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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1940. 日一十月一十

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BY BRAIN TRUST NAZI LUFTWAFFE

ON

R.A.F. BOMB ITALIAN WARSHIP

ATHENS, DEC. 8 (REUTER).—A DIRECT HIT ON THE STERN OF ONE SHIP, AND MANY NEAR MISSES WERE OBSERVED BY THE CREWS OF R.A.F. BOMbers which are ofFICIALLY STATED TO HAVE ATTACKED ITALIAN SHIPPING OFF THE ALBANIAN COAST YESTERDAY.

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A RAID Was carrieD OUT ON VALONA IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AGAINST HEAVY ENEMY FIGHTER OPPOSITION. ALL BOMBS FELL IN THE TARGET AREA BUT THE RESULTS could NOT BE OBSERVED.

GENERALS DIE IN AIR CRASH

Another Blow For Italians

ROME. Dec. 8 (Reuter).-Two Italian generals were killed when a plane carrying members of the Italian armistice com- mission crashed on a flight from Rome to Turin.

The fatality occurred on Sa'urday when a military plane carrying members of the commission which had been engaged in France in negotiations, crashed at Bareacquie in the province of Piedmont.

The generals were General

Pietro Piano, General of the Air 'DROME IN

Force, and General Pellegini,

More Italian Changes ROME, Dec. # (UP)-It has been Admiral officially announced that Donnintco Cavognari has resigned as Chief of the Italian Navy Staff and Under-Secretary for the Navy.

He will be replaced by Admiral Arturo Riccardi, while a new post as Commander-in-Chief of the feet on the seus has been given to Admiral) Angelo Jacchini,

Follows Badoglio's Method

TRIPOLI SMASHED

Destructive R.A.F. Raid

CAIRO, Dec. 8 (Reuter).

heavy R.A.F. bombing attack by night on Castel Benito, a town in Tripoll, is described in a special communique to-night.

LONDON, Dec. B (Reuter)--Ad- It states that many bombs,

did

Two Bombers Down CAIRO, Dec. 8 (Reuter).-- New Italian air losses are re- corded in an R.A.F. communique. One fighter among the strong patrols trying to defend Valona against the R.AF. raid, was shot down.

It is now confirmed that of three Hattan bombers which attempted to | raid Buna in Kenya on November 22, only one escaped from British fighters.

One bomber, It is now established, made a forced landing 60 miles from Bunu. Four of the crew were captured and the Afth was killed,

A second bomber was shot down in inmey.

Various reconnuissance flights were earried out over enemy territory on all front besides the raids yesterday on shipping off the Albanian const Bad un Valona.

FURIOUS RAIDS ON GERMANY

Steel Works Reduced To Blazing Rubble

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Dec. 8 (UP).—

miral Cavaganti, Chief of the Italian including incendiaries, were re- Striking with new fury of Naval Staff "resigned at his own released from low altitudes and destruction at the vitals of the guts!" on the same pattern s Marshal Badoglio, Chief of the Gen-hits are claimed on all five German war machine, R.A.F. eral Star of the Italian Armed hangers of the aerodrome. Forces, and Cieneral Maria de Vecch!,

Governor of the Dodecanese Islands,

This dramatie

sequet

Italy's set-i

Direct Hits on Dumps

Petrol' and bomb dumps

bembers are reported to have reduced many buildings of the Reich's biggest steel works into backs in the campaign against Grece administrative offices and quarters set fire to six Nazi held naval and "blazing heaps of rubble," and first reported from Berlin on

all received hits. Large fires were Sunday and was confirmed from Rome later in the day a few hours; of the aerodrome.

restarted among buildings north-west bases and seaports. before I was olllelally announced

In what may have been the from Athens that Greek forces had A column of black smoke from the R.A.F.'s mightiest blow to date, occupted Argyro-Castron, the import- petrol dump fires rose 2,000. Inearly 4,000 incendiary bombs ant bose in southern Albanka which At least eight aircraft dispersed in and many high explosives were had been left in Dames by retreating the aerodrome ant near the hangars unloaded Inst right on the huge By royal decree Admiral Arturo damaged by incendiaries, Machine- Press & Walzwoke steel works Ricard has been appointed Chief of gunning was carried out from as low blust-furnaces at Dusseldorf, Naval Staff and Under-Secretary of a 250 feet.

engulfing the plant in raging States for the Navy, both of which posts

Pires were visible from 50 miles. flames, according to the Air Admiral Cavageeri had held,

The attack appeared to be a complete Ministry. Admiral Inigo Campioni, it was surprise and all our aircraft retumed also announced, has become Vice safely. Chief of Naval Staff, and Admiral Angelo Jachino, Commander of the Fleet at sea.

Italians.

Camplont's predecessor is not named but a few months ago this post was held by Admiral Somigli.

Promise of Activity

were destroyed and many more were

Coast Ports Battered At the same tline, American-made BY GUERILLAS Hudson planes of the Coastal Com- mand were battering Brest, Lorient, Dunkirk, North China Incidents ·

Antwerp, Calals and Bolougne and the German nerodromes SPECIAL TO THE "TELENOPSAPP” SHANGHAI, Dec. 9 (UP)-it is stretching cross France, Holland and

This reshuffle of naval appoint-authoritatively stated that in addition ments may presage greater activity to the Soochow train wreck, Chinese;

Belgium.

Naval shipyards and docks at Brest

ripped with "great explosions and

fires," The

on the part of the Italian feel or at guerillas, during the same week, blew und Lorient are said to have been

his ally Hitler.

No doubt Cavagnarl is being used

mostly in North China. wrecked They

several hundred casuni-

A scene in a Control Centre of

the Observer Corps, that vital "Urain "Trust”-of· Britain's anti- atreraft defences, which have proved so worthy against the air inight of Nazi Germany, Beated around the table are the {"plotters", who receive informa- tion of the movement of enemy aircraft from the observation posts, and mave, the symbols on the table in accordance with the

are

messages. The men with the rakes are the Supervisors who cinrily the situations as they arise, and on the dais above ar the Tellers", who pass Informa~ tion forward to the Higher Cam- mands of the R.A.F. A "Re- corder" scaled high in the corner maintains an accurate record of every track.

IS SOBERED BY R.A.F. EXPLOITS

LONDON, DEC. 8 (REUTER). THERE HAS BEEN A STRANGE LULL ON German AIR ACTIVITY OVER BRITAIN SINCE FRIDAY Night which has intrigued british observerS.

Three reasons for the full are advanced; they are all speculations, but one or more have some basis in facts.

Not a little exhausted by four months of continuous day and night raiding over the Channel, Germany may be conserving the strength of her air force for a dramatic new blow against Britain, here or in another theatre of war.

British Guns Roar

In Desert

Two other reasons find more immediate favour, however. Pro- bably inter-related, they are the. Royal Air Force's eight-hour hammering of Luftwaffe bases in occupied territory on Friday night, and weather conditions Jover the continent.

It is the first time that the main weight of the R.A.F.'s nighiblitz has been directed against the aerodromes Luftwaffe raided

London and, more recently, English

CAIRO, Dec. 8 (Reuter).from which the British artillery in the Sudan ports and industrial towns. In the hammered away at Italian posi-past these have only been attacked tions yesterday..

when British bomber crews were

Loud explosions were heard follow-unable to locate their primary tar- ing what is described in the official Kets.

communique as "a successful shoot" on enemy positions east of Metamma, British guns were also active in the area north of Kussala. On other fronts there is no change in the sithalidir to report:

Emminent Jew

Rejects Favour

Why Nazis Stay Home The daring with which this new offensive was carried out combined the with the poor visibility near wound and the severe cold at high levels, may have served to "ground". the Luftwaffe for the first time since ****August

German crews returning from the latest ruid on Bristol were faced with the perilous task of landing on finre (paths heavily plastered with high ex- bombs. It Is reasonably

LONDON, Dec. 6 (Reuter).-Henr} plosive Bergson, famous philosopher, has re-certain that there were crashes and

casualties. fused excmption from the provisions casualt

Reports of another shinching R.A.F. of the French Jewish statute to which

he was entitled, en the ground that attack on Saturday night on Nazi he has "rendered exceptional service Industrial targets and raids on more in the literary sphere," according to enemy nerodromes were read in whether I would experience its

a Vichy message to the Jewith Tele-London to-day as the capital debied

aph Agency.

"Bergeon will thus be obliged to re-third successive night without bumbi ig his professorship-at-le-College de France which is ute highest German reconnaissance-play ang station of French university life.

BLOW DE GAULLE URGES FROM SYRIA & N. AFRICA

LONDON, Dec. 8 (Reuter).-A chance to turn the Italian reverses into a complete rout and to win for France a "victory of the Mediterranean now presents itself to the French fleet and to French armies in North Africa and Syria, gaid General de Gaulle, the Free French leader, broadcasting a strong appeal from here to-night to those forces "not to miss the opportunity.”

Haiphong Incidents Cause High Tension

Special to the "Telegraph"

HANOI, Dec. 8 (UP)-Tersion reigned 'n Haiphong on

least the promise of !! by Mussolini to up five additional Japanese trains, Ministry stated that not only Saturday when Javanese soldiers took Into custody a group of us a scapegoat for the Taranto episode and inflicted several scorca of cars the steel works, but many other parts French soldiers, who went to the assistance of a French woman The Ministry admitted that four engaged in an argument with Japanese troops. The Japanese nari is a good Fascist and a good nd- Travellers from Tsingtao reported .A.F. planes failed to return, Two alleged that the woman had insulted the Emperor of Japan.

as others who resigned were used for ties, including a small number of the Italian failure in Greece, Cavag- Japanese troops.

of Dusseldorf Itself were bombed.

R.A.F. planes were lost in the attack ministrator rather than a good sailor, an unsuccessful attempt to assassinute on Dusseldorf, but "they nevertheless It is reported that he thought almost Mayor Chao Chi on December 1, 1n sent messages by radio that their

much of the education of his which one of the Mayor's secretaries, their mission was completed. TURN to Back Pago, Column 5 was slightly wounded,

Japanese Angered By Shanghai Incident

Special to the "Telegraph"

SHANGHAI, Dec. 9. (UP),—Japanese gendarmes, after negotiations which lasted an hour, this morning released four Municipal Council constables and one foreign Sub-Inspector, whom they had arrested last night after the discovery of a badly Injured Chinese constable, of the Japanese controlled Govern-

within the blockaded western district.

Biggest Fire Ever Seen

One of the returning R.A.F. pilots, describing the bombing of Dusseldorf, said: "We started the largest Aro I have ever seen. In a single interval of five minutes, one observer saw 20 explosions.

NAZI SHIP SINKING Torpedoed By Cruiser.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

HAVANA, Dec. 8 (UP)—~—-

A.

The Air Ministry said that Bresty The Headquarters of the Cuban

The Japanese forced the French soldiers to march to the

the Headquarters of

Fronch Naval Liaison Omcer, from, whom they demanded an imme- [diate apology.

The incident was settled later when Governor Decaux and Major General Sumita intervened.

Japanese Land Guns

which is now held by the Nazis, was Navy today announced that A reliable eyewitness hare report-

severely battered." One plane was lost in the ferce anti-air fire, from

Brest was also bombed.

The

that. 16

sald report also

fres. were counted during Reparate the httack on Lorient and one around the dry-dock, while the ship building yards, ordnance works, and U-boat re-fuelling wharves" were and many frés

French He

appealed to generals, admirals, officers, soldiers, sailors and nirmen throughout the French Empire to unite with free Frenchmen and to fight on with the alliès for the liberation of France.

De Gaulle sald: "Events are giving the a magnificent opportunity for French Army to re-enter the war and j to take part in the anal victory."

"France is once more unlling secretly against the enemy and rejects co-operation with Germany," he cop- cluded.

More Warships LONDON, Dec. 8 (Reuter)-More warthips will shortly be put into commission for the Free French Navy. These and a number of destroyers, TURN to Back Page, Column 3

Uplo“ noon' on 'Sunday one been sighted.

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Preliminary reports of the R.A.F. raid on Dusseldorf on Saturday night show that it was as heavy and de structive

Wednesday's rald. Visibility was good and the pilots had no dimeulty in recognising their targets blast furnaces, steel works, TURN to Back Page, Column 3

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Unhappy Evacuates' Complaint To Paper

The following letter signed by nine Hongkong evacuates

radio operatorsed,that. on Saturday afternoon the Government ground guns in the bright moon have picked up an 8.0.9. signal French Customs at Haiphong made now resident in Melbourne appeared in a recent issue of the Mel-

ditions.to.contend with. There will light. They said the dry-dock at from the German freighter an effort to prevent the illegal land-bourne "Argus.”

SirThe Argus" of November be no contented wives until this mud- Idarwald, which reported that ing of Japanese artillery, for which

Families Happy to Stay Here," On finite about our return announced.. she was sinking off the south there is no provision under the exist carried a report, headed "Hong Kong, dle le cleared up, and something do coast of Cuba, after having beening agreements.

behalf of a large number of evacures, The wives who now express 'saline torpedoed by a British cruiser. •The Japanese confronted the may I say that these isolated cases faction with the conditions are mostly be taken na the view of the those who complained unceasingly cannot French with Mauser pistols and of majority. Most of us are anything routeYours, etc.. terwards continued to, uniond · their] but

but happy or content.

nt la England, The constable was suffering, However, the Japanese in the first

artillery

where the dangers are so 'real, no

bear from severe head injuries which pics accused the Municipal Police of

attacking the injured constable, who u

Reports from the Thal frontier pressure has been brought

on women-cath has the right to are believed to have been in-is not expected to, recover. A publio action of the Compulsory has issued a new degree making com-state that another clash-between decide, for herself. We, in China, ficted when he fell from a fast The blockade was Ughtened follow Bervice: Tribunal will be held on pulsory the declaration of credits French and Thailand troops occurred where the danger was comparatively moving motor car which he at-ing the incident, but was relaxed Thursday, December 12, at 4 pm In blocked in 12 European countries along the Mekong River in Northern nil, were given no choiconsimply

Chamber, Colonial The decree alms applies to the French Laos yesterday when the French re-ordered to leave. We resent t about midnight following a house-to-the;"> Counell

Thi tempted to stop for searching..

-turned-the Thailand fire/ Colonies

Many of us have had very bad-con--

house.search.

heavily bombed

Bect

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