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Hongkong Telegraph.

No. 10238

FOUNDED 1831 一拜禮 號六月八英港香

MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1940. 日三廿月七

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WIDESPREAD RAIDS

BOMBS FELL

ON-

BRITAIN: London, Do- ver, Ramsgate.

GERMAN TERRITORY: German gun positions in France: Stuttgart, Frankfort, Ludwigshaven: Aerodromer in France, Belgium, Ger. many.

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

GERMAN BOMBERS RESUMED WIDE- SCALE RAIDS ON BRITISH OBJECTIVES AT THE WEEK-END, ATTACKING LONDON, PORTSMOUTH, DOVER, Ramsgate, SOUTH WALES, THE SCILLY ISLES, TOWNS IN THE ***..............................|NORTH AND MIDLANDS.

Milan. Sesto

12.30 P.M. REPORT

Royal Air Force

Raid

on

Berlin

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

The raiders attacked for the first time in wecks in groups up to 40 strong. In a sorios of fierce air battles all over Britain, the R.A.F. in two days downed 89 of Goering's raiders.

One German squadron of) 40 machines turned tail after an encounter with Hurricanes and Spitfires

BERLIN, Aug. 26 (UP).—Royal Air Force when the raiders attempted

bombers attacked Berlin early this morning.

Ten heavy detonations shook the heart of the German capital.

to cross the Dorset coast,

A Portsmouth A German bomb fell directly on a cinema during a film causing a number!

Anti-aircraft guns of all calibres were brought into of fatalities. action in the northern and western outskirts.

The British planes came over in relays.

Could Have Hit Chancellory

The fired British machines apprTO AID BRITAIN

1.10 m (710 am HKT).

They flew directly over

Govern-

ment buildings to the Wilhelmstresse

Hitler's Chantellery was, if the British pilote had cared, an obvious" target

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A.A Butteric "tepped up their Tempo anak soon the din of explosionis rame from all sides

Guns above the Chancellmy went Into action

Tremendous Air Battle

Traver bullets Barred across the sky

in the northwestern rubu: bs, indicat tag on our tellin

The Bases from the AA. Cuns were

su continuous and brilliant that the Under den Linden and the entire central part of the capdal was; illuminated, despite rigid binckout.

The errand air raid alarm

ACTIE: Berliners urrying to their rhellers again at 1.25 am

Explosions occurred in the northern

arct

suburts western

inutes of the alarm.

within

Dramatic Messages

Ich

Here in subsequent urgent flash messages from United Press in Berlin are latest stories of the air raids

2.05 am (805 am ILKT) -Air- planes

are droning with inerCANING Loudness over the very cratie Berlin. The A.A barrage has it- creared in intensity

215 a.m. (8.15 km HKT) batteries have resumed th

Bertin, north audible.

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Ayairi

Plantes

2.40 am. (8 40 am. It K.T) The A.A. fire is easily the must intense since the raids commenced. Planes are aguda trening over the Wilhel nistrasse.

All-Clear Sounded

3.21 am. (0.31 am. H.KT.).—The All Clear has just been sounded.

A.A. fire broke out directly opposite the United Press office at 1,15 am. and within a few minutes had spread to the entire city.

POLISH TROOPS arriving at a British port from France shortly

London' hond its fourth raid in two days Tombs struck hospital, o factory and other buildings

The alarmy was n force from 11,30 pm Saturday until 1.20 p.m. Sunday, Goering's riders dropped approxi- intely 100 incendiary and explosive bombs.

At Ramsgate whole rows of хед Eide villas were demolished. The istarmage here and at Ramsgate is des meulsturikkal, but net Cestastrophie **

1 Widespread Nazi Attacks

LONDON, Aug 23 (UP') --- Reports JALAN premised my London show

1.-1 ruht' raids in the Landin arra resulted in some en candies at the Camber: kaffed was small

Elvestere in Bagland gorabe at- Teke were nude over a

area

la three tours in the north of Eng Jamal and a feouth in the Minds

damage w tone, mainly

1 alented potopne ty There were

so ilfar s some of them fatul.

ו

In the tricts, however, the dam-

age was reported to be

multi trw

slight and I

London's Night Raid

LONDON Aug 25 (Reuter).--|

now with ndly revealed Bhat 39

111- Nari planes were deshared In

Tay's a battles vre England, while eleven of ur planes mir missing. Though three pilots are known to be

London had its fourth oir rand warning in two days when sirens

Flying Boat Directs Rescue Of Twenty Men In Lifeboat

WHILE FLYING 150 miles from land the Captain of an R.A.F. Sunderland flying boat saw a white speck on the water. He found it was a small lifeboat with a white jib hoisted. Twenty men were in the boat, which the Sunderland circled while a man in the stern stood up and tried to signal a message. The Sunderland sent out wire- lest messaget, at first with no result. Finally, the aircraft succeeded in calling up a merchantman and the twenty men were rescued.

THE LIFEBOAT (circled) drawing alongside the rescuing merchantman, Rescue was made more difficult by the heavy seas.+

CHINA MAY

HAVE A NEW

WAR-TIME

CAPITAL

Rumours are current in un-

wailed again -night. The hum of officiul Chinese circles that alanes could be heard in the out-1 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

skirts

Searchlights swept the skies and has made the necessary arrange- Inscuple in 20 streets heard the ments to set up China's

sound of gunfire.

war-

Spitfires engaged a German raiderme capital at Tachuenshi, if above the clouds over a southeast the necessity ever arises.

coast town and within a few minutes

Ja Messrschmitt in Bumes came down Tachuenshi is about ten miles hrough the cloads. The pilot was from Tibet, at the junction of picked up dead. A minute later un the Tibet-Burma and Szechuan other aider crashed about twelve borders.

miles

oway.

matt.

Five more enemy planes were It is considered Impregnable to

and shot down by ILAP. atreraft batteries on Saturday mak attack by land or by air.

The sur-

Ing the total 50. Nineteen of our rounding regions, are far toa moun- aircraft were last but the crews of tainous for successful air attack. twelve are safe. Three German

The A.A. fire was punctuated by after the Armistice. Two ships came Occasional violent detonations which into port carrying troops and refugee

fighters were are be- undoubtedly came from bombs.

civilians. The photo shows some of brought down and others

leved to have crashed into the sea the troops disembarking.

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The Gerinan authorities refuse to issue vany. statement regarding damage.

ITALY & GREECE No New Developments LONDON, Aug 25 (Dr. Wireless). -There have been no further deve- lopments of importance between Italy and Greece, so far as it is known in official circles in London.

Nevertheless, Britain is watching the situation carefully.

HUNGARY & RUMANIA DEADLOCK

SPECIAL TO THE

BERLIN,

#TELEGRAPHI

Aug. 25 (UP) ~~~Well-

од

informed quarters state that Rumania Unofficial but well-informed circles and Hungary have agreed to resume are inclined to consider the absence their talks at Turnu Severin of new moves from the Italian, side Wednesday. as an indication that the main signi- ficance of the Italian Press and radio attacks may have been intimidatory

Troops On Mova

INTERCESSION FOR PEACE BY POPE DENIED

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPÉ" WASHINGTON, Aug.

25

.

Chungking's Future

It is emphasised that the choosing of this place as a potential war-time; does not imply that capital Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has any intention of abandoning Chung-

THE LIFEBOAT photographed from the Sunderland when it was first sighted 150 miles at sea.

Japanese To Evacuate

Hongkong, Says Report

king, which is sull over 250 miles The Hongkong "China Evening News," quoting the ΣΤΟΥΠ the Japanese front-lines. These Japanese fires have not ad-Japanese Consulate-General, states that a number of vanced more than 60 miles towards Japanese women and children will be evacuated from

Chungking during the past year.

Tochuenshi is 600 miles further inland from Chungking..

|Hongkong shortly.

reports.

"Personally I do not believe that It is necessary for Japanese subjects to According to the newspaper, evacuate," the newspaper quoted the It is being made accessible to both the first batch will leave by Consul General as saying. "I am not (UP).The State Department Soviet Russia and Burma, by read Japanese ship on August 30. The making any preparations to evacuate has no information on reports and railway, according to Chinese second batch will leave on my wife and children at present.” that the Holy See may intercede

September 20,

SABOTAGE IN U.S. with President Roosevelt in an A "United Press" message from The Japanese Consul General is effort to bring peace to Europe, Shanghal this morning quotes semi-reported to have said that the evacua

MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT With the prospect of an early set-

Mr. Myron. Taylor,

President official sources, as reporting that, as tion is being carried out unofficially

FRANKFORT ARSENAL tlement of the Transylvanian question Roosevelt's personal envoy to the a result of the extensive bombings, and not on instructions from even more remote to-day then it was Vaticon, is now en route to the the Supreme National Defence Coun- Japanese Government.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 25 (UP) —— a fortright ago, Rumania has begun

cil in Chungking has ordered all shifting army units from the Bul- United States on leave.

Government offices to evacuate the It is claimed that the women and Omcial quarters refuse to comment are leaving in response to on the possibility of sabotage in last garlan to the Hungarian frontier. There appears to be no sentiment war-time capital during the bomb-

from

their families in night's mysterious Bre.

which Some troops are reported to have among US Government circles in ing season, which ends in October.

Japan,

damaged an instrument plant at been concentrated on the Russo- favour of terminating the war

Only relief officials, communica- The voluntary evacuation is not Frankfort Arsenal. re-Kumanian frontier,

long as Hitler has the upper hand.

On the contrary, American policy tion and local administrative officials due to the local situation but to Engineers are reported to be con is definitely becoming increasingly will be permitted to remain, in developments in Europe, the Consul structing a new 75 mm. gunsight at

General is quoted as saying:

the factory. anti-Nazi,

Chuacking.

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 25 (Domel) -The Argentine Congress ha3 un animously rejected the resignation of President Roberto Ortiz.

It has adopted a resolution questing the Chief Executive to re- main in office and settle the political

crisis.

It is officially dezled, however, that the Rumanian Government has Issued mobilisation orders,

the

Frenchmen Escape From Devil's Is.

Arrive In Miami

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 25 | (UP), --- Eight bedraggled Frenchmen who claim to have escaped from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island arrived at Miami to-day in a 30ft. sailing boat.

They are now endeavouring to proceed to England in order to join the Free French forces who are con- tinuing the war against Hitler.

the The escaped men claim that penal settlement on Devil's Island has been virtually abandoned by France since the Armistice.

Food is scarce and the guards have received no pay for several weeks,

In addition to the eight men who have reached Miami 'several other parties have succeeded in escaping.

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