Daily Post - 12.12.1943, Blaðsíða 4

SUNDAY POST
Smashing DeVeat
HandedU«Eoats
Iceiand Based Planes Join in Kill
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Five more U-boats have been
sunk and three damaged in a
forty-eight. hour battle in the
North Atlantic. British war-
ships, co-operating with Coast-
al Command aircraft, prevented
any attacks being made on two
valuable copvoys, 99% of whose
ships reached harbour safely.
A joint statement by the Ad-
miralty and Air Ministry gives
this news of the second great
victory in a week, and such de-
tails as are available of the
actions.
When contact was first made
with the U-boats, an estimated
twenty were in the vicinity of
the convoys which were about
60 miles apart.
Destroyers immediately drop-
ped depth charges forcing them
to surface. A Liberator then
joined in the attack, but was
hit by fire from the U-boat be-
fore it could deliver its torper
does. Other Liberators then ar-
rived on the scene, and several
naval escort vessels detached
themselves from the convoy to
join the battle. The result of
this action was a hit on a U-
boat, which was left submerg-
ing in a damaged state, and an-
other probably damaged.
Three Liberators from Ice-
land now joined the fray, scor-
ing a torpedo hit on a third U-
boat, which plunged below the
surface, stern first. Later, sur-
vivors were observed in the
vicinity.
A Canadian Sunderland, al-
though three of its crew had
been killed., repeatedly attack-
ed, and severely damaged a
fourth, a fifth being damaged
later by the combined action of
three Coastal Command air-
craft.
The next kill was made by
two Liberators, which singled
out their prospective victim,
and scored a direct hit on it.
The U-boat split in half, and
sank immediately. Yet another
was sunk by a frigate.
And so the story went on,
the vigorous action of the war-
ships and aircraft inflicting an-
other decisive defeat on the
enemy.
The Allied naval ships en-
gaged suffered neither casual-
ties no'r damage, but three air-
craft were damaged, two of
them being forced into the sea.
There were some casualties
among their crews.
Koniev Follows Up
Suamenka Victory
Ferocious Bulge Battle
Continues Unabated
London, Dec. llth.
On the Eastern Front, the big
Russian forces by freed the cap-
ture of Snamenka are driving
on Kirovograd from three dir-
ections. Berlin reports street
fighting at Cherkasy.
Today’s Moscow communique
reports that General Koniev’s
men, who only yesterday cap-
tured the vital junction of Sna-
menka have already smashed
some of the outer defences
guarding the industrial town of
Kirovograd, twenty miles furth-
er south. This road centre has
become even more important
to the German forces in the
Dnieper bend since the fall of
Snamenka, and the Russians
expect to meet very heavy re-
sistance as they draw nearer
the city.
Berlin today says that Soviet
troops have broken into the
town of Cherkasy, and that
street fighting is now in pro-
gress in this main German
stronghold on the middle
Dnieper.
Throughout yesterday heavy
attacks alternated with counter
attacks, and earlier Moscow
messages spoke of fluctuating
fighting near the city. Strong
Soviet tank forces are in action
in support of the Red Army.
Berlin tonight reports the eva-
cuation by German troops of
Chigirin, 35 miles south-east of
Cherkasy.
The battle of the Kiev bulge
is being continued on the same
tremendous scale as before
nearly a month after the Ger-
mans launched the counter of-
fensive. The main battle area
is in the region of Melein, thirty
odd miles east of Korosten and
about sixty miles west of Kiev.
The enemy today admits fierce
Russian counter attacks, and ac-
cording to Moscow, the Red
Army held its front yesterday
under great pressure.
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Hundreds of lorries with
military supplies for Russia are
now rolling across the six hund-
red mile desert and mountain
route of eastern Persia. It is
revealed that 30,000 lorries are
now working to full capacity
and an Indian supply represen-
tative is quoted as saying that
Russia can have as much jute,
Germans Leave Ruins ín Naples
Sunken ships and wrecked harbor facilities at Naples, Italy, are
shown after the AÍIied Fifth Army drove the Gemians from the
great Italian seaport city. The Germans waged a furious program
of destruction and pillage before they retreated, but Allied
engineers started reconstruetion and salvage operations imme-
diately after Naples’ liberation, and within four days Allied
ships were using the harbor.
In Reykjayík
Today ...
MOVIES
GAMLA BÍÓ: “The Tuttles of
Tahiti” v/ith Charles Laugh-
ton, Joan Hall. Peggy Drake.
NÝJA BÍÓ “Gentleman Jim“
with Errol Flynn.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “The Moon and
&ix-Fence” with G. Sanders
Ilerbert Marshall.
Workl News
Continued from. p. 2.
November than in any month
since May. The statement add-
ed that mcre U-boats than
ships v/ere sunk last month.
In Washington today, the
official attit'ude toward Yugo-
slavia was made public today.
The people of Yugoslavia have
made clear their determination
to fight for their independence.
For this reason, an oíficial
spokesman in Washington stat-
ed today, the United States
government recognizes the
Yugoslavian government in ex-
ile in Cairo. The Yugoslavian
Patriots are making an appreci-
able contribution to the United
Nations war effort. It is the
intention of the United States,
the spokesman continued, to ass
ist the Patriot forces. He added,
that it is not the intention of the
United States to take part in
any political discussions which
might divert the Yugoslavain
from the aid to the war effort.
All political arrangements, the
spokesman emphasized, were
matters for the Yugoslavians to
discuss among themselves. On
the other hand, the United Stat-
es will assist the Partisans in
their fight against the Nazi op-
pressors.
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