Italian regulats and native camel corps, together with notorised units, have succeeded in reaching the lowlands 40 mlies from Berbera.
Oficial reports issued in Lon-
don disclose that the Isle of
N-W Frontier ITALIANS SAID TO BE Fight: Heavy TAKING PART IN HUGE
Casualties
one
SIMLA, Aug. 12 (Reu- ter). It is officially an- nounced 'that Captain H.LV. Russell and Indian other rank were. killed, 14 Indian other ranks were wounded and one is missing in a recent engagement with hostile tribes: on the Bannu- Miranshah Road on the North-west Frontier.
The engagement took place last Wednesday in the village of Tappi.
The enemy are believed to have lost five killed and seven wounded.
Wight was attacked for the first Italo-Nazi Action Thought Likely
time.
Thirty German planes were shot down along the south and south-east coasts alone.
Kont Arcas Bombed:
Enemy planes crowed into Kent party in the morning and bombed several points near the coust.
Thirty Junkers participated in one rald on the south-east. Five were brought down; one by archies,
Another seventy bombers, escorted
by Messerschmitts, attacked a town on the south-east coast shortly after dusic.
Eight of these bombers headed for an objective four miles behind the town, and dropped sixteen bombs. The whole district shook with almost simultaneous explosions.
AERIAL "BLITZKRIEG"
By EDWARD BEATTIE
"UNITED PRESS" STAFF CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, AUG. 13 (UP)-WAVES OF STUKA DIVE- BOMBERS, HIDDEN BY SMOKE SCREENS, SPREAD ACROSS THE SKY IN YESTERDAY'S MASS ATTACKS ON BRITAIN.
THEIR
ADVANCE
FORMATIONS BLASTED
BRI-
TAIN'S CREAT NAVAL BASE AT PORTSMOUTH AND ROYAL AIR FORCE 'DROMES IN THE INTERIOR.
For the first time, Italian pilots and planes are reported to have joined in the mass aerial offensive.
NEW NAZI TACTICS FAIL
Despite the now Nazi tactics of laying aerial smoke screens, British archie batteries and fighting planes had little difficulty in piercing the murky smoke barrage, bringing the "bag" of Nazi planes for the past 48
Communications With hours to 99 and the total since June 15 to over 500.
Switzerland Cut
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (Domel)-Strengthening the belief that large-scale Italo-German action against the British Isles is imminent, Free France has suddenly cut off all communications with Switzerland, according to the New York "Times."
Communications were cut on Sunday. No official explanation has been given.
A few minutes fater another Because the action coincided with squadron of bombers swooped over the opening of the German aerial the town and rained bombs in a practically straight line, blasting blitzkrieg against England, observers large craters in the ground but in-belleve it has been prompted by Ger- ficting only slight damage.
man milltary considerations. Eighteen bombs were dropped on the sea front, saune of them into the
spa.
It is estimated that in these raids Italian planes are actively partici-Turn to Page 2, Second Column pating in the invasion.
Force Royal Air arrived from Aden,
have other
planes whilst pinnes are being landed from an air- craft carrier and other British war- ships which have been concentrated along the coast.
Different British Report
(Reuter).Ą CAIRO, Aug. 12 communique issued to-day states that f there is nothing to report from the western deseri,
In the Sudan and Palestine, there is also no activity to report.
In Somaliland, no operations are reported and the enemy have made
no advance,
units indicate that the holding Dobci.
Other sources belleve, however, that the political crisis in France las reached a climax, and they predict inminent shake up in the Petain
Government,
Bombarded
CYCLONE Wenchow Bay
KILLS 25 Extensive Damage To Atlantic Coast
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Japanese Navy Start New Action SHANGHAI, Aug, 13 WASHINGTON, Aug. 12(Domel).-The_Japanese navy| (UP).—The great cyclone which has opened a bombardment of has isolated Georgetown and Wenchow Bay. Charleston in South Carolina has
The walled town of Yuhwon, north
German Aerodromes Plastered With Bombs
The R.A.F.
Keep Up Fine Work
The Air Ministry claimed that only nine British fighters were lost in beating off yesterday's attack, compared with 26 on the previous day.
England.
Yesterday's attacks were undoubtedly the fiercest of any so far launched on.
Berlin reported 71 British planes had been brought down to-day, 48 of them over Portsmouth.
Striking with intensified fury ajong 250 miles of coastline from the Thames Estuary to Ports- mouth, more than 400 enemy machines participated in yester. day's attacks”------
They
came
Waves of over in seventy, all bombers being escorted by Messerschmitts.
The Germans claim that Ports- mouth has been considerably dum
Air Ministry.
Hundreds of Nazi
Planes Take Part
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
German attacks on Britain continued throughout
aged. But this is disputed by the yesterday. The first wave of German raids came over British oficials, rather than regard at 3 a.m., and successive waves were reported throughout the massive aerial assaults as a pre- the day.
an
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1
to lude
German an immediate ure using blitzkrieg tuetles in effort, unsuccessful so far, to put out LONDON, Aug, 12 (Reuter). of commission the RAF's bases for -An Air Force communique its advance fighters. states that high-level bombing of enemy acrodromes was carried out on Sunday.
Enemy-occupied airfelds at Dinard and Caen were attacked and a sea- plane slipway at Brest was damaged. again The Guernsey airport was bombed,
invasiun, believe that the Germans Spithead, Portsmouth, aerodromes in Kent and Sussex and
shipping in the Channel were the main objectives yesterday.
Approximately 39 German machines had been brought down by 4 p.m. Nine British machines are missing. The Ger. mans admit the loss of six machines, claiming that 23 British
machines were downed.
i
A Coastal Command aircraft, while on reconnaissance off the French const, shot down on enemy fighter into the sca.
Sale Of Two Children
Man And Two Women Sent To Prison Charged with taking part in a transaction, the object of which was
LATEST
RAIDS ON WALES AND ENGLAND
Attack On Portsmouth The attacks on Portsmouth were
launched by large fleets of German bombers but it is officially announced that the invaders achieved very little success in their attacks on the great naval dockyard.
Some damage was caused to R.A.F. 'dromes in Kent and SussSEK,
An eye-wliness, describing raids Oil The Main Objective
waves of bombers which LONDON, Aug. 13 (Reuter).-Ex-by two Oll was again the main objective
activity over appeared over a south-cast const" In Kenya, reports of reconnaissance i claimed at least 25 lives on the wenchow, sustained heavy damage of the bomber aircraft last night. A to transfer the possession or control tensive German air
the luncheon in the course of the bombardinent."
synthetic oil plant at Dortmund blew of two children for a valuable con- several parts of England and Wales town, shortly after
sideration, Kwok-ming, 39, un-continued during the night and bombs hour, said: Japanese warships also pushed Into up with a violent explosion and wenchow Bay from where they are plant at Castrop Rauxel was fired an employed, Chan Tal, 38, married wo were dropped in southeast, southwest
39, married and northwest districts in England. roaring down. shelling the Chinese positions on the Plants at Gelsenkirchen and Wanne man, and Wong Pat, north bank of the Wukiang River.
enemy are tiny island of St. Helena, which
lies off Beaufort.
Steadiness On the
Stock Exchange
· LONDON, Aug. 12. (Reuter).—The Stock Exchange to-day was steady though trading was quiet.
Egyptian bonds were notably arm despite international uncertainties.
Git-edged holdings failed fully to maintain their initial gains while industriale moved narrowly.
Kafflrs hardened on the last session on favourable reaction to a record
output of gold in July."
Wall Street was quietly steady...
Volunteer Hurt
In Car Crash
A Volunteer motor-cyclist was nd-
mitted to Kowloon Hospital yester-]
The settlement on the island has been completely wiped out.
L
д
were
"I saw about thirty Junkers, come
E. Many German raldera, however, "Five of them were destroyed. woman, appeared before Mr. Elckel were also heavily bombed. -The cyclone did extensive damage
Himsworth at the Kowloon Magist- hung over the sea and beat a hasty Our AA, guns put up a terrifle bar- Other aircraft attacked an oil dépot
British fighters retreat when to a hundred miles stretch of the
ap-rage and one of the bombers had its Wenchow is one of the areas in-nt Cherbourg, where tanks were set racy this morning.
tall completely shot off, dived Atlantic coast. Several villages have
Inspector Moreton of the S, C. A.
proached, been isolated but there have been cluded in the blockade nolifled by on Are.
German bombers attacked Wales straight down behind some houses. Military objectives at Dusseldorf, said Constable C48 was on duty at the Talpo Railway Station at 7.30
"About twelve Germans balled out. very few casualties on the mainland, the Japanese naval authorities re
Wanne Elekel, Hottlagen and Dort-
dropped on of their machines," The storm is now rapidly filling in. cently.
am on August 11, when he saw the during a raid which lasted several
hours. Bombs mund were also attacked, and
where houses were In the raids along the south- German areas, the dren. Questioning the children, the coastal towns Hamine and Soett received their rat two defendants with four chil- usual visit....
constable found that two of them damaged and a number of casualties eastern coastal
occurred, The rolders were re-ralders dropped heavy calibre bomba In all these operátions, three of our were to be sold to a third party.
considerable damage was done. aircraft were lost.
The constable arrested the two de-peatedly driven off by gunfire.
Happily, casualties were light.
One bomb fell in a railway station Crew's Report
fendants and took them to the Police
damaging signal box
and In- LONDON, Aug. 12 (Reuter)-The Station. Wong was later arrested on iwo
Other bombs crew of one of the Air Force air-, information given by the first craft which bombed the synthetic oil defendants.
defendants Pleading gulity, the plant at Dortmund last night report-
The Philippine Clipper has been NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (Reuter)—A | delayed and will now arrive in British liner arrived here to-day with Hongkong on Thursday, leaving for 162 British children aboard.
Manila on Friday.
Withdrawal of Troops
Draws Newspaper Protest
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UP).—In an editorial to-day the day suffering from abrasions and "Washington Post" says that it cannot be argued other than other Injuries received when his that the withdrawal of British troops from Shanghai to either. cycle collided with a car.
Hongkong or Singapore transforms these places from a military
The collision occurred at the weakness to strength. Junction of Nathan and Prince Ed
ward Roads, TAK JEAN
3 The cyclist was Mr. G. Knight.
Both car and motor cycle were
"damaged.
the Far
explestorylce
·
Pro
U.S.-Soviet Trade Agreement
and
fell
the signed in
in a school Four bombs
werc
MOSCOW, Aug. 13 (Reuter),-It ed on their return that they had were each sentenced to six months witnessed an exceptionally violent hard labour and ordered to be ex-is announced that an extension to another part of the same area, Ope August 6, 1941 of the trade agreo-ploughed up a tennis court, another states the Air Ministry pelled,
ment between Russia and the Unlied burst a water main; the third dropped States hus now been ratified by the into the garden of a cottage and: the
dident of the United States.
nows
An early raider at
1
midnight
and a big blue flash followed. There
dropped four bombs on the TRANSYLVANIA'S was a violent explosion and even FATE DECIDED?
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
though they were flying at several thousand feet, the crew of the bomber could hear it above the roar of the
BUCHAREST, Aug. 13 (Domel). -drowns: the engines which unially drown the it is understood that Rumania hou noise of explosions
A large are followed the explosion regarding Transylvania,
decided to accede to Hungary's claims
...
Rost." paper, it is also unmistakeable that into the hands of the Japanese, and half hour attack by several laide memoire on Sunday. The the move "involves a further and has placed the United States in a bombers Jum before midnight left the contents of the reply have not been serious decline of British prestige in highly embarrassing position. Turn to Pare 2. Third Column divulged.
On the other hand, says the news- This, avers the paper, playa directly. Burning Briskly Ramania replied to the Hungarian
People's Commissars and the Pre-fourth ripped off the side of a house.
Seo Back Page For Further Lato: Nous
Over Wide Area's
As reports of the raids con- tinue to pour 'In from' widely separated polnis, It becomes evident that the Germans are again emé ploying several hundred planes. Relays of British fighters are con tinually taking off, to give battle." Berlin's version of : Monday's: raids state that the intense attacks on, Britain which began on Sunday are Turn to Page 2; Seventh Columa
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