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INVASION PORTS

FROM PAGE ONE

and reconnaissance flights were car- ried out on Saturday. Two British aircraft are inlaring.

Heavy British Attacks

The lull in the night air war con- tinued over the week-end, presum- ably owing to the weather over the continent. The Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security Jointly Issued a communique to the effect hat no German planes were over Britain on Saturday night.

the R.

From Folkestone it in reported that R.A.F. made heavy attacks on an extensive area of the invasion ports along the Channel coast line for several hours. Sometimes the bomb- era were escorted by fighters, the machines crossing the hazy Channel, after which heavy explosions were audible from French coast, but

the

the locations could not be discerned through the haze.

Watchers along the Kent const saw. several dog flights between returning bombers and German Messerschmitts, One of the latter planes was close to the English coast but the British bomber's machine-guns drove off the attacker.

Channel Ports Raided. LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter).—Docks at three Nozi invasion ports in oc- cupied France-Boulogne, Ostend and- Brest-were attacked by small forets of R.A.F. bombers Jast night and just before dawn to-day.

The Brest attack was made first by

the planes

Coastal Commund which

continued in uns yesterday favourable weather in patrols and re- connoissance flights over the occu- picd coastline.

Aircraft of the Coastal Command are continuously on the look-out for the Arst signs of any invasion move- ment.

Boulogne and Ostend were selected for to-day's pre-dawn ralds,

Two Planes Missing

British fighters, accompanied once by bombers, made a number of day- light raids over Octupled France. Two planes are missing, from the

operations.

A few single German aircraft made the customary armed reconnaissance flights over the English coast to-day, | following a night of no activity.

Nazi-Held Lines Swept LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter).-R. A.

Channel in several waves and, joined

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These and other operations by single British bombers ended

a. 24- hour phase of R.A.F. action by day and night, which was limited by unfavourable weather but showed more vigour than the action by the Luftwaffe over Britain.

Altogether. three Nazl Invasion bates were attacked and of them Boulogne was twice raided.

The story of further sweeps is told by the Air Ministry In the following communique:

Three Enemy Planes Down "During daylight to-day formations of our fighters carried out offensive sweeps over Straits of Dover and enemy-occupied- territory. Of the number of enemy aircraft three fighters

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"On one sweep, the fighters were Becompanied by stnall force of bombers which attacked docks at Boulogne. Other attacks were-made- by single aircraft of the Coastal Command on enemy nerodromes t Ostend and Berck. An enemy lighter which alt

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one of these aircraft was shot down. One fighter is miss- ing from these operations."

Boulogne docks had been attacked

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force of I.A.F. bombers which aisn raided Ostend while the doclts at Brest were

were attacked during last night by

another small force.

The German air force WOA not reported over any part of Britain last night and to-day confined itself to "slient activity by single aircraft" over the eastern part of England, the Air Ministry announces.

East Anglia Visited

A few bombs were dropped In East Anglia but did little damage and caused no casualties. During the afternoon some houses and shops were damaged and a small number of people were injured by bombing

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E. Africa

FROM PAGE ONE

E. Chippendale Charrington, of as Keren points to an early attack ut Hongkong.

Asmara, a very important hul

It is interesting to recall that the station from which the British can late Mr Charrington, who was born descend upon Massawa. at Hornsey, Middlesex, England on'

tive of Flora Macdonald and of the March 25, 1830, was a distant rela- fourth Baron Macdonald, Lord of the Isle of Skye,

Picture below shows the loto Mr H. W. Charrington.

Aid To Britain

Continued From Page 1

declared that the fight would limit any attempt to "put anything into the Bill that might destroy it."

The Republie leader. Mr Joseph Martin, said: "A great many Re- publicans will be voting against the Bill unless it is amended to restrict the President's powers."

It is claimed that these views ap- peared to set the theme for the de- bate, The DH will be read for amendments on Thursday and Mr Bloom expects a vote by Saturday,

Committee Hearings

In the meantime, the Senate For- elin Relations Committee will re- sume hearings on a companion meu-

nt two places on the coast of Kent sure. This week, the oppositionists

The R.A.F. has shown by 11s action In. the last 24 hours how the air offensive

of 1941 over Western Europe can be shared with the Luftwaffe by day as well as right, ra" air condent.

writen "Router's"

The operations were

on ac-

led by Colonel Lindbergh and pos- sibly Governor Alf Landon will be heard.

On Monday, the committee will hear Mr Phillip LoFollette, former Governor of Michigan and a world war veteran, together with Mr Nor-

Labour lender. The

manrings will wind up|

The retreat of the defenders of

and they will probably be able to Brent is now gravely Imperilled escape only by the abandonment of their wheeled and mechanised trans- port.

Second Line

The British second line of advance from Gulabat is directed at the im-| portant administrative centre uf Gondar.

As far as can be gathered from the somewhat vague reports of the operations in Somaliland, the port of Mogadisu is the British objective there.

of

By these three advances, the centre of Italian resistance round Addia Abalia will be almost completely isolated and deprived many sources of supply. With the natives of the whole country rising in re- volt, the Italians will be almost forecd to concentrate round Addis Ababa for the final stand.

Their situation in Abyssinia is in- deed becoming desperate.

Troops From Kenya On March

FROM PAGE ONE

country, their course lying across deserts and areas where volcanoes now extinct had once poured out millions of tons of lava into a region rarely visited by white men.

Probably to the astonishment of the Italians, who thought this an im- possible nilitary feat, they are now not only knocking at the door of Abyssinia but have crossed its thresh hold and are nearer Addis Ababa than Nairobi.

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Japan's Aims In Southern Asia

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count of the weather but the very fact that they were pursued in the face of unfavourable conditions shows next Monday with Mr Wendell Will-While the State Department is dis- signs of healthy vigour. The one- kle as the star witness for the Ad-creetly silent regarding tho-Japanere sided daylight offensive of Inst cum- ministration. mer has gone, possibly for all time.

Prelude To Second Battle Of Britain

FROM PAGE ONE

pursuit planes drove the invader towards the sea, apparently damaged.

food

role in the Indo-China-Thailand The Chairman, Mr Waller George negotiations most of the well-inform- and that the committee would have zd circles here anticipate that that an executive session after hearing Mr, the United States will take a "moral Willkle, and it is expected that the stand" in opposition to Japan's s group would approve the Bill and sumpilon of new military conceisions send it to the floor of the Senate by from Indo-China. the middle of next week.

is highly unlikely however, that the USA, would initiate major steps

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believed that the Administration will do anything to disturb the present balance of public opinion. Neverinc- less officials are closely following the

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Indo-China

For Eastern developments with ns pect bath to the East Indies, Malaya uongo Major-Generat J. F. C. Fuller, Continued From Page 1 much attention as they are European and the Philippines, and they put the Indo-China armistice terms through writing in the "Sunday Pictorial"

regular channels and diplomatic mis- Japanese position as a block to any plans accredited both to Thalland and. urged the populace to hoard sumcient vealed in the course of the peace mlited has been received concerning Dore.

No official corroboration it is ad- southern U.S.A. move towards Singa-Vichy, although it is believed Vichy to last for several weeks. The "Sunday Express" warned the

Els is being kept only secondarily in negotiations at Tokyo, and it is be- the six Japanese secret articles re- people that any collapse of the

lieved that the Japanese have indicate garding the Far Eastern armistice, but chief purpose

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ed their intentions to the French and many well-informed sources describe manoeuvre is to outflank Singapore.!

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demands. It is anticipated that south-eastern most important factory in the collapse

the reports as being 'probable and In of France, would similarly

Informed sources any that the

Other informed sources declare that Asin will be a "Tension area" for affect Japanese Induced

accord with longstanding Japanese Britain.

Germany

the U.S.A. Army and Navy. In some time because in addition to the and Italy to bring pressure on Vichy to

Idealgns for pressure southwards with telligence services are very likely Indo-Ching situations, the Nether- Quiet Sunday Night LONDON, Feb. 8 (UP)-All was tion when they learned that posible

Order" quiet over Britain up to an, early Anglo-American encouragement to

Experts say such a move, it fully hour this morning. There were no Indo-China might stiffen the French favourable military positions in res- exploited would elve Japon vory reports of night attacks anywhere. attitude.

accept the Japanese offer of medin the object of achieving Japan's "New seeking full Information. .on the nnd Easi-Indies' refusal to accedo mary implications of the Thai- to Japan's economie demands y

kennd very shortly have repercussions.

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