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六拜禮 號十月五英港香

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1941...

BRITISH FORCES GAIN

FURTHER SUCCESSES IN IRAQ: R.A.F. ACTION

Special to the "Telegraph”.

CAIRO, MAY 9 (UP).—TO-DAY'S GENERAL HEADQUARTERS COMMUNIQUE STATES THAT THE BRITISH HAVE OCCUPIED THE PLATEAU OVERLOOKING THE HABBANIYAH AIRFIELD AND THAT THE REMNANTS OF THE DISSIDENT. ELEMENTS OF THE IRAQI ARMY WHICH ATTACKED HABBANIYAH HAVE Withdrawn TOWARD RAMADI AND FALLIYAH.

日五十月四

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WHITEAWAY'S

Germans Launch Fiercest Attack Of Tobruk Siege

By IAN YINDRICH

Special to the "Telegraph"

INSIDE TOBRUK, May 2 (delayed) (UP),—Sixty German tanks and large forces of German Infantry, including crück "panzer ploneers" who were flown especially from Italy for the job, last Thursday launched the flercest attack during the three week siego.

Thirty German tanks and about 600 infantrymon and sap- pers penetrated the perimeter of the wire defences at one point under cover of German artillery fire which blasted the British for 36 hours. Dive bombers were active throughout Wednes- day.

BRITISH PATROLS WERE ACTIVE IN THE DIRECTION OF BOTH OF THESE PLACES. R.A.F. DEVASTATE

Germans Lose 87

IN THE BASRA AREA ALL IS QUIET,

IRAQI_AIR_FORCE_OBLITERATED

LONDON, May 9 (UP)—The Air Ministry to-day stated that the Iraqi air force has practi-

Bombers In The cally ceased being an effective fighting force. Last Nine

Days

LONDON, May 9 (Reuter)-A lull in the daylight air battles between British and German fighters over southern England and the Channel occurred to-day.

This followed two days of heavy reverses for the Luftwaffe

adding: “Two bombing attacks were made yester- day on the Bakuka and Shahmamban landing grounds north of Baghdad which probably com- pleted the destruction of the Iraqi air force."

WAR. MATERIALS CAPTURED

:

• Special to the "Telegraph" CAIRO, May, 9 (UP).—The R.A.F., armoured cars in which the Nazis lost at least 22 planes in miles-high combats and troops, in addition to inflicting heavy casualties with British Hurricanes and Spitfires,

among the Iraqi rebels in the Habbaniyah area captured irying to draw out some of the a large quantity of materials including six serviceable the Tornado, Typhoon, and Whirl howitzers, a number of other guns and four amoured

Australian Labour Split

Leadership Change CANBERRA, May 9 (Reu ter). A trial of strength scema to be developing between the two wings of the Australian Federal Labour Party, one head-

ed by the Federal Labour leader and journalist Mr John Curtin, and the other by Mr Herbert Evatt (former judge of the High Court in Australia) and Mr J. A. Beasley.

Indications that the There are Issue will be transferred to the secret arena of the Labour Party caucus, The

The Germans had possibly been

daylight such as

wind fighters.

Thirteen more German bombers meanwhile were being sert crashing down

the In

moonlight as the uftwaffe continued its heavy raids on British towns and ports. Fighters got 11 and anti-aircraft guns two.

The Humber area and two districis in the North Midlands bore the main weight of the attack,

Altogether 87 Nazi blitz boinbers have been shot down this month- so bombers.

under April's record total of

three

cars.

WILLKIE FREEDOM

SPEECH

GERMAN CITIES

400 Planes In Attack

The Germans retained the Italian- bullt fort within the apex,

3,000 yards inside tha defences near Acroma road although the Aus tralians heavily counter-attacked Thursday evening.

Fourteen German tanks were destroyed on Thursday but tho infantry retained their positions. The Germans hurled truckloads of infantry into the assault.

LONDON, May 9 (Reuter).-The R.A.F. sent a record number of planes to bomb Germany-estimated at nearly 400) Germans Feel Heat strong-which started up even before dusk. The German ship- building centres of Hamburg and Bremen were the chief tar- HAIFA, May 9 (Reuter). com

plaining of terrible heat, small gets. Berlin was also attacked. parties of Germans are approaching

Australian patrols in The R.A.F. lost ten bombers area and offering to surrender, ac- the Tobruk in concentrated. and heavy at- cording to military personnel ar- tacks against. very fierce de- riving on leave here.

Some of the Germans had had no fences, including fighters. For:

water

for 48 hours. When asked some nights past, British losses where their rifles were, the Nazis by night have been extremely replied that they had thrown them | small,

Well Defended Cities

The Australians. thereupon. told them to go, back, and recover their LONDON, May 9 (Reuter)The riges and then surrender.

began leave England in

Axis Powers Scheme In Tokyo

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”.

TOKYO, May 9 (Domel)-procession which seemed unend-

away.

Nazi Funds In America Attached

Emir Shot By Son

Following similar meetings in ing, says the Air Ministry news Berlin and Rome, the general service to-night.

Germany's two greatest seaports— BEIRUT, May 9 (UP)-The commission of the Mixed Ex-Bremen and Hamburg-selected for Emir of Transjordania (69) porta Committed organised the main weight of the attack-were who is pro-British and a Moslem under the Japanese-German-ringed with guns, heavy and light, leader, is reported to have been Italian alliance pact met for the and night fighters were ready to shot by his second

challenge the ralders. son, Talal first time to-day with Mr Yosuke Sometimes. the fighters were (30) and seriously wounded dur- Matsuoka, presiding.

cluded, often they were driven off, ing a dispute over the Iraqi

but once a bomber was seen to foll fighting. The Emir

Foreign Minister, after an engagement with a Nazi Ministry communique

was pre- Major-General Eugen Ott, German fighter. Unabated Attack issued to-night says that during to-

viously reported to be organiz- Ambassador, Signor Mario Indelli,

Contempt Punished day there has been very little activity Press-Reaction-ing an expeditionary fore, to Italian Ambassador, and M. Sasno

aid the British against the and Asiatic Affairs Bureau of the force of the attack never

Sakamoto, -Director of the European Strong as the defences were, the

WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reu- abated. ter).The United States has Foreign Office, attended the meeting. The night's operations included at attached, the funds of the great Successful Operations

Referred to the committee meeting tacks on Berlin. Emden and other German dye trust, I. P. Farbon- were various questions concerning targets in northwest Germany. the co-operation among the three At Hamburg, the Blohm Voss industrei, announced the United including economic questions,

An Air

enemy akcraft. No reports have een received of bombs being drop-

ped.

Undaunted Townsfolk LONDON, May D.-Alter the second night of intensive bombing by mass formations of enemy planes, the people of this town were going about their business undaunted

many

.

today,

"Havoc"

says;

Besides the

CAIRO, May 9 (Reuter)Powers under the three-Power pact shipyards it which many submarines States. Attorney-General, Mr

which

Middle East Air Raids

can be built at one time, and at Robert H. Jackson. Bremen, the

Deutsche Shift

He described the trust as "prob- Undmaschinenbau and Atlas ship-ably the most powerful single factor yards, were all heavily bombed.

other industrial quarters of towns, there were

widespread fires as well as many other marks of devastation.

over

the air-

Alr

bo

In German Influence on American industry.

LONDON, May 9 (Reuter)-Say- Iraqis. ing that Mr. Wendell Willkie's specch at the New York freedom rally on Wednesday would ring like a bugle call wherever freedom is held dear, the "Dally

Fuller

detalls of successful "The

of Mr. Willkic's operations against Iraqi rebels speech is its implieit evidence that in in the Habbaniyah area in the The authorities have carried out the cause of freedom, the American possibility is being discussed of mass avacuation of school-children people are indeed united. For Mr past two days are given h a change of Party leadership being brought into operation to deal with lican Party in the United States. He Middle East Headquarters.

and

compulsory hilleting has been Willkie speaks for the great Repub-communique by the R.A.F. brought about with the eventual

The funds were attached because rendered homeless.

the trust falled to appear in Court in move by the Parly either to assume

Extensive damage was done to pro-la support of the policy of all aid munique, that in addition to inflicting shows himself as earnest and urgent It is now known, says the com- Parliamentary power or enter the

response to Indictment under the National Government.

perty during last night's rald and for Britain as the President himself." heavy casualties, the Brlush forces,

Aerodromes Marked

Anti-Trust Law, claiming it to be The Labour Party had previously among the buildings which suffered

CAIRO, May 9 (Reuter)-In Included R.A.F. armoured

not subject to United States law be-.** the new Seamen's Hostel which was the declined Mr Menzies' repeated 10-

Logical Corollary

cars, captured a large quantity of Abyssinia.. R.A.F. and South { Twenty-four tons of high explosive Americo.

LONDON, May 9 (Reuter) chuse it was not doing business in vitation to join the National adminis. was only recently

A.R.P, and demolition opened.

material, including six serviceable African air force units, together and incendiary bombs were dropped tration, but agreed to participato in

workers Commenting on Mr Willklo's call howitzers and a number of other with a Free French flight, car on German acrodromes in northern menta to this German company under .Mr Jackson explained that pays "de-for less words and more action for guns and armoured cars. an advisory council of which Mr responded magnificently to the

mands on them. Evatt and Mr Beasley are members day dynamiting buildings rendered at once, the paper declares that if Workers were to the protection of cargoes for Britain

The enemy air strength has been on enemy positions.

ried out highly successful raids France and Belgium to-day by R.A.F. licenses issued to American corpora- unsafe by bombs.

night fighters, which again carried tions totalling about $200,000 were President Roosevelt has not been a aircraft have been destroyed or pui Mediterranean were made. by

made negligible. Twenty- Defence Post Merged

7-five enemy Reconnaissance flights

the offensive against the German, being made to-day. CANBERRA, May D (Reuter)—

unequivocal in his out of action. One of these was shot craft of the Free Yugo-Slavia. American Attack Planes

downright and

blitz bombers back to their own "Action was taken when wo could The Australian War Cabinet has LONDON, May(Reute): assertion, yet it is not a less logical down by an R.A.F. fighter who t

bases.

get the money," said Mr Jackson, decided to appoint the General is offeinily disclosed to-night corollary of his words and actions.

Force. was attempting to bomb the canton-

One Nazi fighter-bomber known to Referring to Officer Commanding the military American-bull!

to Mr Willkle's injuncement at Habbaniyah.

destroyed, went to earth "like a forces in Australia to have

tion to Hitler to

flaming torch" said the pilot of the charge of Australlan defence.

In that Ger- Yesterday, Iraqi aerodromes were

successful British machine,' and it will deal with general strategical

many may be spared the day that again bombed. At Sharaban, four

hit the ground with a terrific ex- defence problems, troop niovements

the United aircraft were destroyed by firo and che caine up against

plosion in o adaptation of the Douglas and Bos- States, the "Daily Telegraph" com-others were damaged. At Hanaldi,

wood a few miles_from

ton attack bombers, are

"It looks as if the day were other aircraft were machine-gunned. one Savols, three Bredas and one

of an American bullt. alrendyments:

ne crew known to have made many attacks very near."

Havoc night nighter, found the flare A later raid on the same aerodrome

LONDON, May 9 (UP)-An ex-path of another aerodrome ilt up and on enemy airbases in occupied terri- Halifax On Lindbergh

caused a huge blaze which un-clusive and authoritative source to a beacon guiding the home-coming tory by night.

doubtedly was an oil dump.. His Excelleney the Governor has The Air Ministry news service spys

day reported that the Director of night raiders. The Havoc, evading MINNEAPOLIS, May 9 (Reuter). been pleased to recognise, pro- that within a few weeks

Economic Affairs of the Netherlands the searchlights, straddled the fare- of going "Britain with United States' old

Completely Smashed visionally and pending Instructions into service with the R.A.F. they will wipe Hitlerism from the earth"

East Indies, Jonkeer Von Mook, and path with bomba. from the Secretary of State for the have become one of the most success-declared Lord Halifax, British Am.

LONDON, May D (Reuler) The zawa, have concluded a new agree- the Japanese Ambassador, Mr Yoshi- Colonies, M. G. R. Duval as a Vice-ful types in operation and are very bassador, to-day, at a press confer- has now braken if not comment obliging the N.E.I. to supply Consul for France in Hongkong. popular with the pilots.

pletely smashed Roschid All's air orm, Japan with 920,000 tons of oil during Asked about Lindbergh, he said, " be effective, says the Air Ministry

As a fighting force, it has ceased to the text six months. have no doubt he holds his opinions news service. as sincerely as I do mine, but where ho touches on the field of world A senior officer of the RAF. Is affairs and matters that affect the quoted as saying that with the air future of, all free people I think some forca "practically liquidated," the of his argumenta are dangerously fragis certainly cannot undertake mistaken".

any air uffensive of any value.

Final smashing blows wero delivered on Thursday on landing grounds north of Baghdad: and 'at Ruschid sirbase.

solo aircraft are now helping to beat the pagan God he believed whatever |

Ho German blitz

British Isles.

and the disposition of forces within Australia, which has hitherto been a ́divided responsibility.

These planes,

Douglas

bombers

which

over

the

аге an

Cornwall Sinks Raider Following Gun Duel

Special to the "Telegraph"

LONDON, May 9 (UP).—Authoritative quarters belleve that the raider sunk by the cruiser Cornwall was a former Hansa liner of 10,000 tons and was probably armed with six 5.9 guns, torpedo tubes and fitted for mine laying.

Sho had a speed of 10 knots .

Enemy Trawler Sunk

and possibly a large crow. of LONDON, Mhy

"First" reports indicated that

9 (Reuter)

ence.

American Air Expansion

WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuler), British

women

0

N.E.I. OIL FOR JAPAN

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

the

he nerodrome.

The

+

Tons of Bombs Dropped

LONDON, May 9 (UP)-It is ca timated that the R.AF. dumped be tween 000 and 1,000 tons of aerlai It is understood that no high octane bombs on Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin oll is included, although a small and "Emden last night which caused amount of petroleum suitable for widespread devastation on important. lower grade aviation gasoline will be military targets comparable to the delivered.

heaviest German raids on Britain.

Nazis To Be Given Use Of

French Colonial Territory

Special to the "Telegraph"

BUDAPEST, May 9 (UP)-Newspapers and diplomatic

Women Evacuated CAIRO, May (Router)All and children... in A huge expansion in American air-Baghdad have now left for India by about 800 men for putting prize German armed trawlor, Murichen, made a Congress for appropriation of A.F. brought a purty numbering quarters believe that the new Franco-German agreement will which President Roosevelt, to-day bullt troop-carrying aircraft of the ports is envisaged in a request 80s, It is announced. American- crows aboard seized ships. was scuttled in northern waters $81,477,760.

over 200 to the south of Baarn from following an attack by one of the The sum will be used for the con- tempt to scuttle.

sold that his plane was shot at dated territories. In this respect. It is noteworthy Fire was opened by the British argement of 20 now under construc- by Tragle, who, at that time, were.com

It added that the past will allow that, the Admiralty last week an alp and the crew on the Munchen The increased number of courses of serodrome at Habbaniyah.They

tion for Army and civilian use the escarpment overlooking the The Government's newspaper Syria against the British positions in the Germans to establlah bases in nounced by redio a warning that then abandoned, and scuttled their technical units and of school under must know we are taking woman

ship.

Magyarorszag said. "The Ger- the Middle East; this would affect future. If any attempt is made to EV

the Army's training schamen la" said aboard,” he said gubernijad

mana) would, thus be able to Turkey and Iraq and also, Include on Dakar and prevent she obliged for enter! from Biely, Tumminia, where the Axis forces would American landing w

1 would affect Morocco, po

rakler: gave battle and made no at- | British patrols, states an Admiraltystruction of 149 now airporis and "/diabbaniyah. The pilot of one allow Germans the right to traverse French colonies and man-

the

communique,

-enemy, ships will be fired on in the Che): wèrg; subsequently “rescued to be the chief Brearon fik food as Rocante, from UK FRUECOR LAZ

adly)and-made-prisoner:“

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