Daily Post - 27.01.1943, Blaðsíða 1

■ ■ ■
V
■ ■ ■
JICELAND’S ONLY ENGLISH
DAILY
ON SALE 8 A.M. EVERY DAY
EXCEPT MONDAY
DAILY POST
IV—17
Wednesday, Jan. 27th. 1943.
Price 50 aurar.
Keys Of Tripoli
Handed To Montgomery
London, January 26th.
The entrance of the British Eighth Army into Tripoli is
described in dispatches from all correspondents to-day. Among
the forces to share the honour of entry were New Zealand troops.
General Motgomery had for* *
these, and for all his troops,
only the highest praise. They
Another Spy Executed
A German Secret Semnce man was executed in Eng-
land this morning. He was a 49 year old Belgian, who was
to pose as a refugee, get employment in some ship, and re-
port convoy movements to German agents in a neutral coun-
try. He is the 13th spy to be executed since the war.
had, he said, done exactly what
he expected of them.
ARABS LINE STREETS
Thousands of Arabs and
•other civilians lined the streets
to welcome the British forces,
and it was an extremely im-
pressive mornent when the hig-
hest Italian officials of the town
handed over the keys of the
city to General Montgomery
himself.
Sritain Spending 17
Miions A Day
London, Jan. 26th.
The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Sir Kingsley Wood,
revealed to-day that the British
war bill has risen to £17 mil-
lion a day. This is over four
million pounds more than it was
four months ago.
Fury Of Russian
Attaeks
Berlin Admissions:
“Tanks and yet more tanks
infantry
infantry
• • •
• •
• •
waves by waves of
and more infantry”
Berlin Radio reported to-day
that the German High Com-
mand in its communique admits
that the Nazi troops had retrea-
ted south of Voronezh, where
“the Russians are attacking
with fresh troops and increa-
sing fury”. But this retreat has
of course, as usual, only been
made to shorten the German
lines.
At the same time the Nazi
communique speaks of the un-
dying glory and fame, which
their encirled Sixth Army west
of Stalingrad has won, by its
“fighting to the end” against
102 Divisions Routed!
In a special order of the day M. Stalin has revealed the
enormous losses of the enemy since the Soviet offensive
started in November. These include: 102 Axis divisions
routed; 200,000 prisoners taken. Among the huge quan-
tity of booty captured are 13,000 guns. During this period
the Red Army has advanced 250 miles. Thanking the wliole
army, privates as well as officers for their heroic achieve-
ments, Stalin announced the names of Russian towns and
localities liberated since the offensive began, and finished
with an appeal to the Red Army to its magnificent efforts
until the last German and their last satellite had been
driven from Russian soil.
overwhelming superiority. Of
the fighting there it says that
everything yet seen elsewhere
on the Eastern front, pales in
comparison with the ferocious-
ness of the Russian onslaught.
And Still Mor*
Late tonight, a new Russ- i
ian comminique announces
that the encirclement of the
6th German army is virtually
comnleted,
Of 200,000 Nazi troops
only 12,000 remain. In the
pasi few days, 40,000 have
been killed and 28,000 taken
prisoners. The booty includes
1297 tanks, 3,000 guns,
49,000 rifles and 523 aircraft.
“ALMOST COMPLETE”
The barrage of the Russian
artillery is described as unpre-
cedented and unimaginable.
“Then came the tanks, and yet
more tanks, followed by in-
fantry, waves by waves of jn-
fantry, and then more infan-
try”. Moscow messages just re-
port that the annihilation oi' the
22 enemy divisions is now al-
most complete.
Martial Law In
Marseillies
London, Jan. 26th.
Switzerland messages report
that the Vichy authorities have
proclaimed martial law in Mar-
seilles, since the German order
for the evacuation of the old
port district was given.
American
Celebration
/
London, Jan. 26th.
A special ceremony was held
in Belfast to-day to comme-
morate the anniversary of
American troops landing in
Northern Ireland.
Americans
Stem Savage
Jap Attacks
Washington messages report
that yesterday Japanese air-
craft in force made a savage
attmept with dive bombers,
twin engined bombers and
fighters to raid the American
positions on Guadalcanal. They
were, however, met with such
intense barrage and by Ameri-
can fighter planes, that they
were driven off before they had
been able to drop a single bomb
on the intended targets. Four
of the enemv planes were shot
down for certain, without any
loss to the American defenders.