The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-11
DIARY OF THE WAR
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Republican

certain units of the French fleet to
prevent their being surrendered to
| Germany. Action was near Algeria.
A battle cruiser was damaged, bat
| tleship sunk and another heavily dam
aged, two destroyers and an airplane
carrier were sunk. One French battle
ship succeeded in getting out of the
harbor but the Dunkerque was hit by
a torpedo and badly damaged. Several
| French units were already in British
ports and had been taken over without
bloodshed except in case of submar-
inc SurcOuf. British and German air
forces continued bombing activities.
Germans claimed British plain car
| rier had been hit.
| SATURDAY-Fra protested Wig
orously against attack on Mediterran-
can fleet. A French squadron was bot
tied up by British at Alexandria. En-
tire east and south coasts of British
were made into home defense area.
| British airmen attack Nazi bases on
continent and naval bases at Kiel,
| Emden and Wilhelmshaven. Sporadic
| fighting between Italian and British
continued in Mediterranean. Gibraltar
was bombed. A pro-nazi government
was in charge in Rumania.
SUNDAY - Britain's navy con-
tinued violent action against French
fleet. British planes damaged hangers
and workshops in Sicily. Flyers at
tackled German aircraft factory and
Dutch airports. The Chinese-Japanese
war entered upon it's fourth year, and
although Japan is victorious in battles
she is far from subduing China Ger
mans continued air raids over Eng
land. England enrolled another 300, 900
men.
| MONDAY-British bombed German
detectives in the Mediterranean and
Africa. Germans attacked British Isles
throughout night and day. British
claimed aerial advantage as they
could attack over a wide area difficult
to defend by Germany. A sub tor
pedoed five German merchant ships in
convoy off coast of Norway. Hitler
and Count Ciano, Italian foreign min
lister, conferred but matter discussed
was secret. Russia rushed more ar
mored divisions into Bessarabia to
consolidate Soviet occupation of these
Rumanian territories.
| Alderman bombers con-
tinue to fly over Britain. Eight planes
were shot down and four more in
dogfght over a British convoy. Brit
ish raids continued on German objec-
tives. British destroyer Whirlwind was
sunk by torpedo. Japan claimed U. S.
marines had insulted Japanese army
| by arresting fifteen in International
Settlement. Marine commander said
| they were not insulted or mistreated.
| Great Britain rejected Japan's de-
mand to close road to China through
Burma.
Edward, King of
England until he married his Ameri-
| can-born wife, and is now Duke of
Windsor, was made governor and COM
mander-in-chief of the Bahama Is
lands, located off the Florida Coast in
the Atlantic Ocean, where he and his
consort will take up their residence in
a short time. The Eastern Mediterra-
| mean vessels of the French battle fleet
| surrendered at Alexandria, Egypt, to
the British. The vessels thus falling
into English hands include one battle
ship, four cruisers and a number of
other vessels. Italy and Germany are
thought to have agreed on three
| way attack on Britain, Italy to block
ade Britain and sever her empire trade
routes German continued aerial at
tacks and claimed heavy damage on
British detectives. British raided OBJ
iectives on Continent all the way from
Norway to Holland. Same sort of raid
ing continued between British and
Italian forces in Africa. France set up
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with Petain as the fgurehead. Ger
many and Italy want Rumania to cede
part of Pennsylvania to Hungary.
Japan wants an apology from the
United States over the arrest of six
teen Japanese gendarmes in the In
ternational Settlement.
AY-tPresident Roosevelt
asked for about billion additional
for defense program, declaring that
arms would not be used in war of ag-
gression. A great air battle ragged
over the English channel which Bri-
tain interpreted as the beginning OF
the attack on England. British said
81 Nazi planes were destroyed. Eng
land and Italy both claimed victorie,
in naval battle in Mediterranean.
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