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any serious danger from the Italian forces on parts of Italian or German air attack, the circumference. The advan- CHARLES BOYER tage of this position can best be The second group under illustrated by taking the exam- General Wavell consists of ple of the Indian troops who

Sums Up the British troops in the fought at Sidi Barrant in De-

Operations of

Sudan under the command cember and a few weeks later. took part in the capture of Kus- Major-General W. Platt:

sala on the Eritrean border, over These forces are, operating in 1,500 miles from the Mediter- two main columns in an easter- ranean,

Threefold Campaign

In the Middle East

The second point of extreme Events in Africa have ly direction, one column along

the railway from Biscia to the interest and importance, the moved with such rapidity Red Sea port of Massawa, in value of sen power, hardly re- that it is wise to take a Eritrea, and the other from quires emphasis. Without com- Metemma towards the heart of mand of the ocean routes our quick survey of the present Abyssinia. These two columns troops in Africa could not be situation in the Middle East, are operating about 200 miles kept supplied with the munitiona so as to be able to follow art. To give some idea of the of war, nearly all of which have distances over · which these to come to the different parts of future operations more con- African operations are taking Africa by sea from the United

place it is interesting to note Kingdom. that General Platt's hend-.. nectedly,

But pride in the power of this quarters are over 1,000 miles Forces of the British Em- from General Wavell's head achievement should be accom- panied by a warning. Every subsidiary theatre of war is a

pire are facing Italian quarters in Cairo. Forces on three widely An approximate estimate of drain on the home front. The the Italian Forces in Italy's East

Empire separated fronts. in. Africa, African

is 250,000 all three being under the (about the same strength as the Libyan army with which Grazi-

Hongkong Eclegraph. supreme command of Gen- Lui began his ill-fated cam- Hongkong Telegraph.

Tuesday, April 8, 1941. Wyndhunt St., Hongkong. Telephone: 20016

THE preix "Special to the Telegraph indicate news which is strictly copyright

eral Sir Archibald Wavell.. paign). These forces are made up of 50,000 tribal levies, 100,- A Free French Force is 000 metropolitan troops and

troops. operating against the Ita- blackshirts, and 100,000 native

arma

and

Sittora

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ALL THIS

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Serialised by Harry Loe From the Novel By RACHEL FIELD

THE STORY THUS FAR: Made- moiselle Henriette pavarness in a titled Parisian fandly is tried for the murder of her employer's wife, and acquitted. Through the all of Henry Field, a young American preachor, the secures a position as teacher of Franch in an exclusive Now York school for airis. Her pupils, discovering her past, taunt her. She decides to reign Urged by Field, she makes up her mind to slay and to tell them her story, thus demanding their respect. They listen breathlessly as she tells of the young governess crossing the stormy English, Channel on her way to a new She tells, too, of vegting in Paris. lians in South West Tripoli, The third group consists of the against the Italians in Libya, position with the wealthy de Praalins but there seems no reason to British Forces in East Africa Eritrea, and Abyssinia can only young Field, without dreaming of the part he was destined to play in her troops in Britain. That is the adventurous life. troops bears the indien 1916, Buch suppose that this operation under Major-General A. Cun- be supplied at the expense of the

ningham. These

CHAPTER IT Hongkong on the date of publication by forms any part of Sir Archi- operating in a northerly direc- nicety of balance which must be Wavell's plan. Its tion from the Kenya border shown by the War Committee on

against the Italian troops in the advice of the Chief of theTHE young man continued Imperial General Staff. And in earnestly: "I saw you first Abyssinia.

tendering the advice he has to on the dock at Southampton! The enemy consist of a part remember that, just as General How sad those people were when of the 250,000 mentioned above, Wavell has the advantage of they said goodbye to you! I Under his command General operating on interior lines was sad for them, I don't know Cunningham has troops brought against the Italians, so has Hit- why! That little girl, how bit from South and from West ler that advantage in operating terly she wept!". Africa as well as those ordinari- against the world-wide British ly situated in East Africa. Empire..

is used by the longkong Telegraph" to under the provisions of the Telecommual- indication is received in United Press Associations, who re- servo 'all rights and forbid republications, bald either wholly or in part without previoui arrangement,

mons.

PARACHUTISTS

arc

I'd been her governess for five years!"

Buch

THOSE who have already been worried about the possibility of the Germans using the British uniforms which they enptured before Dunkirk for the disguise of parachutists to be planted on this country, will not be chief importance lies in the

There is a fourth British force. The fall of the Italian Empire

When the lonely traveller was reassured by the reply given recently fact that French forces in in Palestine, under General in Africa is startling in its ra-about to leave the swaying deck to a question in the House of Com-Africa are ready and eager Wavell's command, but this is pidity. The future in Africa and go inside, the stranger im-

for active participation not yet actively engaged against will be full of interest, but in-plored her to stay with

terest will be increased if we Bluff honesty that she hadn't the The War Secretary indicated that against the common enemy, an enemy.

bear in mind the immense dis- heart to refuse. At the moment there are two tances over which General Wa-. efforts have been made to get sup- First of the four groups points of outstanding military vell exercises command and re-

"I'm an American," he went on, plies of battle dress and greatcoats into which General Wavell's interest. First, the advantage member the careful balance

"from Massachusetts. My name is Field-Henry Field-there's a Martyn forces are divided. is the accruing to General Wavell which must be maintained by the in the middle. Oh, yes, and a Reve- Gerinany, but he could not give Army of the Nile, under through operating on Interior War Committee in deciding at rend in front. I'm not a full-fledg

Lieut-General Sir Maitland lines; second, the vital impor any time the relative importance minister yet,

tance of the command of the of sending munitions to Africa broadening myself with some travel. Wilson. Within this com-

to consolidate a victory or re- I don't suppose a litile broadening

you!" At first glance it might seem foolish mand is the Western Desert

General Wavell at Cairo is in taining them at home against the will hurt a minister, do

She liked him in spite of herself, to send these uniforms into Germany Force, under Major-Gen- the middle of a vast circle with possibility of invasion.

though when the boat docked she said goodbye without consenting to and present the Nazis with a tempta- Jeral O'Connor, which has to

give him her name, and walked away tion they could not resist. It can be its credit the defeat in de-i

as Impersonally as though they'd assumed, however, that if the Nazis tail of the Italian forces met

never met, leaving him deeply per- plexed. wanted British uniforms as a means successively at Sidi Barrani, of facilitating invasion, they would Bardia, Tobruk, Derna and have no great difficulty in manufac-Benghazi. Against the turing passable Imitations. Their Western Desert Force genius in ersatz production is well Graziani is supposed to have known, and the copying of a uniform mustered 250,000 men, half

through to our prisoners of war in

assurance that they had reached or would reach those for whom they are intended.

sea.

WAVELL

A portrait in miniature

ENERAL WAVELL'S de- Beersheba

with the greatest possi-

Just now: I am

Having reached the imposing_home of the Duke and Duches de Praslin to whom she had letters of introduc-

followed

the tlan-the governess liverted servant along many shadowy' corridors, passing on the way the the black. chilling Abbe dallard in robes of his calling. She was finally swathed in silks and laces, on a thaise

any uniform-and its manufacture of whom are now prisoners aert victory has been due ble speed, Wavell's hinged on taking ushered into a vast charnbar where,

in bluk, would seem to present no

insuperable difficulty.

.

It would be much more to the point

if we

of war in our hands. :

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The Western Desert Force to the manner in which the men Nibeiwa, the Italian stronghold fifteen

under him performed, to the col- by crack troops, in the same way. set about devising means has been altered in composi-laboration of Britain's two other Allenby moved his troops across whereby the identity of possible tion as fighting has pro-arms, the Navy and Air Force by night, had them hide in dried. German Invaders in British uniforms gressed, and at one time or and to the fact that we had could be readily established, Bri-another has comprised Bri- luck." tain's defence plans, so complete tish, Dominion, and Indian otherwise, should not be deficient in

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The statement should remove all and the Suez Canal from doubts, Britain has no territorial designs on Abyssinia, but intends 1 free. the country from the Invade Haile Selassie, for his part, is anxious that when restored to the throne be should havo the advice and guidanco of progressive countries in developing the destinies of his people,

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lounge which had been drawn close to the feeble fire, reposed the languid and vitriolie Madame la Duchesse.",

The Duke, a handaonic man, who had evidently again come out second in a wordy encounter with his exasperating

up river beds by day and then ung spouse, soon saw that that lady mean

her place.

a brigade of Australian light horgo to Ignore the newcomer, and spoke, in ut Beersheba with such speed that But every one the Turks were prevented from des in Egypt is talk troying the wells or escaping, Ing about Wa- General Wavell similarly moved vell's genius as his troops across the desert by night, a general, with had them hide there by day and imagination gung tanks followed by infantry of enough to put on Nibeiwa in the same manner seizing campaign all supplies and immediately turning breathless doring, them to use against the enemy. and, above all, as As in the Palestino campaign the trainer of General Wavell followed up the first troops who built thrust with a crescendo of blows so up the army that rapidly that the enemy was still be- chased the Ita- ing surprised the day after the drive lans out of Egypt opened.

in lear than week.

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Allenby

*We requiran governess, Mile. Desportes he began, agreeably, "to take full charge of the childrent I'm afraid you'll find them quite a hand- ful The three girls are at the awk. ward ages between seven and eleven. Then, thoro's a boy who was born some. yours later." The Duke's eyes had grown strangely tender. Raynald his name is he's not quite four-a bright le fellow-but his health f "Raynald is sensitive like me," sigbed the Duchess, gazing at her husband. accusingly. "For years before he was born I was made H and unhappy and he will always bear the marks of ny suffering?"

In his blography *** of General Wavell wrote: "The great

The Duke gave the fire an impatient In the Middle, war saw the virtual passing from the kick and at the moment, Mrde. Mail East there is no battlefield of cavalry arms, though lard, whose piece Mile, fienriette was supremo com- not, it is hoped, of the envalry spirit, to fill, arrived with the children. Ray

· Navy, or Air Force to do anything he desert 1 NN He can, only ‘ank; and this prophecy,

General Wavell has always been

nald and blonde Hittle Berthe came first, followed by Louise and Isabello," adolescent, and darke like their mother, All were excited and Raynald, in over.......... flowing emotion, plucked blossom from his mother's favourite cyclamen. For this misdemeanor. Mme. Malllard slapped him cruelly and forbade him his supper. It was for the new Made- moiselle," he walled, because she had P-pink ribbons in her hair!"

WAVELL The Shocker" ander over all which will still find expressions in threo branches. controlling and exploiting the mobl- The Army head cannot command the

of armed

has fulalled

General Wavell is a quiet, umas- alive to the necessity of having the summing man, not tail, but always most advanced equipment, has pl- orect. He lost his fell eye in France ways been fully appreciative of the in the last war, and while he carries importance of the sea and air

The Duchess; put her bony, be uses it infrequently. and gets

jewelled hands to her head, "For Before the first offensive. began

heaven's sake, Malliard she cried, called the work correspondents, to. Priet him give it to this this new-

and told them frankly that he person! And take the children out, all

he

[blong - well with arms, a monocle to old the oneTAMINE

Cunningham and Air Marshal Sir B

His experience with

Arthur Longmore. Allenby's not have enough material for, ani: "of them!"?" When they were: gone she

campaign in Pa

Palestine in the last war did.

left a mark on him which is very offensive, but hoped to plek it up on

turned to her husband with narrowed MERIA STONEveryone In this house knows.

evident at present. There are strike the way seemed to explaintheoboid that she cried maniacally ing Similarities between Allenby's Such - daring

campaign and General Wavell's why the British Empire is the great-

Allenby's plan hinged on, taking est: Empire/E

you" delight, in thumillatingymel

sorts thir, womanite; dhe DEN orber continued: to-morrotadžins