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Thursday,

HONGKONG, TELEGRAPHY,

OUTER DEFENCES

OF BARDIA

Canadian Minister's Escape

FROM PAGE, ONE

FROM PAGE ONE

Tribute To Seament

vlow and made their decisions in a took Bashlight photographs of the manner which would have horrified liner.. old-time conventional generala but which obviously had the full blessing of General Bir Archibald

Waveil Instead of waiting to mop up each point of resistance;

armoured our forces crashed right through in great encircling movements on the theory that a demoralised and surprised enemy fores, knowing itself cut on and subjected to continual bombings, could safely be left to surrender.

These tactics were used for Sellum and a number of desert forti.

December 19, 1940.

GREEKS MEETING RESISTANCE

FROM PAGE ONE

the

Report Confirmed ROME, Dec. 18 (UP)—It has been confirmed that Porto Palermo is still in Italian hands.

Porto Palermo but are being re- pulsed with heavy losses. ***-

Yesterday, using captured Italian Mr Howe added that it was due to mortars, the Greeks brake up the magnificent seamanship of Capitallan, rear guard and forced them tain Reid in getting lifeboats away in back on to Porto Palermo. the captain of the rescuing ship, that the dangerous seas and to the skill of the casualty list was so light, marvellously and the

The

crews of both slups behaved behaviour was grand. There was not

passenger's Albanian War Position

LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter) a trace of pat

Doble,

Italian resistance in Albania still Explaining why his party was seems to be strongest in the coastal perhaps more comfortably dressed area and they appear to be still hold- than the other rescued passengers, Ing on to Porto Palermo which... Is Mr Howe said that their womenfolk under Greck shell-fire. Interesting discoveries were made made them like a small case contain- Communications with Valona along regarding Italian, Army methods. ng lumbermen's trousers, jersey, the coastal rond have been the object The Italians seem to be very short overshoes and torch in case they of the latest RAF, attacks. of metals but show considerable were torpedoed and these cases were Despite ferce storms on Tuesday talent for rapid road-making, or the only things they had time to our planes bombed a motor transport ganising hospitals and foodstores. grab when roused from sleep.

column. It

not possible Huge water supplies are efficiently | Captain's Farewell

observe the full effect of the attac LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuter)-How but a number of bombs fell near the Their intelligence service is good Captain' Reid, commanding the column and the vehicles were sub- and their organisation carefully Western Prince, went down with his sequently machine-gunned. All our

ship, although he could easily have plones returned safely. was only when they came to saved his life after the liner was Tepelini is under heavy Greek

Enemy Methods

stored at Bugbug.

thought out.

close quarters with the British troops

that they broke, and once the spiritedood, was' told by

of surronder begon among them it spread like a disease.

As one British officer expressed it, "the Italian Army would make an excellent supply column for another army doing the actual Bghting."

the

WAS

to

Chief shell-fire but has not yet been taken. Very wintry weather prevalls In The Chief Engineer said that when the northern sector with deep snow he got the signal "Abandon Ship," at 2,000 feet and frequently 18 de- he found Captain Reid by a life-bent.grees of frost. Despite this the Urged to get in, the Captain walked Greeks have taken two smail hamlets away to the bridge and sounded the slightly in front of their previous line siren as Dic ship went down.

and many more prisoners and wur Mr C. Howe, the Canadian materials have been captured. Duce's Propaganda

Newly-Weds

muser

Our Superior Tank

Minister of Munitions, said that five life-boats got away safely but the Morcover, Italian tanks lost

The anxiety of Mussolini over the allixth overturned, and it was then that effect of events in Albania and the battles with British tanks partly the casualties occurred.

Western Desert on the morale of the owing to the dashing spirit of our tank commanders and

Italian people is shown in and crews

Italian partly owing to the fact, in some Superior of a convent in China and to cheer the people up by recalling The survivors include the Mother propaganda. One line is to attempt cases, of superior armament.

Many Italian tanks have "Achilles young novice. The Mother reverses in other wars. Home Radio

of heel" in their rear, where the ama-Superior said that both had also spoke trievitable ordeals and ment wenkest, and this

was survived terrifle machine-gunning on points out that five years ago things quickly discovered by our tanks the Yangtse,

were not going so well in Abyssinia. which repeatedly outflanked

Three babies, who were holsted to the

On the subject of the war in Italians and shot them up from the the deck of the rescue, ship, were Albania, Rome Radio said that time

also among the rescued.

is on the side of the Italians.

Defentists

punished. are severely Rome Radio says that the good Italian gets his news from the communiques, Message To Premier that may be but if so he is not OTTAWA, Dec. 18 (Reuter).The

very well informed because even now Prime Minister's office has received he will know nothing about the cap- a message from Mr C. D. Howe say-ture of Sullum and Fort. Capuzzo by Ing "Life-boat overturned while at-the British. tempting to transfer occupants to the rescue ship in heavy sca."

News of the 'death of Mr Gordon

back.

But in the last analysis, the reason for the British victory undoubtedly was the simple fact that British and Empire troops knew what they were fighting for while the Italians did not.

The missing include a honeymoon couple who had returned to their cabin to collect their presenta.

Long Line of Retreat LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)The Information that Italian formations are retreating towards Derna is in- teresting inasmuch as Derna is about Scott and others has shocked Gov- 100 miles west of Tobruk, which it-ernment officials here. self is 60 miles west of Bardla.

It

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scene of the main Aghting on land.

The object of the present opera- tlons реста

to Isolate Bardia to be and then to mop It up in the way that was so successful in the cases of Sidi Barrani, and Solium,

This would very neatly round off the) operations which began at Sidi Bar- rant.

Indians' Part

LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)—A | New Delhi message says that the Indian troops taking part in the

Western operations in the

Descri Include men freen all parts of the country. They were among the first to attack and they captured three Italian camps besides taking part in other operations.

The spirit and gallantry of the Indian soldiers hus been remarked by many, observers. Under dive-bomb- “ing they remain-cool-and-determined;

NAVAJO INDIANS THOUGHT U.S. ENTERED WAR

SANTA FE, N.M., Dec. 18 (UP). A tribe of 4,000 Navajo Indians who thought war had been declared high- lighted the registration of New Mexi cole young men under the conscrip- tion low.

The 4,000 young Navajo bucks, re- servation officials at Callup cald, were convinced that registration under the selective service law meant they had Leen drafted for wor

The Indians finally went back to their homes after they signed up. while offelals started plans for for- mation of a special Indian training camp to keep tribesmen together if they are drafted.

LATE NEWS

Indo-China-Thai

War "Childlike”.

FROM PAGE ONE

It is not known what is wanted in exchange for the hostages.

Thai Retaliates

BANGKOK, Dec. 19 (Reuter} ---- The Thai air force has bombed seven towns in north Indo-China In retalia- tion for French, attocks, according to a communique issued by the Thai High Command,

The Bangkok radio claims that three important towns in the pro- vince of Cambodia have been bombed

'out of recognition.”

Bangkok Charge

TOKYO, Dec. 18 (Reuter)-Ad- milling that fighting between Thai- lend and Indo-China border troops continued, the High Command in Thalland, in communique, has charged French planes with bombing open towns indiscriminately, accord- ing -lo-u-semi-ocial-Japanese-report

from Bangkok.

The

A

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Mannheim Again Raided

FROM PAGE ONE

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