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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 19, 1941.

Ubrary Supreme Court

American Eagle Squadron

Two Formed. In U.K.

(DY "ACUTER'O" AIR CORRESPONDENTI

RAF. FIGHTER STATION, Mar. Il-Plots who KTE mixlous 10 dobusk the quip that they are the "glamour boys" of the I.A.F. mud whose one desire is to make their squadron one of which Britain and America will be proud, form the personnel, of the. Amerleau Engle Squadron i viulted to-day,

wny

No Nazl plane come their while I was there, The enemy, no longer takes to all their time over Britain and the quadron bave yet to bring down their fra victim as a

squadron.

Recruits are coming in fast enough. to form a second Eagle Squadron; | they are now completing operational training in Bogland.

The squadron's tale of Impatient tonging to get at the enemy is the NEW cry of many hundreds of veteran British and Allied fighter. pilots, whose ranks these young Americans have joined.

Wider Range

more

The Hurricanes with which they are equipped will help the American Eagles play their port in the opera- tions which will no longer be con- fined

to metropolitan defence; for the enemy must now sought often for nut to sea and quite often beyond the continental coustling.

The

will operate exactly squadron the same way as other Sghter squa- drons of the, R.A.F. and great things are expected of this very shy but determined band of America's first war plots.

ALBANIAN

WAR RESPITE

-Italians Quiet

STILL DOING BUSINESS-Often have Axis communiques reported sinking of Britain's hugo aircraft carrier, Ark Royal. But shq is still in activo service. Here, Italian planos attempt to wreck the ship, but their bombs fall

short. Action picture was taken in the Mediterranean.

Over's

Account Of

Night

Assault On City Of Berbera

LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter).-An epic story of the recapture of Berbera, the capital of British Somaliland, is told in a cable received from Aden to-day.

At one point, the success of the whole operation depended on four men in a boat stealing silently towards the Somaliland coast.

The outstanding impression left by the operation is the "unchangeable loyalty of the Somalis, whose territory had been usurped by the Italians,"

About midnight on March Į 15-16, the bernting fleet, von- sisting of troopships convoyed i by warships, stole silently to wards the coast. Clouds acudder

ncross the sky and occasionally LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter).—The allowed the moon to illuminate crushing defeat sustained by the the flat shore with the moun- Italians when their seven-day offen-tains, beyond. sive on the Albanian front was hurled back has forced them into inactivity,tions gave the commanders of

Previous aerial photographic opera- according to the Greek radio,

The only activity was by Greck terrain and the assault was planned

expedition full knowledge of

patrols.

It is not at all certain that 're organisation will permit the enemy to risk another offensive.

the

the

to force the Itallons to divide their

already depleted and demoralised

forces.

CHINA FIGHTING CLAIMS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH CHUNGKING; Mar. 18 (UP). -A communique issued to-day states that Ponanchen near the end of the Chungtiao range in south-west Shansi was entered by Chinese forces from several directions at midnight March 14 "wiping up numerous Japanese troops, destroying over a dozen gun emplacements, scores of -barracks and one storehouse."

Exiled Dutch Premier

ร

On His

His Way to N.E.I.

Special to the "Telegraph"

NEW YORK, Mar. 18 (UP), The Premier of the exiled Dutch Government, Dr E. N. van Klessens, accompanied by his wife arrived here by Clipper to-day and said he was en route in the Netherlands East Indies to "talk things over with the Gov- ernor-General there."

He asserted that his Govern-

Two landings were planned. The Local Attacks

western Landing was entrusted to LONDON, Mar, 18 (Reuter)-Re-picked indian troops with supporting peated Italian local attacles were engineers and artillery, while repulsed with considerable losses by gastern landing was to be carried out invade the Dutch islands in the the Greeks to-day, stules a Greek by Arabs and Somalis specially Pacific and added: communique, according to the Athens

under British radio.

had three and a half centuries of peace with Japan and I do not 400 any signs to give me any reason for concern.”

the ment did not expect Japan to Donations For "We have Bomber Fund

A successful manoeuvre in the Aros region results in 105 prisoners being taken.

U.S.-Larder Of Democracies

recruited at Aden officers.

Faith of Somalis The Implicht faith of the Somalis in British ability to resture to them land Impressed everyone at Aden.

Four men in a boat had the task of landing without disturbing the enemy and maricing out the landing beach.

news

After an apparently interminable WASHINGTON, Mar. 1 (Reuter). periost at waitlog, the signal flashed --President Roosevelt revealed 10- duy that he had asked the publlement of this task. Suddenly at zero of the successful accomplish- health service to prepare a fist of hour, like a flash of thunder, naval foods, including vitamins, needed by gunfire shattered the quiet night. Britain and other democracies. Naval shells ripes through the air.

Most of the food to be furnished, exploding inland, he said, would be sent to Britain bui other democracies were involved and also Spain.

Ited Cross was completing arrange

President Roosevelt added that the

ments for two cargoes of food to be -seni-to-Unoccupied-France,

Indian Princes

NEW DELU, Mor, 18 (Reuter).

The Princes' Chamber has recorded its heartiest gratification at the vic- turies in Albania and Africa and its pride in the magnificent part played by Italian troops.

Plead "Not Guilty"

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

WASHINGTON, Mar. 10 (UP),

- Fighting is still progressing.

The strategic heights south-east of Vicheng, about 130 kilometres north- cast of Fonunchen were recaptured yesterday noon.

On other fronts near Chungliao- shan, it said that after the re-capture of Lingchwan in south-east Shanst on March 12, Chinese forces regained all noints they have lost since the Japanese offensive started on March

3.

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Was Intercepted and heavily decimated by the Chin- {ese, The raiders plundered numer

ous villages in the vicinity of Fan- hokang and set fire to many houses ad.se before retiring to their warships.

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BATAVIA, Mar. 18 (Domei)-Dr Stary Department Club, the Iron, air the Eighth Route Army near Chilutst

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I have much pleasure in sending to the New Fourth Army were attacked a large, number of falians had left Government in London, are arriving partment Subordinate Staff's Club. This border. The Reds in the course of a Bomber by a Japanese Army detachment: near Honan-Anhwel

those who remained were sullciently the visit has no special purpose but arremen and their Foremen and Over- shortly before the British approach, here from London on April 1

club is composed of the lowlient grades northward movement were repulsed Mr Ritman, spokesman, said that Scavenging and Cleansing Coolies, Refuse with heavy losses.

of staff employed by this Department numerous to require force to crush thern

lis_to_make_rotations-be-Neers, Motor Drivers for Refuse-Lorries. and Sanitary Department Vans and the western tween the home

artisans and labourers of various kinds landing force went into action and a East Indies Government,

This time last year they contributed a The

that these spontaneous acts, in days of One Indian officer and one Indian

sun to the B. W. O. F. You will agree with me, I am sure. ever increasing, prices, are a marvellous pledge of the loyalty of these men,

the town under ever of darkness

Away on the right

way had been paved for the eastern force of Somalis and Arabs to tand advance towards the town two miles away,

·Artillery Outclassed

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Japanese-Dutch negotiations would be greatly accelerated by the visit.

The spokesman dented that the two Ministers would procced to Singa- pore or Sydney after visiting here.

spokesman said that the

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Italian machine-guns and feld Kuns, attempting to stean the nstuult, were outclassed by the necuracy of the British naval Are which more praiseworthy in view of the murky and cloudy nature of the night, The Manager of the Trans-Ocean The Scalis and Arabs continued News Agency Dr Zam, and his to advance and news came DI the assistant Herr Tom, pleaded not complete success of the major attack guilty in the United States District in the west. Court to an indictment charging fal-

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aan. all was over; Berbera lure to comply with the Foreign Re-was again in Brith hands. Over gistration Act of 1930.

100 prisoners were taken while the British ensunities. were negligible.

Even during the bombardment, the in particular and many news. The Hongkong Rotary Club Inliabitants Berbern came running to meet the British forces. waving paper people in China also, wil Union Jacks and, Sonali flags which be sorry to learn that Luigi had been hidden from the fintions. Barzini, Italian correspondent,

The Italians had blown up the pas on the road to Sheik but the Somnils is, or was at the beginning of were already busy repairing it to ald the war in imprisonment in the the British pursuit,

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islands to which the Fascist Government exiles all malcon-

Miserable Prisoners Within a few hours of reoccupa- tents, tion, transpurts and stores were being Inuded and

C. M. Franzero, London Corres- the British Meers examined the forlorn and miserably- and now writing for the "Daily pondent of the "Giornale d'Rala" equipped tallan prisoners.

sinct his Telegraph"

anti-Fascist the major commanding them burst, feelings made it impossible for him into tears when handling over his re to return to Italy, says that in April volver, "I am an old soldier," he last year, Just before Italy's entry said, epitomising the general feel- into the war, he visited Italy. There ing regarding the degradation

he learned that Barzini had been

coin-

which Mussolini's African gamble has arrested and sentenced without trial led a once free and cultured people to five years in the islands," be

Brilliant Co-Operation

Cause he had

expressed himself CAIRO, Mar. 18 (Reuter)The railier openly in a a cafe on the recapture of Berbera has provided a parative importance of Mussolini, supreme example of co-operation Hitter and Ciano, between the three services.

was one of the Italian The R.A.F. first bombed and photographed the enemy positions, she was sunk by the Japanese. When ondents on the Ponny when The fleet bombarded the town and finally two forces landed at dawn, he was invited to give an account he was passing through Hongkong meeting with only slight opposition.

The whole operation was brilliantly in a charming and fluent speech free of this experience and this he di executed and took only five hours to from all Fascist sentiment. carry out.

Crack Liner Bremen

Badly Damaged

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

|Raid Warning To Two

Indian Districts

Ambush In India

NEW DELHI, Mar, 10 (Reuter).——

other rank, were killed and one British officer and two Indian other runks were wounded, when a staff ear was ambushed on the Bannu- Mirall road.

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Americans To Leave Unoccupied France

Much Travelled Donovan Home NEW YORK, Mar. 13 (Reuter), Colonel William Donovan, President Roosevelt's + Ambassador-at-Large," arrived here by air after a 20,000- LONDON. Mar. 18 (Reuter). miles tour of the European and Afri- American citizens In Unoccupied can war zones.

France have been asked by the United Colonel Donovan sald int he had States Embassy to leave, according obtained information which he hoped to a Paris dispatch to the German would be "of value to the United oficial news agency. States in preparation for her own; The agency adds that their permits defences."

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