Evening star., 1940-07-15
London
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Air Force and fighter command,
which have shot down more than
five to one" of German planes at
tacking conveys and Britain her.
self, and finally of the Royal Navy,
ready to protect any part OF the
empire with over a thousand
armed ships under the white ensign
patrolling the seas"
Then. looking beyond the "im-
pending assault which we await un-
dismayed," he asked. why do I
dwell on all this?"
Not. surely, to induce any slack
ening Of effort or vigilance" he said.
"On the contrary. these must be
redoubled and we must prepare not
only for the summer but for the win
ter. not only for 1941 but for 1912,
when the war will, I trust, take a
different form from the defensive In
which 1t has hitherto been bound"
New Tally of War.
Even as he spoke, Britain issued
. new tally of that defensive" wal.
In The Air; She claimed i've NaG
dive bomberS and two escortiiig
fighter planes brought down during
an attack on ship convoy in the
Dover Straits yesterday. One n A..
F. plane was lost then. r. A. F.. raid
ers Saturday night struck at IA air
dromes and other military objectives
in Germany, Holland and Belgium
and downed one Nazi defending
plane.
The loss Of one r. A. F. plane was
acknowledged for Saturdays action.
A "few enemy aircraft" dropped
bombs in Southeast and Southwest
England last night with slight in
Jury" to one person, the government
announced.
In a daylight raid today by a
single German plane one person
was reported killed and several in
jured in a Southeast English town.
In the war at sea the Admiralty
reported the 670-ton submarine
Shark was overdue and must be pre-
sumed lost" She was the 10th
British submarine lost in the war,
including the Oxley. which was de-
stroyed by an accidental explosion
last September II and thus became
Britain's first naval loss. Another
Of the Sharks class, the Sterlet,
was reported lost April 80. The
Shark normally carried crew Of 40.
The Admiralty yesterday an
nounced loss Of the 1,350-ton
destroyer Escort with two of her
seamen. The Escort. second, surface
warship admitted lost by the British
in the Mediterranean, was torpedoed
by a submarine and sank while
being towed to port.
The sinking by a submarine of
the 4,1S0-ton anti-aircraft cruiser
Calypso in the Mediterranean was
announced June IS.
Had to Immobilize Fleet.
Not all of Mr.. Churchill's speech
was devoted to the future. He began
by explaining again the necessity of
British naval action to immobilize
the French fleet, saying that "the
transference Of these ships to Hitler
would have endangered the security
both Of Great Britain and the
United States"
Then. recalling that July II is
"the national festival of France"
he predicted "some of us will live
to see 18th of July when a lib
Grated France will once again
stand forward as the champion Of
the freedom and rights of man."
Stating that "the peoples of Eu-
rope will not be ruled for long by the
Nazi Gestapo." Mr.. Churchill then
turned to Hitler's plan for an inva-
sion of Britain. He declared that, on
the evidence Of plans for Nazi con-
quest Of Poland, Norway, Denmark,
the Low Countries and France, there
undoubtedly was such a plan for
Britain. But he claimed the new
strength Britain gained during the
last month meant such a plan must
have had to be entirely recast."
The Prime Minister said there
will be no placid lying down Of
the people in submission" but that
every village, every town and every
city" would be defended and that
I'VE would rather see London laid
in ruins and ashes than it should
be tamely and abjectly enslaved."
AS to the date of the German at
tack, he said, Perhaps it will come
tonight. Perhaps it will come next
week. Perhaps it will never come"
To which the German radio re-
piled late last night: a.
1--WE wonder If Mr.. Churchill was
counting buttons on his waistcoat
when he said that. The answer Is:
Not this week, neither next and
certainly not never. but very def
nitely some time"
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