1940-12-13 — Page 5

SIDI BARRANI: FULL STORY

How City Was Captured

"Reater's" Correspondent with the Army of Nile LONDON, Dec. 12. Despite days of gruelling fighting some of which took place in thick sandstorms =the advince British troops are in the highest spirits, jubilant at the successes achieved after months of waiting.

The British advance troops| exécuted A swift extensive flanking movement encireling one enemy position after an- other to capture Sidi Barrani while the Royal Air Force con- centrated on keeping talian bombers and fighters out of the air by Incessantly bombarding; and machine-gunning their aerodrome The dull, monotonous booming of the guns of the British feet many miles) away was clearly aurtible here; there warship are pounding the Halisa roastal position.

The Batth for Stu) Barrion keen and bitter.

MOSCOW

SPLASHES

>

NEWS

British Successes

MOSCOW, Dec. 12 (Reuter). wSoviet interest in the fighting in North Africa is well reflected

The eventual outcome of the, pre-

sent operations is imposible to fore in the Press. The official Com- cast because of the rapidity with which DC Bituation is changing but the positive balance already aeldeved by the British it, as one vllleer. pressed it, "niny prisoners" together with quantities of war material most of which is in excellent condition.

Combined Asscult

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The artillery, infantry, armoured forces and the loyal Navy all contr buted to twelve hour bombardment of Sidi Barral while the Royal Air Force's part was to bomb it almost continuously for 16 hours on Monday, Severe casualties were inflicted on Black Shirt Divisions who, neverthe less, offered herce resistance to the British onslaughts.

Despite the

parts of the desert, Including; aero-

munist paper "Pravda" has as two main headlines across the foreign

Page, British Offensive in Western Desert" and, "Italian Retreat In Albanin."

news

British reports of the taking of Sidi Barrani are published at length with a description of the terrain and an account of how the Italians forli- Bed the Sidi Barraul-Sollum area,

The "Pravda" then

quotes the "Basler Nachmichten"

for state-

went that the war in Greece and the attack on Taranto are already having effect on the Italian army in Libya.

Reports from New York regarding Increuard

American aid for

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 13, 1940.

MUSIC HALL 1940, CHINA FLEET CLUB TO-NIGHT

"Music Hall 1940” is being

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the

Above in

"Family Group" are, left to right, Jack Donald Mac- Wedderburn,

Alister, George. Ingolby, Sheila Mackinlay and Jill Beavis.

4-

the

Ross

Below are Green (left) and

in

"The Window

the duststorms which per- British are also prominently publish-

ing ed in the Moscow Press. sisted throughout yesterday, taking "Trud" concludes a long article by queting the "New York-Herald dromes, look like London in a bea-Tribune" as saying that the intensi-

Cop the R.A.F. Blew out uncen-

of the struggle between Acation singly on their harassing tasks. A Britain and Germany only increases time: returning hombers were unable the vital interest of the United States to see their aerodromes and were in the survival of Britain.

forced to lund on emergency aero-¡ dromes elsewhere.

ere. Their bombard ment of Benina which is an Italian advance air striking base, was pro- bably the heaviest bombing raid ever curried out in the Near East and it left Italian hangars and machines. shattered wrecks.

Breach In Line Effected Details of the operation enabling * British motorised divkilon to pene-] trate to the coast and to cut off the italian forces at Sidi Barruni, were revealed to-night.

From the moment in September

врскат spcent Instructions to harass the

Friendship Pact

Yugo-Slavia And Hungary

when General Graziani's troops BERLIN, Dec. 12 (Reuter). reached Ski Burrani, u famous A pact of friendship was signed mechanized regiment was given in Belgrade this evening be enemy as a specifted point and to tween Hungary and Yugo-Slavin, prevent them from completing the according to the German news line of cups stretching from the agency,

const to the southernmost camp.

For weeks the me

mechanised units

carried out incessant attacks in the

camp

The Terms

treaty Was

early date and come into force soon as It is ratified.

Early Nazi Raiders

Fall Before R.A.F.

[Cleaners."

U. S. Bankér Wants Aid For U. K.

MR W. ALDRICH

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (Reu- ter).The movement in favour of granting financial aid to Britain is receiving powerful and unexpected support from Mr Winthrop Aldrich, one of America's leading bankern.

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Speaking at the Boston Chamber

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of Commerce Meeting he urged that funds be made available "promptly generously" before Britain's financial sands had run dangerously law. He added that such funds could te furnished either by a Federal Hunrantee of British credit, a loan trom the United States-Treasury,-or- by an outright grant in aid,

LONDON, Dec. 12 (Reuter).British fighters shot down BERLIN, Dec. 12 (Reuter)The three German aircraft this morning when small formations of north, resulting in many clashes with Hungarian-Yugo-Slav the invaders. They kept open the signed by M. Csaky and "Menemy fighters and fighter-bombers crossed the Kent coast gup in the enemy's front positions, Markovitch, and consists of three flying towards London, and dropped a small number of hombs and frustrated all attempts to com-articles-declares

on the outskirts of the London Area, the Air Ministry announces. plete the chain of highly fortified (1) that permanent peace and

were the damage and casualties eternal friendship will exist between announces. AL zero-hour оп Sunday, the the two countries,

The bombs did little damage Į smaller..

Mr. Aldrich denied that the John- breach was still open, thanks to this (2) the signatories agree to consult and caused only a few casualties. Eton College Damaged son Neutrality Aels prevented such regiment's persistent attacks, and on all 'problems affecting mutual re- One Germani Bomber was also

LONDON, Dec. 12. (UP)-Eton action, declaring that neither of them our Government from motorised units were able to drive lations,

College and the Wembley Stadium "prohibits in according to plan.

(3) the Fact is to be ratified, at an shot down off the south-west football field were damaged in re-giving financial aid to Great Britain." Recalling that both the American Acoust this morning and one was cent air rolls. Parts of the unclent

Political Parties had decided destroyed during Wednesday Eton buildings, including the

famous night.

stained glass chapel, were destroyed. favour of extending aid, Mr Aldrich Desire For Peace

Raids On Midlands

said, "If that pledge means anything, In all these operations British BELGRADE, Dec. 12 (Reuter)-fighters sustained no loss.

LONDON, Dec. 13 (UP)-Night it means that our full industrial and Anancial strength shall be thrown raiders were over Liverpool at 9.10 into the scates on the aide of Axis propaganda will doubtless inter-

King Tours City

inst night. Bombs were dropped on England." pret the Yugo-Slavian-Hungarian

in cast Midlands town shortly after treaty as indicating the former's LONDON, Dee. 12 (Reuter) dusk for the second time yesterday. advance to the Axis but observers do Cheered by crowds who pressed

closely behind the Royal party, the ed over another Midlands town and Raiders flying extremely high pass- King to-day made a tour of Birming- raiders were also over a northeast ham and its environs less than 12 England town. At 7.40 p.m. early hours after the third big rald on the raiders dropped a line of three flares Birmingham district on Wednesday on one London district during brisk gunfire, after which there was a lull,

Indo-China Disturbances

Lyons Announcement

not believe that the treaty means LONDON, Dec. 12 (Reuter).more than an intense desire by Yugo -Scrious disturbances in Slavia to maintain peace and, en French Indo-China were men. Hungary's side, an attempt to

find tioned by the announcer on the sume, even if uneasy, basis for her Lyons wireless on Thursday embrace of Axis endearments. night. He said that clashes oe- curred recently in Saigon and in seven provinces between armed forces and demonstrators. said to be communista.

foreign policy outside the strangling King with Lord Dudley, Re-Germon raiders were also

It was added that damage was the maintenance of peace in south-, done to civli, administrative and pri- eastern Europe. vate buildings. A number of bridges] were destroyed and communications

·wers cut. -

new contribution to peace

craters

over &

Britons Held Near Paris

Interned In Barracks

Questions were usked in the House

of Commons about, the condition of British subjects now interned who were hitherto resident in cccupied France.

gional Commissioner, and the Lord town in northwest England. Press Statement BELGRADE, Dec. 12 (Reuter) worst bombed urtos.

Mayor, walked through some of the King Visits Birmingham

pickinit his!

BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 12 (UP), Count Czaky and M. Cincar Marko-way between piles of rubble, and within less than tweleve hours vitch emphasised to the press that viewing

the and devastated third heavy raid on the Birmingham the new treaty was a contribution to homes.

The King talked to many citizens toured the city.

orca His Majesty, the King to-day

The Foreign Under-Secretary stat- who had had amazingt escapes durlast M. Markovitch said that it was a

The King picked his way among ed that the majority of male British the rolds in this vicinity, and on-piles of rubble with crowds thronging subjects numbering some 1,700 were and to that constructive collaboration which many people from debris.

gratulated a boy of 17 on rescuing at his heels. He talked to many who concentrated at military barracks at

Denis near Paris, St Order was restored by soldiers, was the object pursued by Hungary

have been bombed out of their]

Information police and marines, but there were and Yugo-Slavia in the Danube basin, big porade of A.R.P. and Civil De-buried for hours under the debris..

Afterwards the King Inspected homes, some of them having been received from the United

States Em- bassy, whose officials periodically wounded on both sides,

Count Czaky referred to the mutual fence Workers and

visited the barracks, showed congratulated local friendship and The measures taken by the

confidence which government, he concluded, have re-united the two nations and cald that

them on their magnificent work.

conditions there were satisfactory, rulted in the suppression of these the treaty was a sure guarantee that

-Birmingham Damage "subversive movements.”

they would be able to follow with success the common road which they attack on

LONDON, Dec. 12 (Reuter)-The the Birmingham ares had had the wisdom to choose. which was the first for over a week,

was very severe, Six churches

Axis Shipping From France

Losses And Thefts

FANLING GOLF

that

Mrs Booker, wife of Mr A. c. STARTING TIMES

Sunday

OLD COURSE

8.16 T, G. C. Knight, G. T. Harrington. 0.20 D. Black, P. C. Jackrone

Goldman. A. Mabb.

21 A. N. and Q. AA. Madladyen.

0.24

Communist Demonstrations SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" VICITY, Dec. 12 (UP) Belated official reports here to-day revealed

eleven schools and two cinemas were Booker, Assistant Superintendent of there were Communist demonstra-

among the buildings hit, and there Follee, had her handbag containing tions in Cochin-China during Novem

was also damage done to house pro- $40 and a gold watch, snatched while berwhich came to a climax in a

walking near Whitenway Laidlaw's perly in a number of districts. battle at Saigon, in which a number

Although the number of casualties yest

yesterday. of 'administrative buldings, homes,

Include some fatalilles, they are not hirs Glover, No. fc. Broom Road, plantations and telegraph lines were

Marseilles-N. Africa

belleved to be heavy considering the reported the loss of a jade ring damaged, and several wounded on

scale

of the attack.

valued at $500.

pad G. R. Horridge, J. Hackney," both sides.

LONDON, Dec, 12 (British Wire- Early raiders followed the usual Mr L. J. Davis, No. 13, The Peak, 0.36 3, G. Jensen, P. V, Melano, The reports said that order has less)-Sea Traffic carried on for the course;

and dropped incendiary reports that someone entered h's

0.40 J. Linaker, U. Thomerson, been restored and that the trouble benefit of Germany and Italy between bombs. Later arrivals brought high house at 3 a.m. yesterday and stole

0.44 F. A. Howard, 7, Groves, 9.44 A. 11, czuinness, fi. Chantior, was centred in the provinces. of North African ports and Marseilles explosive bombs and some were para fountain pen, a vase and a cushion as 1. Brownley, D. Cochran Tayvinh, Cannn, Mytho, Vinklong, was the subject of a Parliamentary Ucularly heavy. Many fires were valued at $52.

850 8.1, Lloyd. T. Megarry. Cantho, Sostrang and the suburbs of question to the Minister of Economie storted, but the strenuous efforts of

10.00 A. D. Humphreys, f. it," Geare. 10.04 J. Hart Davis, B.-Block. Salgon,

Warfare. Mr R.

was the Fire Services extinguished nearly

10.50.11, A.. Mills. Major Temple. consider all within a few hourst one time -- Oficials, however, denied "reports asked whether he

of any disturbances Annam, dealing more

10,10-n. Young."J. C-Taylor:-- effectively with uch The A.A. barrage was at one

· French Reprisals

vessels which apparently made the heavier than on any previous oc-

The following represent the 10.20 . M.-Pack, N. D. Lloyd, HANOI, Dec. 12 (UP)-During a voyage as for os possible within the ensions and caused the raiders to fly Honekonk Cricket Club "A" against 10.4 Burg. Car. Cleave, Surg.

Pago. the Royal Engineers In French "reprizal” air raid, 24 bomba territorial waters of North Africa,

friendly 11,22 5.3. Penres, M ̧A. Ánnel. | Kamo^of Cricket to-morrow on the were dropped on Muk in Thailand Spain and France, Mr Dalton sald

NEW COURSE to the west of Savannakhet yester-that II.

Clich around commencingƐat 2 pani day.

ST. F

L. Haymes (cnpt.), Capt. One bomb hit an airfield, and two reserved freedom to take appropriate Flaming oil and explosiva bombs hit J. L. Lawrence, J. Ilsley. D. S. Robb, Incendiary bombs lended in the porch actios at any time. It was not in the eleven schools, six churches two Capt. A. J. Dewar, E. W. Pudney, "of the Governor's. houKO,

public interest to announce in ad- cinemas and a hospital in the longest. P. Carey, 1. D. Kilber, C. Thailand planes on Wednesday also vance the measures it was pro-raid of the war, but it was not na Mahagan, C. W. E. Buhop and J. L. C. bombed Saravane and Savannakhel,posed to adopt."

concentrated as previous attacks, and Pearce,

high

M. Government never licensed or approved such traffic ond

Flaming Oil BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 12 (UP)---

--

H.K. C.C. Cricket XW Anderson or

Lt.Cdr.

8.24 11, and S. v. Dodwell and Co. 121, and B. V. Dodwell and Co. 111, and B..v. Dodwell and Ch. SMA, and R. v. Dedwell and Co.. RAID. D. Forbes, IL F., Sominate. 1914 22. Morrison, IL. R. Davies. 122 G, K. Costello, 5. D. Evina,

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Military Blamed For

Defeat Of Italians

..

Special to the “Telegraph”

ROME; Dec. 12 (UP).--Gráve disquiet within Italy is. revealed in an article written by Signor Farinacel in the "Regime Fascista" to-day.

Evidently referring to Marshal

Badoglio, the writer says: AT. V. SOONG

certain person who should keep quiet is aaying that he did not want the Greek campaign and needed a great number of divi- sions,

FOR LONDON

CHUNGKING, Dec. 12 (Reu- ter)-Mr T. V. Soong, former Finance Minister, is expected in "This same person carried out the well informed circles here to. action with the forece already in Albania, 1 is childish to place visit London shortly in order to responsibility on the political com conduct negotiations for new mand when the military conduct of credits to China which the the war belongs alone on the technical British Government has an alde. - Government is not alingy,——The

army had the right to expect the nounced itself willing to extend. armed forces to be completely pre-

The same quarters state that Mr. pared."

Soong is at present, negotiating with Signor Gayda

·writing in

the United States, presumably in con... "Giornale d'italla” says that the battle nection with the United States credits

the

:

Bir

of Egypt will decide the outcome to China. the war, and that Italy in confident

The British of victory. He recalled that Italy got

Ambassador, the best of Austria “after, the Aux Archibald Clerk-Kerr, is expected to trians had occupied. · Italy *10|remala. In Chungking while, the Lon- Undine"

don negotiations are in progress.

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