The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-09
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Ethiopian patriots" encouraged
by British aerial support, had
forced the Italians to evacuate
the post Of Cuba, in Ethiopia,
and that the native warriors
"are now closing around the
fleeing Italian garrison"
Recent reports have pictured
untold numbers of Ethiopians re-
Boiling against their Italian over
lords, who wrested the east Afri-
can kingdom from the Emperor
Halle Selassie in 1856.
Overnight, RAJ warplanes
bombed Naples, Italy, in the
heaviest Of series of blows that
ranged from the north coast of
Germany to Italy's dwindling
empire In North Africa.
Riding the skies virtually un-
challenged, Raj pilots attacked
Palermo, Sicily; Wilhelmshaven
and Emden, Germany; and Ben
gasi and Tr:poli, North Africa.
Meanwhile. British Air Sec
rotary Sir Archibald Sinclair an
bounced plan to open the Raj
for the training of boys Is years
and older Ito meet q growing
demand" for pilots.
Premier Mussolini's high COM
mand said Raj raiders, striking
in waves, blasted Naples with
numerous" bombs, killing five
persons and wounding 80.
A Fascist communique listed
damage to ID buildings. and 4
hospital ship In the harbor, but
declared that most Of the bombs
fell Gin the sea-"
No damage was reported ut
Palermo.
Hitler's high command cited II
killed and II wounded by British
raiders showering high-explosive
and incendiary b m BIS over
northwest Germany - attacks
identified by the British Is cen
terinR on German naval bases
at Wilhelmshaven and Emden.
A London Air Ministry COM
munique said the Wilhelmshaven
raid was marked by many ex-
plosions. large hres," while
"more than 20 fires were started
in docks at Emden."
Raj attacks on Bengasi and
Tripoli were described by the
Italians as having caused slight
damage" with three killed 1t
Tripoli. Other British planes
harassed tn. Italians in Somal-
iland and Eritrea. East Africa.
On their part, the Fascists re-
ported heavy bombing assault
on the Greek port of Saloniks
with evident effectiveness" and
declared that Italian warplanes
had strafed Greek troop concen.
trations, and bombed bridges and
artillery on the Albanian battle
front.
In the Far East, an oriental
"blitzkriee" was reported under
way by Thai (Siamese) army
invading French Indo- China.
The Siamese high command
said that its army, supported by
smashing afraid assaults by 90
planes, was driving into the Indo-
China province of Cambodia and
that the entire city Of Sisophon,
20 miles within Cambodia, was
ablaze.
Domei. japanese News Agen-
cy, broadcast q report that 'bor-
der warfare ragged along the en-
tire Thai and[ndo- China frontier
from Ventiane in the north to
Cambodia"-about half the COM
mon border.
The French subsequently &C.
knowledged Q general with
drawal five to 10 miles in depth
from the Cambodia.Thai from
tier.
Dispatches from Hanoi, Indo-
China said the Siamese were
pressing concerted stacks on two
main fronts-1eo and IS miles
Ions, respectively. 4
Britain had another full night
of quiet. There has not been .
night alarm In London since Sum
day.
The British army of the Nile
continued its methodical desert
offensive against the italian base
Of Tobruk, on the Libysn coast.
Following the same plan by
which they reduced Sidi Bar.
rapi and Bardia, the British ap-
peared 20 be encircling Tobruk
preparatory to smashing II with
air bombs and shells from land
end naval guns.
The RAJ said II could see no
evidences OF any Italian effort 70
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