Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01
Suez Reported Blocked
By Sunken Worship
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stroyed IA Egyptian planes on
the ground, including Soviet
MIG-15 fighters. The pilots said
they had encountered almost no
resistance.
It was limited, they said, to
Ineffective antiaircraft fire and
a lone fighter which attempted to
intervene.
The air strikes, beginning at
dawn after a night Of British and
French bombing attacks, were
aimed at the airf1elds Of Abu
Sueir, Fayid and Kabrit in the
canal zone, Inchass. IS miles
from Cairo, and Kasfareet.
The reported sinking of the
Egyptian warship in the canal,
followed the British announce
ment that another Egyptian
warship had been sunk in the
Red Sea of Suez. at the SOUTH
ern approaches to the canal. An
Admiralty spokesman said the
Egyptian frigate Domiat went
down under the guns of the
British cruiser Newfoundland.
SO Survivors Picked Up
1.-THE Domiat was carrying
mines with the apparent in
tention of laying them in the
area" said the Admiralty an
nouncement. 1t added SO Survi-
vors from the Domiat had been
picked up by British ships.
The British Defense Ministry
said air strikes were being
carried out by carrier as well as
by shore-based aircraft.
Despite the hostilities and the
break in relations, Foreign
Once spokesman said Britain
did not regard herself as at war
with Egypt. But he said plans
were made to reoccupy Britain's
bases in the Suez Canal zone by
military forces.
Syria, Egypt's ally. recalled
her Ambassadors from Britain
and France for consultation az
ter declaring a state of emer-
gency and general mobilization.
Damascus said Syrian forces
fought a skirmish with Israeli
forces on the Israeli side Of the
frontier last night and then
withdrew.
The Egyptian government said
1t also was considering with
drawing from the United Ma
tons because Of what it called
the world organizations Elm
ability and failure in dealing
with big colonial countries
ambitions"
Delayed-Acti0n Bombs
The British spokesman said
attacks against Egyptian air
fields were expected to go on
throughout the day and gave
this picture Of the raids:
British bombers dropped de-
layed action bombs with fuses
of different lengths on Egyptian
fields last night. He said the
fuse devices were used to give
Egyptian personnel chance to
get away safely.
Planes on the ground. hangers
and service installations were
destroyed. Pilots said they met
ineffective antiaircraft fire. One
pilot reported an attempted in
Perception by an Egyptian
Meteor night fighter.
Reports said the fighter
attack planes pounded the Egyp-
tian fields in low-level runs using
both rockets and cannon fire
installations were reported hit at
Abu Sueir. Fayid. Inchas. Kas-
freet and Cabrit.
Operations Called Successful
The high command announce
ment from Cyprus said allied
aircraft have been engaged in
action over the Egyptian Delta
and Suez Canal zone since dawn
The bombing operation looks til
now to be successful"
French Foreign Minister Chris
tan Pineau called in United
States Ambassador c. Dougla;
Dillon for a Commute talk on
the Middle East crisis. French
sources said Mr.. Pineau outlined
Frances position. They added
that plans drawn by military ON
eials are proceeding on schedule
and that no diplomatic interven-
ton has altered the French
British operation.
Egypt Rejects Demands
The British and French forces
went into action after Egypt re-
jected q demand from the Lon.
don and Paris governments that
their troops be admitted tenn
porarily to the canal zone to pro-
tect the waterway and end thu
Egyptian Israeli fighting.
Britain and France said theii
forces would occupy positions In
Port Said and Suez. the termi,
nal points Of the canal. and Is
MALTA. the major military bass
midway along the Suez. Botf
governments insisted their stay
would be only temporary.
Egyptian army headouarter
N Cairo had said last night thai