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一拜禮 號六十月二十英港香

R.A.F.

MONDA DECEMBER 16, 1940.

WIN DECISIVE

VICTORY IN AIR FIGHT OVER WESTERN DESERT

CAIRO, DEC. 15 (REUTER). -TWENTY-SIX ITALIAN AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED IN INTENSIVE R.A.F. ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE CONTINUED IN SUPPORT OF THE LAND OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY.

TWENTY-FOUR OF THEM WERE SHOT DOWN BY FIGHTERS which MAINTAINED AN INCESSANT PATROL THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN PROTECTION OF ADVANCED BRITISH TROOPS.

HARD FIGHTING CONTINUES

British Advance In Sandstorm

"("Reuter's" Special Correspondent)

CAIRO, Dec. 15-Hard fighting is still in progress on the Egyptian-Libyan frontier in a whirling sandstorm, according to latest reports received here.

Exact details of the operations are as yet not available but British casualties are still known to be very slight despite de

termined major scrapping.

ITALIAN SUBMARINE SUNK Naval Units Engaged

The R.A.F. continue to batter Sollum barracks, proving that in this area at least Italian troops are still on Egyptian soil..

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A number of other enemy aircraft were damaged but their destruction is not confirmed.

About 50 Capronis were patrolling over Bardia, but the British bombers persisted in the attack, causing heavy damage.

Two enemy aircraft were destroyed at Derna and others were severely damaged.

One fighter squadron of our advanced forces alone account- ed for, 14 Savoiay and four Capronis. Three moge Savoias and three Capronis were shot down by other squadrons

LOTHIAN FUNERAL RITES Impressive 'U.S. Ceremony

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15

From these operations, only three of our aircraft failed to return safely, but it is probable that at least one is safe on our side of the line.

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Grotone Harbour was raided for thef first time by our bombers on the night of December 13 and on the same night, Fleet Air Arm alteraft success- fully attacked Tripoli, sécuring' direct hits on two ships. 1304

Hits Registered

In the heavy attack-on

Bordia. barracks and warehougs were de molished and a large, frewas.started, followed by explosius Both there and of Tobruk, te we

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THE ITALIANS ARE FLEEING BEFORE THEM ·

The brilliant work of the mechanised units has largely made possible the British vic- tory in the Western Desert. This official photograph shows one of the armoured car units which have been operating in the advance on Libya. When the picture was taken officers of the unit were making good use of a “brolly" at the side of their car during a halt.

BRITISH

200 MILES

FORCES

ADVANCE

ACROSS DESERT

("Reuter" In The Western Desert)

mechanised, forcel

British

mechanised columns are putting up a magnificent show, thrusting at the enemy posl tions at any points along the| frontier and, inflicting serious casual- tles on the defending Italian forces. (Reuter).-Funeral services for

December 15 I have just arrived in Sidi Barrani after two days of travel the late Lord Lothian were held The indefatigable manner in which

across the desert by the 200-mile route followed- At Sollum, barracks and other mill- our tanks and armoured care and with full honours at Washington tory objectives were heavily raided.

drive into Libya. beginning of their All bomba dropped at Grotone Har- Only after such a journey is LONDON, Dec. 15 (Reuter).than a hundred miles day and night

torries liave been pushing on more. Cathedral this afternoon.

bour burst along the water front The Italian submarine, Nainde, for a week reveals elverly the terri- United States cavalry escorted while at Tripoll, where shipping in the it possible to appreciate the has been sunk.

harbour destroyers, states a communique preparations for the offensive.

by British curts made behind the scenes by the caisson bearing the body hire our was the main objective, two magnitude of the British victory.

the maintenance corps during the from the Embassy to the Cathe-an explosion followed the bombing were registered on one ship and from the Commander-in-Chief,

Throughout the trip we passed Mediterranean, received. by the

dral through avenues cleared off of a second. traffic by hundreds of police and

Asmara, Gura Zulu and Danghilla captured Italian tanks, lorries, an almost ceaseless stream of Admiralty.

were successfully raided in lined with silent people. Apart from brief halts at the dead The submarine had attempted of night to perform odd maintenance

East Africa.

armoured cars and prisoners to interfere with operations Jobs often in disused Italian-camping-the-week-end at Warm Springs, LONDON-Dec. 15 (Reüler)—The At some points we saw Italian

President Roosevelt, who is spend-

being taken back to the bases. which British naval forces are British mechanised forces are Georgia, after his Caribbean cruise, Fleet Air Arm has been co-operating ammunition dumps all intact, continuing along the coast

rolling on with clockwork precision. was represented at the service by his with the RAF, in the attack on the covering an area of two square support of the Army between

secretary, Mr Stephen Early.

Libyan const, states the Admiralty. Sidi Barrani and Bardia.

Mrs Roosevelt attended

personally.

In an attack on Tripoli, four tonsį miles. Mr Neville Enemy U-boats also attacked

Charge of bombs were dropped. Butler,

explosions and damage to warehouses In addition to direct hits on ships, were observed.

in

A

naval unit but without success and

Clockwork Precision

At the same time the Rt.A.F. is con- tinuing to plaster enemy aerodromes: und concentrations in fur corners of d'Affaires at the British Embassy, Libyn day and night. Pilots are represented the King, and the Earl the attack, was driven off,

working ceaselessly; pausing only to of Athlone and Mr Mackenzie King Naval participation in the heavy re-fuel and to re-load bombs before (Governor-General and Prime Minis attack on Bardia is revealed by taking off again for the battlefeld. communique which says that a night

ter of Canada respectively) were also. bombardment on that port

represented. earried out with successful result.

Compulsory Service Tribunal

Anny personnel In Calro unoni- wasmously declare that a great part of Members of the Diplomstle Corps the success of the entire operations is and many high officials were present. due to Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur A private cremation was held later | Longmore's well-calculated and cons in the afternoon at another service

istent plans for bombing the enemy's at the church. aerodromes from the stort of the ffensive in order to prevent Italien planes taking off.

It is notified for general information that a public session of the Compul- sory Service Tribunal will be held on Friday, December 20, at 4 p.m. in the Council Chumber, Colonial Secret-

ariat.

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touching any of our rations knowing cars we were able to push on without Although a breakdown delayed our

that we should And dumps of Italian tinned food along the route. The Italians destroyed virtually nothing at Sollum as they did not have the me to do so.

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British

Drive Along Libyan Border Maintained

("Reuter" At Advanced Desert Headquarters) along the frontier, the astonishing total of Italian prisoners and CAIRO, Dec. 15.-While British troops are driving all

captured booty continues to mount.

The last pockets of resistance outside Sidi Barrani were mop-

Axis Press Onped up on Wednesday by a force

Egypt-Greece

operating under an Australian- born Brigadier.

Another group was attacked by re- lays of fighters near the spot known among the troops as Hellfire Pass." Australian Airman

· Meanwhile an hrmoured, brigade Only when the great fortiДed

with a composite force which had Final Round In U.K. encampment of: Nibelwa, where our

been driving along the escarpment arinoured division wiped out Generals announcement on Saturday that const towards the old frontier; came LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuter)After running roughly parallel with the Britain's Quiet Sunday Maletti's crack desert column In a

couple of hours after the

the situation was "serlous but not LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuter). Biz had begun, has been seen, can catastrophic," Reme Radio to-day day and is still fighting.

in contact with the enemy on Thurs- -Widespread German activity the brillance of this initial victory be plucked up more courage and congra- Largo numbers of retreating prisoners from the battle area is n

Disposal and accommodation task in itself. Many of those arriving.

Britain to-night. ended fully appreciated.

tulated the British putting up such a Italians have been shot.

up by British good show, early.

fighters and one group of 100 vehicles Comparable To Sedan The announcer sald, "We always and 1,000 men aurrendered on Thurs- There are being sent to prison comps

London and a LONDON, Dec. 15 (Reuter),--The

thought that the British would not day in the Nibelwa-Sollum, area. in the Nile Delta.

Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, midnight.

were both clear of raiders before The Importance of this success is give us a good fight and thus deprive Three Italian generals who have ar- the Great French Shipping Line, is fell in London and although many since it opened the way to all that

Relatively few bombs comparable to the battle of Sedon our anal_victory of glory," rived at Alexandria in British war- now been taken over by the Vichy are bombs and high explosives were followed,

The German press, which for ships are now recuperating in the Government as a result of

weeks maintained an exaggerated in the Spa Hotel.

Cabinet meeting under

dropped on Marshal

a north-east town, the At Nibelws, General Maletti had difference to the plight of Germans, to-day assured the German people Wavell's brilliantly executed manoeu-pany's Chainman will be nominated

earlier provincial "blitz" raids,

planned to invade Egypt. The seriously

encampment, which has a circum- The Voelkische Beobachter said, "In affected

Sunday Without Bombs the by the State and of ten directors, resources of the entire Italian Army {eight will be nominated by the LONDON, Dec. 15 (Reuter).-Day-protected outside by landmines and Greece and Egypt gives no ground for ference of about four miles, was German opinion, the situation in In Libyn.

Government and two by shareholders. light raids to-day passed without a inside by 18-pounder, field, machine anxiety."

single bomb being dropped on any and A.A. guns. part of England, but nightfall brought

Nazis Not Helping to the capital the usual alert.

The camp contained 3,500 of Italy's BABLE, Dec. main The

weight of the night raid, best Libyan troops led by Italian According to the Wilhelmstrasse, the

(Router) however, appeared to be concentrated officers, оп town in north-east England,

unfavourable turn in Italian opera Their are at Sīdi. Barroni though towns in the south-west were extremely heavy and elsewhere when influence German military decisions was tions in Albania and Egypt will not also visited.

the British tanks got among them, or lead Germany to give finly active their guns put up a hot though assistance, says the Berlin correspon- Ineffective fire.

dent of the "Basler Nachrichten,”

It

vre

is believed here that General Petain to day. In future, the Come attack was nothing like the scale of established a base from which he that all would come.right in the end. Italians had been attempting to re-

bas

Hungry French Thai Towns

.

Raid

For Food Canadian Minister

Special to the "Telegraph"

BANGKOK, Dec. 15 (UP)—It is officially stated by Thal sources that a shortage of foodstuffs. has caused widespread distress on the French side of the Mekong frontier, résulting in the frequent raiding of Thal towns by hungry French and Annamite unita' who are seeking food.

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It is still impossible to estimate thei Germany," he adds, ja tenaciously total Italian casualties but they were sticking to her plan to seek a final certainly heavy and they are belleved decision against Britain in the Brillah to have lost thousands of killed and Jales themselves. wounded while; in addition, a number

OTTAWA, Dec. 15 (Reuter) —Lord of high'offeers have been captured,

Beaverbrook, Minister of Ainraft] Production, hins Informed the Cana-

In the latter part of the week, the taliate by air attacks. it was during trallan squadron of Ave Gladiators one of these attacks that an Aus-

distinguished itself by engaging 12 Capronis and destroying several of thom as announced In Saturday's R.A.F. communique.

Despite the extent, of British suc- cesses, however, it should not be im agined that the Italians did not put up any realalance.

Italian Prisoners

All day long a continual stream of captured Italian lorries crammed with prisoners is bumping across the *TURN to Back Page, Column 3

diam quinolines that Mr. C. D. Rowe $1,000 Donation To Remains of Dictator's

authorities C,

Canadian Minister of Munitions and

Supply

safe.

Mr Howe was a passenger on the

Bomber Fund So

The report added that all; A "United. Press" correspondent; French civilians have evacuated toured the bombed areas to-day and British liner Western Prince, which the Mekong region.

learned that the French used only was torpedoed 400 miles north-west Further contributions to the Bo- small-calibre, bombs during -- the W Aerial Activity

second rald, burning one hut and of the Irish coast on Saturday morn- ber Fund were received this morning, UDORN, Dec 15 (UF) That killing three people All the bombs Mr Howe had been on a visit to including a cheque for $1,000 from planes took off from the Udorn base fell on the ofiskirts of the city, most officials.

Great Britain with other Canadian His Honour, Sir Atholl MacGregor. at 5 nm, on Friday when they were ly in fields and woods. warned that French planes were ap

The natives

proaching They returned on. Hour the leaves polled out hoigs in

SINGER PASSES

Returned to Paris

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuter)The remains of the Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon I and Empress Maria Louise, which have boon transferred to Paris from Viennn were placed next to later, the enemy having falled to put machine-gun bullets Hand grenades

Suiyuan Declaration Napoleon's tomb in the Hotel des Invalides in an elaborate.mid.

night ceremony, according to the German-controlled. Paris. in an appearance. Military circles

LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuter),

WEST SUIYUAN, Dec. 18 (Central wireless. bellove that refugees have exaggerat were dropped within 100 yards of the Modame Blanes Marchese, the woll- News) ----The Bulyunm... Provincial

coffin to the entrance where at 1a.m., The coffin arrived in the Gare de the German Ambassador formally, ed the reports of air raida However railway station, but none hit the known oratorio and concert singer, Government headed by General Yu Ext escorted by they admitted that Udorn had been tacks,

dlod in London to-day, aged 77. Tro-yi has issued a circular telegram bearing torches late on Saturday representing Marshal Petain.

German soldiers turned it over to Admiral Darlan, ralded twice on December 10 and Military ometals declared that theed heads of Europe and pupils came styling himself President of Use des Invalidest on a gun-carriage. carried the comin into the chapel and

She had sung before all the crown- denouncing Wang Ching-wol for evening and was taken to the Hotel, 12, where three persons were killed French bombed a forest 10 miles east from all over the world to her aing-National Government and signing Anti-aircraft gung fired) a "walute placed it, draped with the Tricolour, und seven Injured,natur

TURN to Back Page, Column 3 Ing academy in London."

treaty with the Japanes

white German guards carried the at the foot of Napoleon's tomb.)

French municipal guards then