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HIT BY BRAIN TRUST NAZI LUFTWAFFE

DIRECT R.A.F. BOMB ON 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.

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 Saturday when a military plane carrying members of the commission which had been engaged in France in negotiations, crashed at Bareacqule in the province of Piedmont.

The generals were General

Pietro Pinno, General of the Air DROME IN

Force, and General Pellegini.

More Italian Changes ROME, Dec. B (UP)-It has been' that Admiral officially announced Dominico Cavagniari has resigned na Chief of the Italian Navy Stiff and) Under-Secretary for the Navy.

Ile will be replaced by Admiral

TRIPOLI SMASHED

Destructive R.A.F. Raid

CAIRO, Dec. 8 (Reuter).

Arturo Riccardi, while a new pust as heavy R.A.F. bombing attack by

Commander-in-Chief of the fleet on

are ro-

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

It is now confirmed that of three Italian bombers which attempted to raid Buna in Kenya on November 22, only

escaped from British fighters.

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One bomber, it is now established, made a forced landing 00 miles from Buna, Four of the crew were captured and the fifth was killed.

A second bomber was shot down In Dames.

Various reconnaissance Alghts were enrried out over enemy territory on ull front besides the raids yesterday on shipping off the Albanian coust. and on Valona.

FURIOUS RAIDS ON GERMANY

the seas has been given to Adiniral night on Castel Benito, a town Steel Works Reduced

Angelo Jucchini,.

Follows Badoglio's Method

In Tripoli, is described in al special communique to-night.

To Blazing Rubble

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, Dec. 8 (Reater),-Ad- It states that many liombs, LONDON, Dec. 8 (UP).— miral Cavagneri, Chief of the Italian including incendiaries, were re-Striking with new fury of Naval Staff "resigned-at-hla-own-re-! ques" on the same pattern as did leased from low altitudes and destruction at the vitals of the Marchal Badoglio, Chief of the Cen- hits are claimed

all five German war machine, R.A.F. bombers are reported to have

eral Staff of the Italian Armed hangers of the aerodrome.

Force and General Maria de Vecchi,

Governor of the Doxiccanese Islands.

This dramatic sequel to Italy's set-

Was

Direct Hits on Dumps

Pelrol and bomb dumps

Sunday Romo later in the day a few hours of the berodrome.

reduced many buildings of the. Reich's biggest steel works into and "blazing heaps of rubble," and

backs in the campaign against Greccel administrative offices and quarters set fire to six Nazi held naval

first reported from Berlin on all received hits. Large firea were

and was confirmed from

rom, started among bulldings north-west bases and seaports.

In what may have been the before it, was officially announced A column of black smoke from the R.A.F.'s mightiest blow to date,

Athens that Greek forces hat petrof dump fires rose 2,000,

Argyro-Castron, the import-¦

At least eight aircraft dispersed in nearly 4,000 incendiary bombs ant base in southern Albania which the aerodrome and near the hangars and many high explosives were left in flames by retreating were destroyed and many more were unloaded last night on the huge

damaged by incendiarles. Machine- By royal decree Admiral Arturo cunning was carried out from as low Press & Walzwoke steel works blast-furnaces at Dusseldorf, Ricard) has been appointed Chief of as 250 feet. Naval Staff and Under-Secretary of Fires were visible from 50 miles engulfing the plant in raging States for the Navy, both of which The attack appeared to e a complete flames, according to the Air

surprise and all our aircraft returned Ministry, posts Admiral Cavagnari had held.

Admiral Inigo Camploni, it was safely. also announced, has become Vice-

Italiane

Coast Ports Battered

Chief of Naval Staff, and Admiral New Japanese Envoy At the same time, American-inade

Angelb Jachino, Commander of the Fleet at sc

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

Promise of Activity

Hudson planes of the Coastal Con- For Nanking

mund were battering Brest, Lorient. Antwerp, Calais and SHANGHAI, Dec. 8 (Reuter)-Mr. | Dunkirk, Kitmatare Honda, former Japanese, Bologne and the German serodromes Ambassador to Germany, has been stretching across France, Holland and appointed Ambassador to the Nanking Belgium. [regime in succession General Naval

shipyards and docks at Brest

to

and

This resitule of naval appoint- Bobuyuki Abe who has resigned, ne-and Lorient are said to have been ments may presage greater activity cording to the Wang Ching-wei "Cen- ripped with "great explosions

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huge fres."

The Ministry stated that not only the steel works, but many other parts of Dusseldorf itself were bombed.

The Ministry admitted that four R.A.F. planes failed to return. Two

Indo-China Frontier

Quiet,

Şays

Report

By MELVILLE JACOBY

UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT

R.A.F. planes were lost in the attack on Dusseldorf, but "they nevertheless sent messages by rndlo" that their their mission was completed.

Biggest Fire Ever Seen One of the returning RAF. pilots, describing the bombing of Dusseldorf, said: "Wo started the largest fire I have ever seen. In a single interval of five minutes, one observer saw 20 explosions."

A scene in a Control Centre of the Observer Corps, that vital "Brain Trust" of Britain's anti- aircraft defences, aghich have. proved so worthy against the air might of Nazi Germany. Seated around the tablo are the "platters", who receive informa- tion of the movement of enemy aircraft from the observation pasts, and move the symbols on the table in accordance with the with the messages. The men; with rakes are the Supervisors who clarify the situations as they arise, and on the dais above are the "Tellers, who pass informa- tion forward to the Higher Com- mands of the RAF A "Re- corder" seated high in the corner maintains an accurate record of every track..

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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 lull 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 over the continent.

It is the first time that the main weight of the RAF's nightblitz has been directed against the aerodromes from which the Luftwaffe raided

when British bomber crews

were

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

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

Why Nazis Stay Home communique us "a successful shoot"

The daring with which this on enemy positions cast of Metamma,

British guns were also active in offensive was carried out combined the arcs north of Kassala. On other with the poor visibility near fronts there is no change in the ground and the severe cold at high levels, may have served to "ground" situation to report.

the Luftwaffe for the first time since August 7.

Emminent Jew

Rejects Favour

LONDON, Dec. 8 (Reuter).-Henri Bergson, famous philosopher, has re-

new

the

German crows returning from the latest rald on Bristol were faced with

the perilous tack of landing on flare: paths heavily plastered with high ex- plosive bombs. It Is reasonably certain that there were crashes and

casualties.

Itéports of another amashiing R.AF.

fused exemption from the provisions of the French Jewish statute to which he was entitied, on the ground that attack on Saturday night on Nazi he has "rendered exceptional service industrial targets and raids on more in the iterary sphere," according to enemy aerodromes were, read in Vichy message to the Jewish Tele-London to-day as the capital debted whether I would experience its graph Agency.

Bergson will thus be obliged to re-third successive night without Bombs, Up to noon on Sunday only one sign his professorship at the College!

the highest German reconnaissance 13

planc had de France which

been sighted: station of French university life.

Preliminary reports of the R.A.F. raid on Dusseldorf on Saturday night show that it was as heavy and de- structive ES Wednesday's rald. Visibility was good and the pilots had no difficulty in recognising their target-blast furnaces, steel works, TURN + Back Pago, Column 3

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, said 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)—Tension reigned in Haiphong on Saturday when Japanese soldiers took into custody a group of French soldiers, who went to the assistance of a French woman engaged in an argument with Japanese troops. The Japanese alleged that the woman had insulted the Emperor of Japan.

The Japanese forced the French soldiers to march to the

CELEBRATE Headquarters of the French

VICTORY

Greece.

Naval Liaison Officer, from. whom they demanded an imme diate apology.

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

Japanese Land Guns

to

French

He appealed generals, admirals, officers, soldiers, sailors and airmen throughout the French Empire to unite with free Frenchmen and to fight on with the allies for the liberation of France,

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

"France Is once more uniting secretly against the enemy and rejects TURN to Back Pago, Column 3

Rumania

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Anticipates

Mournful Christmas

Tremendous Enthusiasm THAKHEH, Dec. 8 (UP).—1 found Thakhek calm this morn-

Throughout Greece ing, though Thal planes flew over us on a scouting expedition,

Special to the "Telegraph” ATHENS, Dec. 8. (Reuter),—| while French military forces are continuing to change this palm-

BUCHAREST, Dec. 8 (UP)—Christmas will be a time of treed tropical village on the broad Mekong river into a defence

The Air Ministry said that Brest, The victory of Argyro-Castron which is now held by the Nazis, was is being celebrated with tremen- sector against possible invasion, aro machine-gunning the villagers, "severely battered." Ono piano was dous

enthusiasm. throughout reliable. eyewitness here report- mourning in Rumania, with candles burning in homes and ed that on Saturday afternoon the churches in memory of Bessarabin, North Bukovina, Cadrilater Writing at the post office, it dropping bombs by hand.

lost in the flereo anti-air fire from

celebrate he will do it on New Year's in possible to view, across

tho Mekong river, Thai rafts, enthe only war with Thailand which Brest was also bombed..

somewhere in Laor, I learned that light. They said the dry-dock at

"A Merry Christmas" on English day with the national dish of sarmale, Greek towns. In the streets of an effort to prevent the illegal land-

Instead of turkey or goose, the trenchments and, new roads the French officers have heard about

The report also said that 15

there is no provision under the exist-Rumanians who,, for the most part,

regard Christmas 01 4. religious Rumanian looks to fat pork for and carmale.com- ing agreements. city of Lackhon which the the Border incidents have been the attack on Lorient, and oue the King and General Metaxas

holiday, and celebrate New Year's festival dishes

brising ground pork and rice, spleed They stated that the around the dry-docks, while the ship-and, singing the National An

The Japanese

the Day instead. confronted good building yards, ordnance works, and them, marched to General Head-

But the ordinarily solemn manner and rolled in sour

our cabbage leaves. French with Mauser pistols and af-1 casionally, That machine-gunners foreign equipment; however, there is U-bont re-fuelling

firmor in reminiscence of the loss of just is not New Year's

Day are landing shots on Thakhek, a question as to how well they will heavily tombed and many fires quarters where in answer to terwards: continued to unload their of Christmas this year will be even Without this dish, New Year's Day

their shouts, the King appeared artillery. use their arms. Ther stated thore

two-fifths of all Rumania, the pall Rumanian, which is now mainly deserted... was a large conceritration of The started.

on the balcony followed by!

Reports from the That frontier tical upheaval at the time of King But the dish promises to be con- Thai searchlights Isat evening be-landers behind Lackhon, lying op-

state that another clash between Carol's abdication, the devastating widerably altered this year, as rice, A public session of the Compulsory General Motaxas. A gan sweeping the river between the posits Thakhek and that they were

and - the with its price incrensa of 500 per cent. earthquakes The sirens of all ships in Athens French and Thalland troops occurred recurrent' two. elties. French officers, showing confident at meeting any. That, in Service Tribunal will be held on mo the market placa explained that vasion. The present orders Do not Thursday, December 12, at 4 pm. In harbour.mingled with the ringing of along the Mekong liver in Northern gruesome nights of terrorism at the since last New Year, will be mizilor Colonial Church baller and British soldiers Laos yesterday when the French re- beginning of this month, stable from the tables of all, but the yETY: the Thailanders are using the most fire unless fired upon are being the Council Chamber,

TURN to Back"Page, Column 5 turned the Thailand fire.

If the average Rumanian does rich. modem American bullt planes and upheld, 23

At the French Staff Headquarters ground guns in the bright moon- Flags were hung out in all French Customs at Hilphong made and North Transylvania.

lending below to the Thailand have come from radio reports, saylı separate fres were counted during Athens, huge crowds cheered/ing of Japanese artillery, for which standards has, never caught on with if he has the money for it.

French recently shelled. cars have extremely

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