The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-14
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it was said, dropped "thous-
ands" of incendiaries, illumi-
mating the city with a "grotes-
que light"
Two surface afraid shelters
were hit by bombs, and two
hospitals and a church damaged
In one hospital, a single patient
was reported killed amid a di-
rect hit on q women's ward
Ceilings and walls were blasted
apart.
Early reports said casualties
were feared large, but officials
declared the toll was remark.
ably light considering the in
tensity of the raid, which lasted
about three hours.
Eye-witnesses said Plymouth
at dawn was "a sorry sight"
More cheerful news for Bri.
tons came from the London ad.
miralty with q report that only
four merchant ships totalline
1887 tons were sunk In the
week ended Jan. 5-one Of the
lightest weeks losses since the
war began.
Authoritative British quarter.
said the decrease was due tC
bad weather conditions, con
certed Raj attacks on Nazi Ma
val Bases and the gradual" re-
Enforcement of escorts for Brit
ish shipping conveys.
Premier Mussolini's High
Command, meanwhile, pictured
a Joint axis offensive agains
Britain's Mediterranean fleet a.
having hit ten British Men O
War since Jan. 8, including ,
battleship of the 81 ,100-ton Ma
laya class, two aircraft carriers
two cruisers, three destroyers
one "big warship" and one sub
marine.
ascist newspapers alst
claimed a third cruiser and two
British steamships damaged, an
other submarine sunk, and q de-
stroyer apparently sunk"
The authoritative Rome news
paper II Giornale D. Italia de
clared Britain was sendin(
strong troop reinforcement
from England to Greece and t.
Egypt, sailing in double convo,
as protection a ainst attacks b!
Italian and German torpedo
boats and bombers.
On the Albanian battlefront
picked Greek shock troops wer'
reported being rushed through
the gap torn in the Italian line
at Klisura in an effort to keel
the Fascist forces from making
a ne-y stand.
The Greeks said italian re
sistance was greatly weakened
and that the character of tn
terrain between Klisura and Be
rati, in the Albanian oil fields
offered few natural barriers t
their advance.
A Greek communique report
ed the capture Of additional
italian prisoners and four tanks
but did not identify the secto
where this success was scored
While the British army Of tn,
Nile continued to mass It
strength around the beleaguer
ed Libyan port Of Tobruk, Brit
ish sources in London expressed
belief General Sir Archibald p
Wavell had his plans nearl.
ready to try to administer
knockout blow TO the Italian
i'm East Africa.
The British Press Association
said a British defeat in Eas
Africa seemed SO probable tn
government was ready to gran
not only safe conduct but "fac
ilities" for removal Of womel
and children from Italian colo
MES there.
In Ankara, Turkey, staff OF
ficers Of the British middle cas-
command were on hand for
two-day conference with Turk
ish military leaders.
The Uruguayan foreign minis
ter, meanwhile. launched an in
vestigation TO determine wheth
er q British war vessel had VIC
lated his country's territoria
waters in twice turning bacl
the French freishter Mendozs
which had attempted to run tn
blockade with food for France
The Mendoza was driven bacl
to Montevideo Sunday night b.
the British auxiliary cruiser As
turiss, and was reported TO hav'
put back again last night ate