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THRILLING STORY OF THEY HELPED TO Admiral Decoux
BARDIA'S
SURRENDER:
CITY FOUND IN RUINS
By RICHARD MACMILLAN
"United Pross" War Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY AT BARDIA, Jan. 5 (UP).. The complete ·capitulation of Bardia, the Italian stronghold, was officially an- nounced at 1.30 p.m. to-day. Australian troops mopped up the Italian defences south of Bardia on Saturday after a combined land, sea and air barrage that could be heard 50 miles away, and which enabled them to move tanks and light artillery into position on Friday, inside the outer ring of Bardia's defences.
Meanwhile, British shock troops dealt with isolated detachments which were still holding out in scattered stone and concrete pill boxes which formed a ring round the town.
Fall of Bardia
25,000 Prisoners Captured
The zéro hour for the advance was 6.30 a.m. on Friday. Dawn broke in a perfect blaze of desert | sunlight and threw a golden halo) over battered Bardia, where fires were burning in many places, notably two huge blazea in the north and south. These big fires were caused by the British Navy's shelling and the smaller fires to intensive aerial' bombing.
Tanks Start Onslaught With the fest glimmer of dawn the signal was given for the tanks to move and they wheeled inte
Including Commander position throwing up clouds of
"And Four Generals
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
CAIRO, Jan. 5 (UP)—It is officially announced that the British captured 25,000 Italian
desert dust which made the vehicles invisible in the hall light, while their maters were inaudible amidst the thunder of the guns, the crash of shells and the explosion of humba which were pulverising the town.
Magnificent Work By Fire Fighters
In London
It is a matter of record that the SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" town of Bardia had already been
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prisoners at Bardia including almost wiped out after weeks LONDON, Jan. 5 (UP).— Commander, and four Senior Italian Generals. Booty captured or destroyed included 45 light _and_live_medium_tanks.
The
Great Secrecy
it and all stores and equipment] The Australians were brought up want some more." is now in our hands. General to participate in this first battle of
Bergonzoli, Commanding
chelling and bombing, and the only Three waves of bombers rained. structures remaining
within the hundreds of incendiary bombs perimeter were some forts, many of on a London district to-night, -which had been reduced to powder. but the new civilian fire The tanks-in-the-spearhead-watchers extinguished- thenr sumed the British offensive in the General Headquarters desert. The pinn was carefully work quickly.
After extinguishing communique states: "In Libya ed out between General Headquar hundreds of incendiaries by the all resistance at Burdin ceased fers, tank cornmanders and the Aus- first two waves of raiders, the at 1.30 p.m. to-day. The town, tralian infantry,
fire watchers cheered each with the total forces defending!
"We [others' efforts and sang
The Luftwaffe obliged, the While the the war with great secrecy. Italian forces at Bardia, another they have been in the front lines, third wave striving more des- their infantry and artillery, who perately to set fire to the dis- four were in action for many Corps Commander and
days, trict, but the effort was futile Senior Generals are prisoners of suffered casuntties, although
lowing to the swift efficiency of small scale.
Each night Australian units pene-the civilians.
barbed Rulders were also reported over "It is not yet possible to make a trated beyond the enemy
forts and Liverpool, the East Midlands and af full count of all prisoners but so far wire, reconnoitring the
town In the northwest where thei the captured exceed 25.000. Among collecting prisoners.
replied briefly. They also other booty captured or destroyed A high spokesman described the guns
The visited a town in the northeast of were 45 light and five medium tanks." | operations to me. He said;
distant explosions: tanks started promptly on schedule England where and made even progress with the were heard. Infantry who were doubling up in LONDON, Jan. 5 (UP)-The cape rear." ture of Bardia gives the British a new supply base along the lengthen ing lines of communications between Egypt and Libya, and releases thou-
war.
New Supply Base
the next major objective-Tobruk.
on
Daylight Raiders
thot
the Arst
He declared that the Navy de- Alr circles declared livered the coup de grace to Dardia's London daylight alarm-the resistance when it poured tons ot since December 21-was caused by shells on the port throughout the a couple of reconnaissance planes who were roaming over the Thames
to A
sands of troops for the drive ngainst morninminating attack began at 8 Estulit raider swooped
11 is estimated that the greater part a.. when the units proceeded of General Grazlani's army of in- vasion has now been either captured pour a murderous fire
smouldering ruins.
or killed.
1
to into the 1,000 feet over a residential area in East Anglia and showered sixteen
An air pilot who flow over the high explosive bombs on the town, and air while the Home Guard made na Military officials pointed out that scene as the army, navy
live in such ai
Bardia Surrenders Bardia, Jan. 5 (Reuter)The
the capture of Bardia clears Port force rained death on the port, told TURN to Back Page, Column 3 Sollum which has been under desul-me: "Nothing could tory shell fire from Bardla. They blast of metal."
also believe the capture of Bardia
will assure a, better water supply.
They emphasized that Bardla was Italian garrison has surrendered. "gallantly defended" but "it was
The last remaining pockets of
criminal" to doom the garrison to resistance were mopped up by Aus- death or surrender.
TURN to Back Paga, Column 5
200 More Prisoners Captured By Greeks
Special to the "Telegraph"
ATHENS, Jan. 5 (UP)—The War Ministry communique stated that 10-day's activity was limited to local engagements, 200 prisoners and an abundance of war materials being captured. The Ministry of Publle Security communique says that all is quiet in the interior, their positions by using fresh The Government spokesman troops, and, taking advantage of said that the Italians are still the weather, He added: “All making an effort to delay the attempts were repulsed with | Greek advance and to consolidate heavy lossen.”
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TAKE BARDIA
Australian troops have played a notable part in the final capture of Bardin, the Italian stronghold - on the Libyan coast. These two -pictures taken just before -the Western Desert offen- slve started, illustrate the type of Aussics who took part in the great week-end victory.
Denies Japanese
Designs On Saigon, Camranh
Special to the "Telegraph"
In an official message to the French Consulate în Hongkong Admiral Decoux, Governor of Indo-China, denies reports recently published of Japanese designs on Saigon and Camranh Bay.
Questioned further on this subject M. L. Reynaud, the Consul General agreed that the implication in Admiral Decoux's message was that even if the Japanese had the desire to take over these strategic points, they would not
be given up by the French.
Thai-Indo-China WAR IN EARNEST EXPECTED
In Week's Time
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI
BANGKOK, Jan. 5 (UP):~ Thai official quarters are pessi mistic about the chances of a peacful solution to the Thai-Indo- China controversy as a result of the latest French attacks on Thai towns.
They predict the outbreak of
The Governor also denied that the Japanese had sought the ex- elusive use of the Langson Rail- way which runs from Haiphong on the coast, to Hanoi, and thence to the Kwangsi border. The Japanese used the railway to evacuate the troops. which forced their way into Indo-China via Langson before the full terms of the Franco-Japanese understanding were made known: That evacuation,had been long completed and only the stipulated quota of Japanes troops was now garrisoned in the country.
M. Reynaud agreed that the Japan- ese might have 100 planes at Hanoi, 05 was recently reported.
These planes were used for raids on China.
They were not part of any southward
a full-dress war within a week. push in Indo-China and General
The That High Command has an- Sunita's recent trip south was o was a sudden straightforward sightseeing tour, he nounced that there outbreak of hostilities when French Indded. artlilery. machine-guns and rifles opened fire in the Aranya sector at 6.30 this morning.
That forces answered the firing and advanced and captured strategical points."
He
Humiliations of French
Reports of the misunderstandings between Thailand and Indo-China had not given a fair showing to the deep provocation under which the Rival Planes In Action
French had suffered by reason of the The communique declared that at humiliations to which their nationals a.m., Uree French bembers attack-
in Thailand had been exposed, sald ed-Ubol-but-Thal planes enraged M. Reynaud..
out pointed them and drove them off.
that a non- Thai planes carried out retallatory aggression treaty between the two raids on Polpot and Nongsapan. In countries was reached in June but the latter rald one French bomber was nover ratified. The reason was burned un the ground "and that the status of one small island cerious damage was enused to the in the Mekong River had not been scified and before this minor issue that could be decided upon, the That- thelanders increased their claims to con-
was
enemy."
The High Command said French machine-guns tired on frontier police near Chiengnat start-siderably more territory. TURN to Back Page, Column 4
Victor Emmanuel NAZIS TO TAKE
Applauds Chaplin
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UP),— The Columbia Broadcasting picked System reports having
A
up an illegal anti-Nazi radio broadcast in the German language, broadcast from some- where in Europe, stating that Copy
of Charlie Chaplin's "Great Dictator" was imported to Italy and privately shown to Mussolini and...
King Victor Emmanuel.
The broadcast 'alleged that the King, later declared: "At least, Among these dictators, there
one who can laugh.”.
Shanghai Terrorism
15
OVER BULGARIA
"Peaceful Occupation"
Special to the "Telegraph"
Charge
appointed
en In Bangkok, had
newly not been accorded recognition by the Thailand Government, a move which had helped to hold up the
resumption"
of negotiations over the territory. In view of the formal announcement from Vichy, over the week-end, sald M. Reynaud, the chances of negotia- tions commencing soon were brighter.
Officer Known Locally
The Consul-General gave news of Ensign de Vaisseau do Boysson, commander of the French gunbont Argus which left these waters after several years' duty here. De Boimon was now in, command of a river
BELGRADE, Jan. 5 (UP)-Informed quarters TURN to Back Page, Column S
predict that Germany will occupy Bulgaria "peacefully"
on January 8.
German sources déclare that Soviet-Russia will not intervene.
Unrest In Rumania
SOFIA, Jan. 5 (Reuter). The internal position of Rumania is rapidly worsening and the Adminis- tration is scarcely able to maintain!
information control, according to from the Bulgarian-Rumanian fron-
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SHANGHAI, Jan. 5 (UP)-tler. The "North China Daily News**
A large number of alleged Com-: reported that the American-munists have been arrested and it is owned Chinese language organ rumoured that many will be shot. "Shun Pao" was the target. of
Enemy
Another Air Destroyer
Bombed
Crash
Naval Plane Hits Peak
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
SAN DIEGO, Jun. Ū (UP).— Iron Guard malcontents are report-
Direct Hits Scored
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Jan. 5 (UP)—The.
a bombing last night in reprisal the presence of German troops in led that 11 officers and men were planes of the Coastal Command ed to be openly demonstrating against The Navy Department announc-Air, Ministry announced that for the recent bombing attempt Rumania. The Germans are sold to killed when a twin-engined navy while attacking the invasion port on the pro-Nanking paper "Bing be assisting the authorities to keep transport plano crashed on of Brost at dusk yesterday, The cost of living is rising rapidly Mother Grundy Peak, 45 miles scored three direct hits on an A Chinese constable found three and there is much speculation in east of here to-day. "potato masher's hand grenades near food.
¡Pao."
police to believe
jorder at present.
tronfler. :
enemy destroyer.
:
the newspaper plant. The police be-Reports add that most of the fresh -The dead included four who barely It added, "direct hits were also love that the grenades were thrown German troops are directed to the escaped death 48 hours earlier by scored on two enemy nierchant shipa from an adjoinilag building. The Soviet froniler and the Danube ports parachuting from the naval amphi off the southwest coast of Norway grenades were carefully wrapped, while certain units go along the blan plane which was lost in a Texas The communique declared that ex- leading tho
snow storm, and three members of plosions followed three direct hits on strenades were planted" near the
lavy Board which was investig- the destroyer during the first raid on the Navy PARET's plant by labour agitators in
tint incident. sting that
Brest, and at least one bomb order to scare the employees into
The plane in which the 11 were ploded.
of the same war- quitting their jobs.ployees
on
Hio
Ox-
King Boris Rumour CORRESPONDENT IN THE BUDAN SOFIA, Jan. 5 (UP)-A high off- killed was just a quarter of an hour ship later The Chief Editor of the paper is cial source stated that reports that from its base when at approximately he destroyer had been using Mr N. "Allman an attorney and a King Bari had gone to Germany 5.20 p.m. P.S/T. It crashed and burn ahil-scraft armament against- ostr member of the Municipal Council, were “absolutely unfounded."....
ed. The Naval oficials said there bombers, but before the raid ended The poller of the paper is held to be The Palace spokesman protomed he would be no statement regarding the the warship was shrouded in amoan anti-Nanking
had no knowledge of the reports, causo pending an investigation.
and the guns were silent."
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