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Grave Danger to Manila
Grushing Nazi
Defeat at
Moseow
LIBYA
U. S. Bombers Cause Blg
Damage to Jap Warship
Successes Expected
by U. S. Sub. Fleet?
Black-out in Darwin
London, Dec. 12th.
News of military operations in the Far East comes mainly
from the Philippines to-day, where the Japantese have probably
lost another battleship in their avowed attempt to take Manila
f ‘ I
by a pincer movement, which, however, threatens to btecome
dangerous. In Malaya the situation to-day is descrihed as the
lull before the storm.
55,000
Casualties
Inflicted
London, Dec. 12th.
In Russia our Allies main-
tained their pressure on
Germans on all fronts
yesterday. with particul-
^riy fierde fighting in the Mos-
c°tv area, with the result that
late this aftemoon they were
aMe to annomice a crushing de-
leat inflicted here on the Nazis
atter six days’ battles.
The Russian communique
^ssued this after'noon claimed a
^remendous victory at Moscow.
tn the north-west sectors, Klin
now entirely surrounded by
Russian troops, and the Ger-
■^ans have been driven out of
important railway station
°í Solnechnaya. In the south-
ern sector our Allies have re-
^cupied Stalinogorsk. By these
snccessful operations the Russ-
lans seem to have removed the
danger so long threatening
their capital.
The communique stated
íurther that since the 6th the
^ussian troops had recaptured
important villages and
otiier places and left 55.000
^^rmans killéd on the field.
^CERILLA troops
communique also pays
§reat tribute to Russia’s guer-
U3 troops in both the south and
e north, especially in the
Wingrad area, where they
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Germans
on the Run
Lcndon, Dec. 12th.
Cairo amiounced to-day that
the wholte of the remaining
German force was withdrawing
westwards, fighting a rear-
guard action. The encircling
movement of our forces goes
on, despite bad w'eather.
New Zealand forces have now
reached Gazala, 40 miles west
of Tobruk. British and Indian
forces, advancing from the
south-east to the escarpemnt
south of Gazala, captured
500 German and Italian pris-
oners on Wednesday, and
yesterday 120 Axis men were
taken prisoner west of Gazala.
The western Tobruk peri-
meter is now entirely free of
the enemy. The area west of
Acroma has also been com-
pletely cleared of enemy troops,
and another 300 prisoners were
here added to the total.
R.A.F. ACTIVITIES
In spite of heavy dust storms
the R.A.F. has þeen carrying
out ceaseless bombing attacks,
over the central battle area,
on enemy transports and road
commqnications, especially
round Agheila. Benghazi was
heavily raided last night.
In the central Mediterranean
a large enemy merchantman
received two direct hits, and
one other vessel was probably
hit. Docks and shippirig at
Catania, Sicily, were also
bombed, and eleven enemy
planes were shot down. From
all these operations eleven of
our bomhers are missing.
Washington officially ‘ an-
nounced to-day that U.S. war-
ships had made contact with
Japanese naval forces yester-
day off Luzon. The Japanese
ships, however, steamed away
and disappeared in the gather-
ing darkness. The U.S. sub-
marine fleet has not yet re-
ported frcm this action.
The U.S. Naval Headquarters
in the Philippines reported this
morning the attack hy U.S.
aircraft on a Japanese battle-
ship, of the 29,000-ton Congo
'class, off Luzon. Three direct
hits were scored and when last
seen the battleship was out of
ccntrol. If not sunk. it is con-
sidered to be so seriously dam-
aged as to be out of action in-
definitely.
JAPS GAIN FOOTHOLD
.The communique frqm Manila
late to-day reports that the
Japanese threat to the Phil-
ippines is growing, as the Jap-
anese are intensifying their
offensive on the Luzon Island.
Several attempts to land have
been successfully beaten off,
but the Japanese have effected
the landing of a small force at
Legaspi, some 230 miles to the
south-east of Manila.
The force which landed sev-
eral days ago at Aparri in the
northernmost tip of Luzon, and
was at first thrown back to the
coast, is now reported to have
somewhat strengthened its po-
sition. Japanese forces seem
also to have established a
bridge-head at the port of Vig-
an on the west coast.
100 BOMBERS OVER
MANILA
Manila and the surrounding
area were heavily attacked to-
day by a force cf more than 100
bombers, of which 11 were shot
down. This raid included the
port of Batangas, 50 miles due
south of Manila, and an aero-
drome to the north of the capi-
tal. And according to the lates^,
news the enemy has established
anothér bridgehead at or near
Subig Bay, only 60 miles by
land from Manila.
The Japanese High Command
explains the landings in the
south, west, and north, and the
bombings on the west ^nd east
coasts as the beginning of a
pincer movement t directed at
Manila.
Washington to-day describes
the Japanese landing operat-
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