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D4ILY POST
II-298
Wednesday, Dec- 31, 1941
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Jap Attempt to
Ðfiven Off
Force Manlla Bay
Tibyan forces
HEM IN ROMMEL
Air Activity Over Malaya,
Dorneo, And Sumatra
Londion, Dec. 30th. ,
Many Nazi Tanks Smashed
Crete and Greeee Raided By Air
The latest reports from the Pacific tell of
increasing enemy activity both on land and in the
air in Malaya and the PhiJippines although no
major changes have taken place since yesterday
A comrtmnique fnom Sinigaipere
to-day repiorts that heavy Japan-
ese aittacks south iof Ipoh were re-
pulsed yesrterday, the enemy suf-
fering great losses.
AIR-RAIDS ON SINGAPORE
japanese air aiotivity is nowi
wiidespread all over the Malayan
Penninsuia. Singapore iwias raiided
four times yester-day, the firs-t
air-rai-d siinioe three weeiks ago.
There «were very fefvv, casual-ties
and practiically no- d-amage bey-(
ond a fewi hiouises burnt doiwn
close ito- a, s.ma-1-1 petnoil staition.
AERODROMES ATTACKED
The aero-driome at Keluang,
centraL Johore, swais- att-aicked by
the Japanese y-esterday. Here
« e~e only í’ekv- casualities amd no
damage to the aenodrome what-
• ever.
The aerodrome a,t Kuanton was
again radded ’last miight iwikh to-
tally negative results for the
enemy. '
BORNEO AND SUMATRA
Bataviai reports to-day that the
enemy is contimual-ly carrying
■ out raids on smaLl poastal places
in Bomeo and Sumaitra. In the
raid on Medan 36 persions iwere
killed, m-ost of them Chinese and
Indonesian Red Crioss -wiorkers.
Allied aircrafí ca-rried out a
number of successful reoonnoitr-
ing f’Lights all over Malaya yester-
day.
MORALE IN SINGAPORE
The spiri-t of the -wiomen of
Singapore and Mafaya is clearly
revealed in the m-es-sage sent out
yesiterday by Lady Thomas, the
íwflfe of the Giovemor of the
Straits Settlements, fro-m Govern-
men-t House, Sing-apore.
“We have had a long perio-d of
peaice and tranqility hene,“ La-dy
Thomas said, “wihile the Iwo-men
of Britain, China, Russáai, and the
occ-up’;ed pountries have heroiiaLIy
suffered death and mutilation,
ovenwiork, rationing, an-d starva-
'tion. Nio-wi ou-r time h-as oome,
and I kno-wi (that rwe will ca-rry
on 'O-ur duities just as caL-mly and
cou-rageously.“
PHILIPPINE ARMY
REORGANISED
From the Philippines no newis
has come since the po-mmunique
of General McArthur, • stating
tha.t he had reorganized his
fonces along a shortened defenoe
iline, rumning through Sara-g-o-ssa,
120 mifes north o-f Manila, and
thaj so far aill iwas quiet on lamd.
In the ai-r there had been re-
neAed enemy acti-vity yesterday
over Gorregidor, th-e fortress Is-
land in the middle of the en-
tran-ce to Manilai Bay. Goupled
iwiith this was an aittempt of Ja-
panese wairships to fo-rce the en-
tran-ce of the bay. The enemy
ships iwere horwever, quick'ly
driven off by the U.S- Long-range
(Continued on page 4).
London, Dec. 30th.
In Libya our forces continue to close in on
General Rommers forces at Agedabia. while the
R, A. F. keeps up its relentless hammering of enemy
communications
Ou-r goal, the destruictiio-n of
the enemy’s tanik forlces, came
closer yesterday when, in an a-t-
tempt to imterfere iwiith ou-r ad-
vancing mechanized columns
south of Agedabia, General Rom-
mel lost 22 io-f h-is remaindinig
tan-ks idompletely destnoyed, and
20 tan-ks heavily damaged, after
Ivvihioh his remaiming tank forces
tviithdr-etwi to their p-osiitiions.
BIG BATTLE EXPECTED
Rommel’s fonces ane nawi hemi'
med in betiween the sea and the
hills east of Agedabia. A maim
battle is nawi doubtless impend-
img, as our fonaes are clasimg in
on the enemy fnom the sou-th as
iwell as from the mo-rth.
A regiment of hussars yester-
day captu-r-ed five enemy Lotrries
laden iwiith infantry,
AERIAL ACTIVITY
All ov-er Libya, and even
furth-er, Empire and Free Fremoh
aircraft are mencilessly harassing
and dem-olishing en-emy miilitary
targets. Ou-r bombers and fighters
have icarried out suocessful raids
on Agedabia, -w/here direct Mts
were registered on an ammuni-
tion and supply storehiou'se,- and
at Bardia and HaLfaya petiroi and
ammunition duimps have been ex-
ploded. Enemy motoirized tnoiops,
concentration camp, duimps, a-rid
lan-ding-griounds iwest of Ageda-
bia bave also besn suia.essfully
attackecl.
On Sunday night RA.F. and
Fjree French airoraft oairrfed out
rai-ds on military ta-rget's in Grece
and Crete, the rnain ta-rgets be-
ing the doöks and harbouirs at
Salami-s a-nd Erakleion.
Kandi-a. aind Suida Bay iw ene
al-so atta-cked, but he'e results
iooui-d' moit be observed be:ause ol
ba-d visibilHy.
One Messersichmitt 109 iwias de-
stnoyed in Libya, and a Junkers
88 ivva-s shot doiwn abo-ve Mal-ta.
Fnom al-1 these o-pe at'ions four
of ouir planes are missing, but
the pilot of one is safe.
Churchill’s
Canadian
Speech
London, Dec. 30th.
Mr. Winston Churchill to-
day addressed the Canadian
Parliament in Ottawa. He was
introduced by the Canadian
Prime Minister- Mr. William
MacKenzie King.
Mr. Churchill, who delivered
most of his speech in Engllsh,
also specially addressed t-he
Quebec members in French,
and was from all sides received
with tre-mendous, seemingly
never ending cvations.