Daily Post - 15.12.1941, Blaðsíða 1

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Stubborn Flgbting ín Malaya
Imperial Troops
400 Russian Towns
and Villages Retaken
Holcfi tfiieir Ground
Nazis
Admit
Fall-Back
London, Dec. 14th.
In Russia the G'ermans are
How <m the defensive and make
ho bones about having lost thte
initiative.
The Russian communiqué of
to-day reports fighting all night
°n all fronts. The Russians, in-
spired by victory, are follcwing
UP the German retreat with
ferocious determination, and
the Germans are now getting
^hat they set out for—“a war of
extermination.”
yeletz success
In the Yeletz area the Russi-
ans have recaptured two im-
Portant railway junctions:
Tefremov, 45 miles north of
Teletz on the Moscow-Yeletz
railway; and Livny, 40 miles
s°uth-tWest of Yeletz, on the
Orel-Voronezh railway. Here
they captured large quantities
tanks and guns, and they
cta.’m to be advancing further
West from Livny. In the Yeletz
ar0a the Russians have during
^he last fortnight driven the
Nazis out of 400 villages.
T'ENINGRAD too
Our Allies claim to-day con-
tinued progress, not only on the
oscow front, but also in the
Leningrad area, and to be giv-
lug the enemy no rest night or
day.
Pield-marshal von List has
n°w taken over in the central
area from Field-imarshal von
aok, who was made the scape-
goat for Hitler’s blunders in
he Moscow offensive.
(Contmued on page 4.)
Philippines Situation
Weli in Hand
London, Dec. 14th.
In the Far East the heaviest fighting is novv taking
place in Kedah. The Japanese have penetrated a little way
into Burma, and the situation at Hong Kong is described as
serious. In the Philippines the Americans seem to have the
situation well in hand.
I The King’s
Birthday
H. M. S. King George
to-day celebrated quietly
his 46th birthday, togeth-
er with the Queen and the
two Princesses. Among
the thousands of tele-
grams received by His
Majesty were greetings
from President Roosevelt,
Mr. Churchill, and the
Governors-General of the
Dominions.
Supply Ship
Blows Up
London, Dec. 14th.
It was officially announced
here tc-day that a German
supply ship had been attacked
off the Norwegian coast this
morning by a Hudson of Coastal
Command, piloted by an N.C,0,
of the Royal Dutch Navy, with
the result tha4 the ship blew up
and disappeared.
John L. Lewis
Snpports War
London, Dec. 14th.
A report from Washington
to-day says that John L. Lewis,
the famous Labour leader and
anti-Rcoseveltian, has officially
declared that he, together with
all good American citizens,
would wholeheartedly support
the U.S. Government in this
war.
Singapore reports to-day
that in north-western Malaya
fighting goes on with unabated
fury, and a major battle seems
now to have been joined in
Kedah, where the Japanese
main thrust is along the railway
line and the main road, in the
comparatively flat country on
the west coast. Our forces resis-
ting here are mainly English,
Scotch, and Indian.
The Japanese have shown
themselves to be formidable
antagonists, not cnly on the
roads but also because of their
skill in hacking their way
thrcugh the almost impene-
trable jungle and in negotiat-
ing the crocoddle-infested
swamps and rivers.
Fighting is also going on in
southern Thailand, across the
border from the states of Kedah
and Kelantan. The latest news
states that the hardest fight-
ing is now taking place just
north of the capital of Kedah,
Alor Star (pop. 26.000) 8 miles
inland on the Kedah River and
60 miles north of Penang.
AERIAL CO-OPERATION
The R.A.F. and the Australi-
an Air Foree, which first were
mainly occupied in preventing
the landing of the Japanese
troops, are now, together with
the Dutch East-Indies Air Force
giving valuable assistance to
the land troops, bombing en-
emy tanks, motorized troops,
and supply transports on the
roads. In the jungle it is im-
possible to spot any targets
from the air.
JAPS ENTER BURMA
In Burma there has been
some slight penetration by
Japanese forces from Thailand,
near Victoria Point, the south-
ernmost tip of Tenasserim. The
Japanese claim that Thailand
trcops are fighting with them.
Rangoon had yesterday its first
air-raíd warning, a^ 37 Jap-
anese bcmbers were driven off
by our fighters.
Yesterday Tenasserim towTn
was homlbed slightly by the
enemy, and Penang was also
raided.
Tokio reports to-day that
British forces have invaded
northern Thailand, in the dis-
trict of Chang Rai, and that
fighting is going on some 25
miles from the border. This has
not been confirmed.
CHINA
At Hong Kong heavy fighting
is reported to be still going on.
No details are available from
our side, but Chungking reports
that crack Chinese troops are
attacking Canton’s Japanese
garrison and the rear of the
Japanese troops in the Kowloon
peninsula, blowing up bridges
(Continued on page 4.)