Daily Post - 21.10.1942, Blaðsíða 4

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waterproof and between them will hold 60,000 people.
— NEWS 1N BRIEF —
Middle East
New Air Blows
Against Axis
Ships ánd Planes Hit
London, Oct. 20th.
The Cairo communiqué to-
day announces that British and
American planes have been
very active over the battle
area.
Bombers, fighter-bombers and
fighters have all taken part
and many attacks have been
made on enemy positions, par-
ticularly airfields and landing
grounds. At one place three di-
rect hits were scored on ground
ed enemy aircraft,
N American heavv bombers
raided Tobruk town and har-
bour yesterday and scored di-
rect hits on two big merchant
ships. Enemy transports on the
coast were also successfully
bombed. A two-masted schoon-
er was sunk by our long-range
bombers Southwest of Crete
and one Junkers transport
plane was shot down.
Malta Raids Continoe
London, Oct. 20th.
Strong fojmations of Axis
planes still continue their un-
successful raids on Malta.
Yesterday saw the Axis at-
.ternpt nine attacks. Of the
many raiders- that approached
the island only a few succeed-
ed in crossing the coast-line,
two of which were shot down,
making a. total of 119 enemy
. planes destroyed for certain
during the last ten days.
Wew fininea
Japanese Resistance
Stfffens
In New Guinea the Austra-
lian troops are meeting with
more determined Japanese re-
sistance.
Yesterday, three enemy
counter-attacks were all re-
pelled with considerable loss to
the enemy.It’s not known just
where the principal fighting is
taking place, but as the Austra
lian forces had advanced
through the gap, Jt cannot be
very far from Kokoda. The
main Japanese forward base is
now believed to be at Iorabai-
wa crossing, a day’s march from
Solomons
D.S. Warships Sheil
Shore Rases
33 Jap Planes Doivn
London, Oct. 20th.
It is disclosed in a Washing-
ton message to-day thát Ame-
rican warships have joined in
the battle for Guadalcanal.
The American warships have
heavily .shelled the Japanese
pcteitions on the island and
wrought considerable damage,
but there is no indication that
a clash has yet taken place be-
tween units of American and
Japanese fleets.
American aircraft have re-
peatedly bombed Japanese po-
sitions, ’and in all accounted
for 33 Japanese planes between
Friday and Sunday. Most of
these were shot down when a
large number of enemy planes
attempted to bomb the aero-
drome on Guadalcanal on Sun-
day. Two out of the three Ja-
panese transports listed as “da-
maged and beached”, have now
been completely destroyed by
Allied planes.
The Japanese base at Buin
on Bougaineville island has
been raided again. Allied dive
bombers attacked Rakata and
left twelve Japanese seaplanes
burning.
Kokoda. The Australian. troops
have not yet come across the
main Japanese force, which
seems to have mysteriously dis-
appeared.
Stockholm messages report
that all Danish troops have been
crdered to withdraw from Jut-
Iand. Normally there are three
Danish garrisons stationed
there.
*
Stockholm reports that a
train ferry on which v/ere some
thousand German soldiers) re-
turning to Norway from leave
in Germany, was torpedoed in
the Baltic.
*
The Luftwaffe bombed 12
towns in Britain on Monday
last, causing some damage and
casualties.
*
The people of Holland have
been warned by the Nazi not
to travel by train more than
strictly necessary ,and if ne-
cessary to travel to sit in the
rear of the train.
*
In Czecho-Slovakia, five
people were put to death yest-
erday charged with high trea-
son and Communistic activities
and in Belgium three people
were executed charged with the
crime of giving aid to the ene-
my.
On the Nazi home front, four
people were put to death yest-
erday for looting in the Wil-
helmstrasse in Berlin.
*
It is announced in Washing-
ton that Liberators dropped 15
tons of bombs on Japanese
shipping' and the enemy camp
area ashore, in Kiska. It is now
known that what was thought
to be an enemy destroyer off
Kiska reported hit two days
ago, was in reality a disguised
cargo vessel.
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