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FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1941.

日十月六

11 German THREE-PRONG ATTACK

Planes Downed By

TOWARDS

LENINGRAD:

The R.A.F. NAZIS OCCUPY DROPAT

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, July 3 (UP),-

France,

STOCKHOLM, JULY 3 (UP)—PRESS REPORTS FROM HEL-

The Air Ministry announces that SINKI STATE THAT GERMAN TROOPS HAVE OCCUPIED DROPAT eleven Messerschmitts were shot AND ARE ADVANCING ON NARVAR IN NORTH ESTONIA. down to-day in two R.A.F.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE GERMAN TROOPS WILL ATTACK sweeps of northern while six British fighters and THE LENINGRAD-MOSCOW RAILWAY, THIS BEING PART OF THE one bumber are missing.

It was added that our bombers APPARENT GERMAN. TACTICS TO ENCIRCLE LENINGRAD PRIOR attacked railway targets in the TO The main attACK ON THE CITY SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM Hazebrouck and Saint Omer THE SOUTHWEST, THE EAST AND FROM THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS.

An earlier authoritative re-

GERMAN TROOPS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE ADVANCED

reu.

port declared that six Nazi ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF LAKE LADOGA.

fighters were downed, but it is presumed these are included in the eleven mentioned in the above report.

Pilot William Hall, of the Eagle squadron is missing from yesterday's operations. He was 25 years old and a native of Springfield, Vermont.

Britain Building Strength LONDON, July 3 (Reuter)Our daylight air sweeps and night bomb- Ing rakts leave the Germans guess- ing as to where, when and how the next British Intervention will take place," says the weekly periodical “Arroplanë."

They have been persuaded that no combined offensive by British arms can be undertaken for several months. The R.A.F. has been busy

Slaughter

Of Nazis

At Dvinsk

Russians Unleashing Crushing Blows

Helsinki Alarm

HELSINKI, July 3 (UP).— The city had its second air raid alarm between 1.50 and 2.40

BOMBERS

p.m, to-day. A number of ex- ACTIVE

plosives and anti-aircraft gun-

fire was heard in the suburbs. IN LIBYA

The attack way apparently

| directed against the aerodrome

near Helsinki. A third air raidi CAIRO, July 3 (Reuter)In alarm was sounded between 5.30 | Libya, R.A.F. bombers attacked to 6 p.m.

several targets in Cirenaica and Tripolitania during Tuesday night, a communique reveals.

German Report BERLIN, July 3 (UP)—According "At Tripoli a number of to the official news agency, German direct hits were secured on bombers on Wednesday attacked and merchant vessels which heavily damaged a long supply MOSCOW, July 3 (UP).jesfuma east of Bialystok destroying peared to catch fire and also on

tions, guns and oil.

broke out.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

дре

TURN to Back Page, Column 5-To-night's official com- many vehicles inded with muni-moles where a number of fires munique states that RussianThe report added, "the column armed forces are unleashing finally was a single line of flames

impeding the retreat

of the beaten "crushing blows" and inflict- Bolsheviks." ing great losses on the Ger-

German Advance mans in a fierce battle on the

BERLIN, July 9 (UP)-Battle fent explosions. Berezina river 360 miles west damaged roads and bridges failed to

Wellington Koo Gives Interview Tranquil London Amazes Him

one hundred years ago.

German

"At Benghazi fires were started on the Cathedral Mole while at Gazala four fires which were started by a successful attack évalesced into large blaze which was visible 70 miles away and was accompanied by vlo-

"An unidentified alreraft was shot

"From these operations, one ulr- craft is missing."

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Huns Made This Necessary

The savage, ruthless Huns made this picture possible. It shows Coventry residents, bombed out of their homes for a third time, lining up to receive sandwiches and tea from a food convoy. These convoys were rushed to the stricken when local food supplies became unobtain. able owing to an aerial blitz.

city

Britain To Celebrate July

4 To-day For First Time

of Moscow where Napoleon's break the tempo of the German ad-down by A.A. fire at Tobruk.

vance according to the offelal news army met disaster more than agency. At the same time, the first panzer units pushed over the frontler, Motorised sapper units also crossed A communique relating to over and put back into use innumer

roads which the Thursday's fighting described able bridges and violent clashes at Dvinsk where Soviets had destroyed. LONDON, July 3 (Router) the Germans are pushing to-railway stations have been destroyed

patrol.

planes reported that Dr Wellington Koo, the newly-wards Leningrad, along the throughout the entire theatre of war, ⚫arrived Chinese Ambassador in Bereziun river and around Tar- and that Soviet supply columns

London, commented on Mr

caught had been Yosuke Matsuoka's vague state thousands

napol in the south. It said that which had been

of German dead, heavily attacked and damaged. ment on Japan's attitude to burning tanks and

The official news agency reported wrecked heavy losses to the Russians in men. LONDON, July 3 (UP).—The British are hauling out a new flag-the Star- wards the German-Soviet war, aeroplanes littered the battle and material which extended to see asking "What else could be ex-fields.

tors other than at Bialystok; fer in-spangled Banner-digging into toasting liquors and almost making to-morrow's pected?"

stance, along the Baltic Sea up to anniversary of American independence their own hollday, Japan has had overmuch trouble

July

the Germans destroyed ar

For the first time in 165 years, already in connection with the Axis. HELSINKI, July 3 (UP).-During captured 031 terke, 160 light

19 a- There is no coherence in the direc- the entire day the roar of heavy and heavy cannon. 40 penes, tion of her policy. She must adopt a medium artillery" on the Hangoe aircraft guns ond 24 anti-tank gurs.. purely opportunist altitude and watch | front has been clearly audible It is not yet possible to estimate the evonts before committing herself Helsinki and from time to time the booty captured at Riga, further.

Intense that one was J Russian Resistance

of the

Hangor Fighting

fire was sa Dr Koo, commenting laughingly on unable to hear the single explosions the story that General Chiang has separately. threatened to shoot the bearer of Russian air activity is more intense peace overtures from Japan, declared, to-duty. Helsinki had three raid "Whatever the truth of that, it ex-alarms and several other places were presses the feeling of people. Having gone so far and suffered so much, there is not one Chinese high or low favouring a com- promise with Japan, especially now that world conditions are turning in China's favour."!

Chinese Jalso bombed.

ATRI

On Wednesday German purstrit 52 more Soviet planes shot down planes in the Bialystok area while 97 others were destroyed on the ground. Bad weather as well as the Rus- slan resistance added to the dimeul- ties of the advancing German troops

on SeRic

Attacks On

Enemy

Shipping

1. Expanding of the frontmmand ping during the week ended June 30

Com

Special to the "Telegraph”

the British are really celebrating

the act which cut off America from Britain.

Vanished is the bitterness

Hands Across The Sea

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British Occupy Palmyra

Vichy's Official Admission

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGNAPH**

VICHY, July 3 (UP)-It is officially announced that British troops bave occupied Palmyra,

The city fell at 1 p.m., after in extremely violent artillery Lombardment, followed by a tank attack and an assault by infantry forces.

Palmyra fell on the thirteenth day of the siege.

Vichy also oficially admits that a French submarine was sunk in a naval battle off Beirut. and that all members of the crew were drowned.

Air Assault on Beirut

CAIRO, July 3 (Reuter).-French shipping and aircraft were the main abjcetives of the R.A.F. and Royal Australian Air Force operations in Syria un Wednesday,

An RAF communique says: "Aircraft of the R.A.F. and R.AAF. continued their attacks on military objectives in Syria.

"Vichy shipping in the harbour of Beirut was again bombed last night, explosions being caused on the cen- tral quays.

Qus

"During the attack on the previ

hits were made on ship- ougside the molo.

ping

"Bombing attacks were also made at Soucida, where direct hits were obtained on the fort and military | barracks.

"The Vichy salellite aerodrome at Nasrullah was both bombed and machine-gunned, and

bombs were dropped on the coast road near Homs, causing numerous craters and

Vichy Transport vehicles.

t of the RA.A.F. machine-

A

and severely damaged number of flying-boats in Tripoli harbour and also attacked motor transport vehicles near Belrut.

An alreroft which approached Haifa last night was shot down."

Armoured Column Attack VICHY, July 3 (Reuter).-The copture of Palmyra following TURN to Back Page, Column 4

Singapore's Importance

Major Fortress. Of British Lifeline

粗

Debra Tabor portance of the United States keeping

Surrenders

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CHARLOTTESVILLE, NC, July 3 (UP)-Speakers at the Public Affairs Institute to-day stressed the tm- Singapore and the Netherlands East Indies in friendly hands. Mr William Johnson,

ឆ Far Eastern expert, stated that the prevention of

is

ment is vital "because the Australia- Singapore -India ocean Line almost as important to the British as the North Auantle line and because the supply line to Ching,

through Burma, must be kept open because we, ourselves, need strategic materials from southeastern Asia."

A Eastern

For

author and cablo the editor of "New York Times" asserted,

"Singapore is not only a major fortress on the British lifeline, it is a major base of supplies for the United States Army and Navy. As long as we are dependent upon southeastern Asia for the bulk of our rubber, un and quinine, and upon

left by the old wars and stub LONDON, July 3 (Reuter), a new Japanese southward move- born pride on both English-The agreement of the Italian speaking shores of the Atlantic. commander at Debra Tabor, This July 4 sees American-built Abyssinin, to surrender, is an ships and planes being rushed across pounced in a British Middle East the Atlantic and hurled into battle

| communique: LONDON, July 3 (Reuter)-Fur- Repatriation Of

"Abyssinia. The Italian comman ther loss and damage to enemy ship-gainst the Germans. on the High

der of the troops at Debra Tabor has on the same agreed to surrender Rumanians

communique the official news agency is reported from the Mediterranean,

In of heavy at-

the London "pubs" to-day terms as imposed by us at Amba SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Istafes, "nghting on the eastern front but the concentration

were premature toasts to | Alagi. VICHY, July 3 (UP)-By agree which now, as before, is marked by tacks on harbours, ports and naval there

northwest Germany and Amerlea to celebrate her historic "The prisoners number approxi- Dr Koo was amazed

Italians and nt the ment with the German and Ruman-stubborn resistance of the Soviet bones in

12 countries

the anniversary, while songs sung by mately 3,000 "tranquil, orderly

Rumanians of troops has been made more diflult enemy-occupied appearance of an authorities 'all

all American African troops.

Gondar Remains London" and said that everything ap-military age in both zones will be by weather conditions. Ta the Lem-most noteworthy feature of the week. barroom pesred hormal, well-arranged and mobilised next Sunday and willberg area even a snow-storm bas

The naval base at Kiel has been

CAIRO, July 3 (Reuter)With to been repcried." TURN to Back Page, Column 5 return to. Rumania to' join the.army.

the most regular objcetive of the

day's news of the Italian agreement Bomber and Coastal Commands and the Fleet Air Arm operating with the

Tranquil London

U.S.

Developing New

Weapons

Military

Special to the "Telegraph"

LATEST

NO. 1 TYPHOON SIGNAL UP

WASHINGTON, July 3 (UP). The Secretary of War, Colonel Henry Stimson, to-day announced that the United States Army is organising 22 tank "destroyer" battalions and had also developed a "radically new type" of combined mechanised and armoured equipment. These two moves on the part of the Army programme will develop high speed striking units for blitz warfare.

The 10,000 men of the division will be cut to 14,000 but with the new He asserted that the Army is weapons will have 50 per cent. propelled artillery to be used for light and heavy tanks in addition to ton of Luzon,

The No. 1 typhoon warning elgnal was hosted shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon.

A typhoon Is'reported to be moving

tenors are

numbers.

1,200

Everywhere there is spirit of hands joined across the sea. guest that in future July i should four months' resistance, only Gondar can do no less than preserve that Lotters to the London newspapers to surrender at Debra Tabor after Manila for hemp and coconut oll, we or and some of the surrounding territory base of supplies in Allied rather than

ST' be celebrated ns „Freedom

Day

Coastal Command, although Bremen, Emden.

Oldenburg. Hamburg,

common alms and ideals of Britain Dunkirk, Calais and and the United States. Boulogne have

Washington, Beston, New York, share of punishment.

...Philadelphin and other English ham- A convoy of mereluul vessels was lets with American names have attneked off the south coast of Italy celebrations planned for to-morrow.

Duchshafen, Cuzhafen, Sy Friendship Day, redemonstrating the remains in Italian hands.

come

In for their

and three vessels, totalling 60,000

tons received direct hits.

A Dutch submarine sank an enemy tanker of 7,000 tons and a 500-ton

supply ship

Dark Threat By Newspaper

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Norwegian Ships

In Orient

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

enemy hands,"

They Want Britain To Negotiate A Peace

Special to the "Telegraph"

as "after a Nazi

developing many types of self-grealer Are power, with over 100 towards the Colony from the direc-iyako Shimbun" commenting un transferring of Norwegian vessels Fourth home defence speech would have a mighty effect."

kady

the self propelled artillery and 75 tank destroying purposes con- m.m., howitzers

for instant direction" Blating of self-propelled gunu, fire in any dire including 77 m.m, cannon.

Other weapons will be additional anti-tanks guns, machineguns and

A motorised infantry armoured 77 m.m. anti-craft guns. The new division is being formed from the anti-tank battalions will be armed south division which at present is the with 37 and 75 m.m. guns, 60 caliber only completely motorised United machinegune and Browning auto- States divisjon,

matle rifles.

Seo Back Pago” For

| Further Late News

WASHINGTON, July 3 (UP). -The non-interventionist Senators to-day resumed their campaign for a negotiated peace WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP)-Mr between Germany and Britain despite the repudiations of such Jonquin M. Elizalde, the ftesident suggestions here and in London. ( pence terms now Commissioner of the Commonwealth Senator Gerald Nye proposed success in Russia," adding that a of the Philippines, said that British that President Roosevelt's July "word from the President at this time TOKYO, July 3 (UP). The

shipping officials contemplated the

encouraging a "peace undertaking "Anglo-American meddling which is now engaged in Oriental and trans should be for peace, while Senn- Serator Wheeler contended that the for Burton Wheeler stated that sooner Hitler obtains peace and turns delaying the solution of the Ching Pacino trade to the Atlantic.. affair" declares to-day:

"The time will come sooner or United States intervention to prevent "quickest and surest way to de-pire would disintegrato due to in- He disclosed that he was seeking a negotiated peace would be the to the dimcult task of administering

his vast empire, the sooner the em Inter when wa will bak these the shift, painting out that the meddlers to reconsider their policy Philippines are depending on these fent Hitler." or halt them by force. Although we shipa to move sugar and other crops, Senator Robert Taft was of the "When the stress necessarily do not wish to do so, we hence the contemplated shift would opinion that the President should ex- Hitler will face a may be forced to resort to such mea-be a severe blow to the entire Philip-plore peace possibilities and declared than directing his pures."

pine trade.

that Britain could expect just as good) Senator asserted.

ternal

weakness

and dissension.

of war is over, task for greater

armies,

the