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The SENAL EDITION

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1881 No. 10503

-拜禮 號七月七英香

MONDAY, JULY 7, 1941.

日三十月六

RUMANIANS REVOLT AGAINST NAZIS: SOVIET OFFENSIVE Battle Raging On Vast

500-Mile

Sector

Special to the "Telegraph"

MOSCOW, July 6 (UP). The Russians are not only heavily counter- attacking in front of the Stalin Line, 90 miles from Moscow, but it is offi- cially reported that there is fast spreading an armed revolt in Rumania against the Germans,

On the whole length of the 500-mile sector where it is claimed fight- ing has raged, the Red army claims that it is fighting the Nazis to a standstill in the gigantic struggle between the world's two largest war machines.

9 Italian

Generals Surrender

In the Borisov-Bobruisk area and sectors north and south of Minsk, the Germans are said to be faltering against the main Soviet defence lines, and are still unable Įto force a passage across the Berezina river.

Likewise on the Ukrainian front, the Russians have| checked the Cerman offensive on the Movograd-Volynski sector, which is due west of Kiev,

A communique declares that heavy fighting is in progress in

Ethiopia Clean-Up PARACHUTE the Ostrav - Leppel - Novograd-

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

CAIRO, July 6 (UP)-To- day's General Headquarters

communique, declared that nine

Italian Generals in Abyssinia have surrendered with General

Gazzeru, including General De

simonc.

TROOPS

Volynski sectors, while in the Ostrov area the Russians are vigorously counterattacking and inflicting considerable de-

fighting took place ali to-day in this sector.

IN ACTION feats to the Nazis. Very fierge

Russian Vigilance

manians

and

Nazis Paying Dearly In the Dobbinollo area

The spokesman of the Information MOSCOW, July 6 (Reuter).- additional 5.000 soldiers were Behind the Soviet lines a cease- Burenu stated that the Germans are "paying dearly for every inch of taken prisoner including some less struggle is being waged be-ground. The war is becoming more 1,200 Italians,

throwing tween Nazi parachutists-most-fleree. The Germans are Compelled to Surrender ly suboteurs-and Soviet troops, in more forces and the violent resis ROME, July 6 (UP)~To-divillun defente units and tance is increasing."

The communiqué also reported a day's communique states that private citizens,

skirmish between ormed the Italian forces in the Gallasi- The German parachutists are

Germun and damo region of Ethiopia were generally dropped in small groups troops in the Roman- compelled to surrender because whose main task is to wreck com Fruna Fosciani region, adding, "an their supplies of food and numi-unications, destroy fuel dumps and armed struggle of the Rumaninni

against German arid -tions-had-run-out.The Britishide thele aircraft to their targets

byground signale, Some wear population troops accorded the surrentler-women's clothes, others the uniform Government troops is developing-in-

of the Red Army. Nearly all speak the towns and villages." ing troops full war honoura,

The Germans attempted a night Russian,

According to Colonel Spirin welting bombing attack against the Soviet in the "Zvestla" to-day the Soviet shores but were driven off. | methods of tackling parachutists have prevented the Nazle from repeating the surprises they carried out in the Law Countries last year.

CHUNGKING RAID

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

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SHANGHAI, July (UP) Having heavily bombed Chungking last night the Japanese observed the anniversary of the war by resuming the raids at 0.30 a.m. te-day,

Dropped Far Behind

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The Nazi Version BERLIN, July 6 (UP),-German i infantry are reported to have broken into the formidable Stalin Line and to have seized a heavily defended During the first days the para-bunker. making a mass surrender of 27 Planes In Raid chutists were dropped in the lime 50,000 entrapped Russians.

The number of Russian prisoners is CHUNGKING, July.0 (UP). diate rear of Soviet military units at Twenty-seven Japanese

bombers the front but latterly they have been thus swelled to 300,000.

the official news far back as seventy According to mude a heavy raid on Chungking dropped

agency, the Nazis captured the bun- war, plastering the western suburbs

It was added with Incendiary bombs and starting chemies are up to many sly tricks," most modern cannon." numerous fires, the glow of which says the Colonel. Often they are that German infantry, which pre- dropped from transpurt planes bear-sumably forced a crossing of the Jurkily lit up the sky.

ing the distinctive red star of the Dnieper river to carry out the assault, Soviet nation. But most of them are possibly broke into Line in the of Orsha along the main rounded up before they can do any

highway, but the damage. So far, says the Colonel, not a single successful operation of exact location is not given.

I is reported. that panzer any importance has been carried out

motorised units are by Nazi parachutists.

now 300 miles from Moscow and pressing home a three-pronged drive with Muscow

as the objectives,

on the eve of the anniversary of the miles.

"The malevolent and cunning ker which was "equipped with the

Manila To Stage Black-Out

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" MANILA, July 7 (UP)-Arrange- ments have been completed for the

He is of the opinion however, that muss descents may soon be attempted

and

Arst black-out In Manila's history to especially with gliders which so far and Leningradmitted that Russian

be effective from 11 pan. to 11.30 p.m. have not been noted.

on July 10,

Planes are scheduled to fly over the

city to take pictures and observe the

It is officially udn forces of considerable size are all holding out in the northern forests, making surtles and attacking German rearguard, communications

BOMBAY, July 4 (Beuter).-- effectiveness of the black-out. City About 300 Italian prisoners of war, oficials have appealed to the public including 200 officers and a general, and supplies. to give their fullest co-operation, Thave arrived here.

Japan Decides To Be Careful & Watchful

Special to the "Telegraph" SHANGHAI, July 7 (UP).-Neutral observers are of the opinion that Japan's plans vis-a-vis both the Netherlands East Indies and Russia will be held in abeyance pending a clarification of the European situation, and that the "Important decision" reached at last week's imperial conference was merely to defer any major decision until Japan could be more sure of her posi- tion.

On the Finnish

the

fron, reporters

BLAZING NAZI FACTORIES

Effect of R.A.F. Night Raids

LONDON, July 6 (Reuter).----Aircraft which went furthest into Germany last night were sign-posted on their return by hage beacons blazing in half a dozen towns, the Air Ministry declared.

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The accuracy and hitting power of the R.A.F. are attested by these two official photographs, One shows a Nazi supply ship receiving a direct it on, her stern in the harbour of Tyboron, Denmark, and the other shows a 2,300-ton motor vessel being successfully attacked from height of 50 feet.

ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH"

Aussies Push On

Towards Beirut

JERUSALEM, July 6 (Reu- |ter).—Australian infantry who crossed the River Damour ten. miles south of Beirut attacked along the north bank to-day and captured the strategic village of El Boum,

The Allies have launched big push on Beirut, the Lebaneso capital and Vichy's key port on the Mediterranean coast.

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The patrols whieli were flung on Saturday across the River Dumour ten miles south of Beirut were followed to-day by Australia - fantry who attacked along the north bank and captured the village of El Boun, which represents a sharp ad- vance in the drive up the const.

British bombers hammered the Vichy troops who are strongly · en- trenched on the north bank of the river and made the initial crossing by the land forces possible. They also bombed the barracks and fuel installations in Beirut.

of

Beit-Din, 11 miles southeast Beirut, where rests the left Bank of the Vichy army in this sector, was similarly attacked.

This new push

follow a long stalemate during which the Vichy forres have been resisting stub- bornly along the Damour River for

more than two weeks.

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LONDON, July & (UP).—The Admiralty announced to-day

From Damascus that an eight-inch gun Italian cruiser, believed to be the While the *Allléd, troops Gorizia, was torpedoed and sunk closing in, on Beirut from the south, column Is maintaining in the Mediterranean by a Bri- another

pressure on the city from Damascus. tish submarine on June 29,

From Mazar, Vichy troops are and Vichy Ship's Fate

shelling the advancing Allies LONDON, July 6 (Reuter).-to-day, the intensity of the bom-

bardment is reported to have in British aircraft have sunk a

creased slightly, Vichy nuxiliary vessel abusing Turkish territorial waters and flying the Turkish fling.

Information

The centre of the front remained quiet to-day with Vichy troops sull holding a number of points in the vicinity of Hasbayn,

Central Syria

Another Allied success is reported from Central Syria where the ar -houred column which.........captured

Of H. K. Mails Palmyra has now reached a point

25 miles from Homs, the vital rail-

and

Information regarding Hongkong way Junction from Tripoli inward and outward malls was given Aleppo, the chief city in northern by the Postmaster General Mr E. I. Syria. Wynne-Jones this morning. It is revealed that news has been received of the loss by enemy action of one despatch trom London.

The lost mail was posted in Lon- don between March 4 and 7 and was for transit by sea via the Cupe of Good Hope route.

Another despatch via the same route and posted between April 24 and April 20 is overdue.

A further despatch posted in Lon-

don between May 10 and May 14 by surface route via the Atlantle and Pacific is also overdue.

Inward mails by the trans-Atlantic

routes and Pan-American

are all complete up to the last London date,

which is June 19.

Since his last report Mr Wynne-

loss of outward mails, that is from

Jones has received no news of any

For 300 miles from Rotterdam to Magdeburg, which is only 70 miles from Berlin, Bomber Command aircraft left a trail of destruction. At many vital points, supplies and communications of Germany's western army were Hongkong to Great Britain. wrecked.

Reinforcing

say that the Leningrad-Murmansk Mediterranean

rawny has been cut at a number of points by German bombings, making it Impossible for the Rted artny to move reinforcements to Murmansk. German planes are reported

LATEST

Shing Mun Dam Landslide

to

From The U.S.A.

blazed

1 At Rotterdam, oil

furiously. Osnabrueck and

This column was earlier reported to have occupied without opposition a "post" 33 miles from Palmyra on the Mosul-Tripoli oll pipe-line,

A new advance of two-thirds the distance from Palmyra to Homs is now covered.

The whole of Northern Syria, in- cluding Aleppo, is thus threatened by the pincer movements of three Allied columns driving along the vital arterics of the country.

Very Heavy Rainfall

The week-end produced nearly ten inches of rain, according to official

Agures.

On Saturday an inch and a half was recorded, while in the course of Nazi Air Inactivity

22 hours yesterday a further 5.755 LONDON, July 6 (Reuter)-To- inches fell. Between 11.30 p.m, last Bielefeld were deeply scarred by night's British Ministry, Home night and and 0.30 this morning the little la concentrated attack on their Security communique, dealing with Observatory registered another 2.435

German air activity, states laconical- inches, making a total of a ¡industries, power-plants

under 10 inches in 48 hours. and by "There is nothing to report." Irailways.

the

Gen. Chiang

Chiang Kai-shek's Anniversary Message

Special to the "Telegraph"

CHUNGKING, July 7 (UP)-In his anniversary message to friendly Powers to-day, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek stat- ed that the European and Asiatic wars have become a single conflict in which the anti-aggression nations are facing the ng- gressor nations. No nation can escape the conflict due to the fact that the aggressors are planning to dominate the world. A mighty conflagration is sweeping the entire world and will burn up all in fts path unless it is extingushed.

Magdeburg and Rheine were lit by Ares and Munster was devastated. have fald In extensive minefield WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reu-

Within a few minutes of the begin- around the Russian seaports In the ter).-Between 20 and 25 ships ning of the attack on Munster, signs Arctic and White Sen, as well as the

evident. Oil Aretic and White Sea canal.

are now leaving monthly with of devastation were

dumps blazed and smoke rege 5,000 munitions for the British Middle feet above the railway station and East forces, according to offleials goodsyards, Separate frez began to

spread and merged until

elty familiar with Lease and Lend appeared to be well night and the activities. }

bombers could see each other shining red as they elrcled above the fur-

Rheine One Big Blaze

One crew reported won "one huge blaze," Meanwhile, Japan is concen- but observers belleve the most signi- A landslide occurred rear the Shing

At Bielefeld, an Important power- trating on the China affair, re-feast aspect of the situation is the Mun Dam, New Terris, the over arrived in Egypt to supervise the station received many hits and the The Generalissimo asserted close co-oporation, in which they

adjoining gas works blew up. Many doubling her efforts both mill. caution with which Japan hias avoid time early this morning, when over

ed climbing out on any long limb. 40 tons of earth from a side, dis- assembly of planes.

fires were started elsewhere in the that the results of the conflict will not give the aggressors tury and political to liquidate a

lodged by the recent heavy rain, Omelals estimate that 100 There is a possibility that Japan is crashed down the road, which leads are required from loading at

daya town and a huge industrial building depend upon the efficiency with time to consolidate their gains. Ile déclared that the Chinese were war which continues to impedei

njwas seen to collapse.

which the anti-aggression

Anglo-American Amerlenn port to delivery in the

very thankful for her freedom of action in other drnatically revising her foreign poll-to the Dam, below.

¿y in a manner permitting rap-!

Red Sea, but acceleration of ship. At Osnoburg, a rallway yard was nations combine their efforts, and Russian aid, and would firmly directions,

prochement on the Anglo-American

ments after a slow start has tended heavily bombed and elsewhere farge and therefore the strength of hold the front with the aim of end- Somo ballove that Japan will front, and this has been widely dis-

ta relleve the pesalmism of some area were started among the industlic Asiatic, American anding Japanese aggression, and contri- strike northward rather than south-cussed here lately, but best informed

American military experts regarding trial bulidings.

The glow was visible as the re- European democracies must be order and the development of civili

buting to the future of a tree world no tangible de- ward, and her army is reported to circles anticipate

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