Daily Post - 08.12.1941, Blaðsíða 4

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Rgssiais coaiter attack 01 Noscov froat
And allies continue
to pnsh Nads back
along Azov eoast road
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Tula feared eneflreled
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London, Dec. 7th.
THE Russian communique of to-day indicates better news
froan the Moscow front, where the Germans are bteing met
with terrific counter-attacks.
DAILY POST
CBOSSWORDt NO. 2.
(Sit bj an R.& F. Officer)
CLUES.
At Moshaisk, although the
highway is still in grave
danger, the Russians have,
temporarily at least, success-
fully driven back the big Grer-
man thrust. leaving tens of
thousands of the enemy killed
and wounded.
In the north-west, Russian
troops have forced their way
into the suburbs of Klin and
Kalinin and at Tikvin they
have almost encircied the Ger-
mans in the town. Further
south, at Stalinogorsk, the Ger-
mans are being held, if not
actually thrust back.
CRITICAL SJTUATION
At Tula, however the situat-
ion remains extremely critical,
the great manufacturing town
being in danger of complete en-
circlement by the enemy whose
forces are now astride the main
road leading to Moscow.
DEEP SNOW
Deep snow and severe winter
conditions have now come to
the aid of our Allies in the Mos-
cow area. But in spite of that
there is no sign of any let-up
in the German onslaught al-
though the tempo may have
slowed down a little.
RETREAT CONTINUES
In Southem Russia the Ger-
mans continue their retreat. In
the Taganrog sector Russian
cavalry is harassing the rear
and flanks of the enemy, and
the road westwards to Mariu-
pol is jammed with retreating
German troops, who are incess-
antly being divebombed by the
stormovik planes of our Allies.
In the last twelve days 82 Ger-
man planes, 147 tanks and
thousands of enemy troops have
been wiped out.
The Kuibyshev Radio to-day
warned the Russians that the
Germans would douhtless try
at any cost to recapture Ros-
tov under the personal direct-
ions of von Brauchitsch, the C-
in-C. of the German army. This
would be considered necessary
for them not only in order to
restore their prestige but also
because of their sore need of
Caucasian oil.
Jap. Aircralt
Carrier Sunk
(Gontinued from page 1).
Australian Hudson flying boats
had this moming verified an
earlier report, that twc» large
Japanese convoys, heavily es-
corted, had been discovered
. rounding Camibodja Point, the
southemmost point of Indo-
China. steaming north-west, up
the Gulf of Siam.
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THAILAND ATTACK
PREPARED?
The Japanese Were to-day re-
ported to have already 85,000
troops in southern Indo-China,
near ' the Thailand border,
25,000 in north Indo-China,
close to the Chinese bordler and
18,000 troops aboard ships.
Thailand’s Prime Minister
stated this moming: “We will
fight with all our might to the
end.”
CHINA READY
The Chinese Government has
already stated that their troops
will start an immediate offen-
sive against Japan in case of
war flaring up in the Far East.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW
ZEALAND CONFER
The War Cabinets of Austra-
lia and New Zealand have been
Across.
1. Harm.
4. Angelic creature.
8. Fuss.
10. Naturally she’s fair, — or
artificially.
11. Turn out.
12. Acid.
14. Wait.
15. Learnt by heart.
17. They’re played by Spanish
dancers.
20. Ðucket.
21. This command puts a stop
to military progress.
22. Source.
24. A Vichy boss.
25. Bacon or boloney.
26. Haphazard.
27. Base of a column.
in constant consultation during
the last 24 hours. In Hong-
Kong general mobilisation was
ordered to-day.
PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURES
Washington *reports that the
U.S.A. has taken full pre-
caution measures in case of any
sudden, treacherous blow that
might be expected from Hitler’s
ally. It is understood that the
U.S. Government has already
sent reinforcements of troops
and ships to different places in
the Pacific.
Down.
1. .Lower.
2. Usually the driest place i11
any town.
3. Storm.
5. Yorkshire town.
6. Rank.
7. His work is a pleasure
most of us.
9. Getting money by force °r
threat.
10. Start.
13. Kingly.
14. A bed afloat.
16. Long-legged creature.
17. The answer’s a lemon,
almost.
18. Fish that often gets canned-
19. Highly offensive smell.
22. Gambling card-game.
Stop Press
JAPAN HAS OFFICI'
ALLY DECLARED
ON AMERICA 4ND
GREAT BRITAIN.
A Japanese airplane caff
ier has been sunk off Pa0a
ma.
23. High.
(Solution tomorroW.)