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1012. 6 PAGES -PRICE 2d. MenfttU LIBYA CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT OF LOSS OF THE LEXINGTON TANK BATTLE NEARS TOBRUK Battle Within A Triangle ROAD CUTTING PLAN Kharkov Centre Of New Onslaught SEBASTOPOL HOLDS Australian Associated Press LONDON, June 14. Reports have reached Stockholm from Berlin that a new tank battle is developing to the north-east and east of Kharkov. Fierce fighting is continuing around Sebastopoi, where the defenders are said to be showing signs of exhaustion.

Moscow radio announced yesterday that bitter fighting is in progress at Sebastopoi, where the Russians are holding firm. Thousands of German dead were left on the battle field on Friday. Australian Associated Press LONDON. Juno 14 A ScW A' Latest reports from Cairo state that fighting in IkvA ie nnw orrnririM 1 Ham Tnkmil Li HEAVY RAID Darwin's anti-aircraft batteries are rendering excellent service against the Japanese. On the left is a range and height finder, and on the right anti-aircraft gun in action.

Mrilivwgi. 'WW wRia II ui ci in- volved. The battle area is within a triangle formed roughly by Knightsbridge, El Adem and Acroma, with the northern limits 15 miles south-westward of Tobruk. There is a lull in the fighting around Gazala. Reuter's correspondent at the front says that Marshal Rommel has rushed up infantry to support his armored forces.

The infantry is established on the edge of an escarpment along a high ridge from El Adem to Knightsbridge. The main enemy thrust is north-west of El Adem, with the obvious intention of cutting the Tobruk-Gazala road. Dust storms limited activity yesterday morning. enemy destroyed a number of north-east breach. New and intense activity is occurring in the Isyum sector, and powerful artillery duels are going on along the Donetz River line.

Moscow reports that the first detailed messages from the Kharkov front show that tne Axis has not succeeded in making any surprise break through. Most German attacks have been beaten off, but where the enemy gained some ground he is now being held. The Germans are continually bringing in fresh troops, and have lost some thousands of dead In the last few days. Luftwaffe bombings have prevented the Russian tanks from getting close enough to the German tanks to engage them. The Russian tanks are striking at the enemy flanks.

The Germans on the Sebastopoi front are using more Roumanians in an effort to break through on the north sector. After the failure of attacks from the south-east and north. east, the Germans at great cost succeeded in driving in a wedge in one small sector. A Cairo G.H.Q. communique to day states that severe lighting developed yesterday afternoon between our and enemy armored forces in the area south of Acroma, and both forces were still in this irea at the end of the day.

The G.H.Q. communique added that our mobile forces operating rom the south in the rear of the THE BRITISH AIM The German High Command is throwing in fresh divisions in a desperate effort to break through Marshal Timoshenko's positions. Berlin Radio stated that the Rus sians fiercely attacked the Volkhov front on Friday, but were repulsed. Messages from Sebastopoi on Sat urday night stated that the Russian position had improved after a series of counter-attacks, in which the Germans were flung back from a num ber of points. Moscow Radio stated that the Germans in the past three days lost 15,000 in killed and wounded on the north-west front.

A message from Stockholm says the Germans are re ported to have lost 60.000 in killed on the Sebastopoi front during the same period. A Vichy message says that on the Ukraine front a battle of extreme violence is raging. The Germans for the first time have flung monster tanks into breaches north-east and south-cast of Sebastopoi. Flame- throwing detachments widened the Effective The defenders are trading blow for blow, although enemy pressure is as great us ever, and fresh reserves are piling in. Russian artillery is heavy and effective, and knocked out or damaged 50 tanks, and 12 yesterday.

Fighting is becoming more and more intense, The Germans lost 5500 killed In one sector in two days' fighting. The Stockholm "Aftonbladet" says the evacuation of Sebastopoi has begun, and that the Russians are withdrawing by sea under cover of darkness, "but this does hot mean Sebastopol's fall is imminent," adds the newspaper. Last night's Moscow communique was as follows: "The Russians on Saturday on the Kharkov front fought enemy tanks and infantry. They repelled attacks, and held their positions. "A Russian war ship at Odessa sank a 6000-ton transport.

The Russians during Saturday morning In a sector of the Kalinin front, occupied an important point in the German defence lines, and killed 900 Germans. "The Russian Air Force on Friday destroyed or damaged 44 German tanks. Stormovlk planes without loss made a surprise raid on a railway junction, and wrecked several military trains. Another group of Russian planes raided a German aerodrome and destroyed seven planes on the ground." The communique added that guerilla forces In the Kurek region derailed a military train, killed 100 Germans, and destroyed equipment. The Russians in a sector of the north-west front improved their positions.

They Artillery killed about 300 Germans, destroyed equipment, and captured booty and prisoners. The Germans betray uneasiness about the Volkhonsky forest, between Kalinin and Vellkiyeiukl, having evidence that an unusual number of Russian forces have long been massing there. The Germans apparently refer to this sector in an-announcement that important bombing operations are going on along the Central front against Russian concentrations in an "impenetrable forest area." The Moscow paper "Red Star" stated on Saturday that Kharkov was at present the scene of the heaviest fighting in Russia this year. The enemy is hurling in fresh masses of infantry, tanks and planes, seeking to breach the Russian defences at the narrowest sector. The Russians are maintaining their positions practically everywhere.

Elsewhere the initial German advances have been checked. SLRMARINE'S LIST OF SUCCESSES ALEXANDRIA, June 14 (A.A.P.). It Is disclosed that the British submarine Torbay has sunk or damaged 70.000 tons of enemy shipping during the past year, including five supply ships, two tankers and 21 auxiliary craft sunk, a destroyer and two supply ships badly damaged and a destroyer probably sunk. On one patrol the Torbay sank ten vessels, Including a tanker and a supply ship. The Torbay recently entered an enemy port, where for 17 hours it stalked an enemy convoy.

Before leaving It torpedoed and probably sank two ships. Drama In The Coral Sea NEW YORK, 14 (A.A.P.). In an interview at San Diego, Cali fornia, Rear-Admiral P. Sherman, who commanded the U.S. aircraft carrier Lexington, told the story ol the ship light in the Coral Sea battle early in May, which resulted in the vessel being sunk.

"It was the first time in history that an air and sea battle was waged between aircraft carriers," he said, "but despite our Inferior forces and our fewer planes, we sank two Japanese carriers and severely damaged another, before the end of the Lex ington. It was such a decisive victory that the entire Japanese expedition was forced to withdraw from the vital South Pacific. We discovered the devastating power of aircraft carriersit is almost unbelievable. "The presence of Japanese Zero planes disclosed that enemy carriers must be near. Therefore our scouting forces set out at dawn on May 8, and located two Japanese carriers and several other ships hidden in a rain squall.

We opened the attack at 11 a.m., pounding 1000-lb. bombs on the aircraft carrier Shokaku, which was left in flames. "Thirteen minutes later 108 Japanese planes attacked the Lexington and another American carrier. We shot down 40 planes, but not before they had dropped bombs and torpedoes. A determined air offensive cannot be stopped by a defensive force.

"Two Japanese aerial torpedoes nn the Lexington, starting four fires and causing a six-degree list. After a few minutes three of the fires were put out, and tne fourth was only smouldering, but five minutes later tremendous explosions shook the ship, destroyed the communications system and caused numerous fires. Simultaneously the ammunition stores started to explode, and the blaze spread to the hangar deck. "Finally Rear-Admiral Pitch, commander of the naval air group, decided to abandon the ship. At sunset, In orderly fashion, the men were taken off by destroyers and cruisers.

They were so calm that some went below deck and filled their helmets with ice cream from the ship's stores, and went over the side eating it. The Lexington was then ablaze from stem to stern, and we gave her the coup de grace with a torpedo." LULL IN AIR RAIDS Weather Not Favorable LONDON, June 14 (A.A.P.) Because of unfavorable weather over the Continent, Bomber Command operations since June 8 have been confined to mine laying. Fighter ac tivity has been similarly reduced. R.A.F. reconnaissance planes during daylight on Friday bombed several points In north-west Germany.

Detailed examinations of recon naissance photographs reveal that over 250 factory buildings and workshops were destroyed in the 1000 bomber raid on Cologne. The damage Is immeasurably greater than any other German city has suffered, Prominent buildings damaged Include the Metropolitan Theatre, police head quarters, the Brown Coal Syndicate offices, the main post office and the Mulheim railway station. Mr. R. R.

Stokes, Labor M.P. for Ipswich, In a speech urged that the Churchlllian strategy of tanks and bombers should give way to the production of ships and fighting planes. The first call on planes should be given to the Navy, "not to lunatics who think Germany can be bombed to subjection." A Home Security communique reported slight enemy activity last night over the south and south-west coast of England. Bombs were drop. ped at one town in the south which damaged houses and caused a number of casualties, Including some killed, Early on Friday night a "sneak raider" bombed a town in East Anglla, scoring a direct hit on a hotel, and killing four persons and injuring others.

Rescue parties recovered a further five bodies from the debris. PROMISE TO SHOOT HITLER TANnriN 14 (A.A.P.) Dr. Benes, leader of the Czech Go vernment in London, declared in a broadcast to his countrymen that all tlmio facnnnolhlo fnr rrmrisnla in Czechoslovakia, "from Hitler down to S.S. leaders." would be shot alter tne war, in accordance with czecn mm tnrv lanf Prague Radio has announced the execution or a more uzcens, iuc.ua- Ulg till "Ulimu, iv.H.ti ior tne ncyancn tumui. iimniug a WU3 Lidice Massacre NEW YORK, June 14 (A.A.P.).

The Czechoslovak Vice-Premier (M Jan Masaryk) disclosed that one man had escaped alive from Lidice, town near Prague, where the Nazis are reported to have massacred the entire male population In reprisal for the assassination' of Relnhard Heydrlch. M. Masaryk added that the es-enper was now trying to reach England, and Rive the world an eyewitness's account of the horrors of Lidice. He urged the United Nations to destroy several German villages by air bombardment as a re taliation ior tne Lidice massacre. A.I.F.

FORESTERS LONDON, June 14 (A.A.P.) The High Commissioner, Mr. Bruce, during a visit to three Australian forestry companies in Scotland, at layed general anxiety as to the welfare of their home folk by telling the men that Australia was now 100 per cent, better defended than when the Japanese first moved south. He talked Informally at each plantation saw mill, where the men knocked off work to hear and Question him. Sol diers everywhere aiked Mr. Bruce to Investigate mall and cablegram delays, and this he agreed to do.

Mslnr A T. nimallnrk. nf Melbourne. was amongst those who welcomed tne Hign commissioner, LOSSES BY JAPANESE Five Aircraft Carriers WASHINGTON, June 14 (A.A.P.). Official accounts that have Just been released of the naval and air action off Midway Island, and of the earlier action In the Coral Sea, disclosed that in these operations five Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed, or probably destroyed, and another seriously damaged.

This is in addition to the large number of other enemy ships, from heavy cruisers to transports, and also air craft that were destroyed or dam. aged. Commander Arnold, leader of an American bombing group that took part in the Midway Island battle. disclosed that four Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed, or probably destroyed, during the action, includ' ing two of the largest type. Commander Arnold said one each or the Kagl and Akagi classes (26,900 tons) and one medium sized carrier were sunk within 24 hours of the first attack on Midway.

Another medium sized carrier certainly never got back to Japan. Two Japanese forces were Involved, They struck first with a contingent of four carriers, three battleships and numerous cruisers and destroyers The second enemy force comprised about eleven large vessels of the cargo and transport class, protected by numerous cruisers, destroyers and pos sibly battleships. Commander Arnold did not reveal the exact number of Japanese ships Involved, but indicated that the likely total was between 60 and 70. At least 250 Japanese planes, as well as other enemy ships, were destroyed in the fighting within 125 miles of Mid' way. American losses off Midway have not yet been disclosed.

The enemy's primary goal was to shell Midway, following an air attack: but they did not get the chance to do so. After the carriers had been destroyed the enemy battleships were just as good targets. The Japanese launched the air attack on Midway on June 4, while the enemy naval force was 200 miles distant, but the American bomber pilots beat the Japanese to the draw. They attacked the enemy ships while the air attack on Midway was proceeding. Coral Sea Details A navy communique states that the Midway Island battle now makes It possible to release information about the Coral Sea battle.

The communique says the initial American attack on enemy forces at Salamaua and Lae and the Coral Sea battle resulted in dls. rupting the Japanese attempt to penetrate to the south-east, and cost them over fifteen ships, including a carrier, three heavy cruisers, a light cruiser, two destroyers and several transports and small vessels. In ad dition, a cruiser and a destroyer were probably sunk, and severe damage was inflicted on over 20 other vessels. including a carrier, three cruisers, two aircraft tenders and three de stroyers. Over 100 aircraft were also destroyed.

The aircraft carrier Lexington, the tanker Neosho and the destroyer Sims were the only American vessels lost as a result of the action In the Coral Sea, and most of the crews were saved. Early In March the Japanese con centrated a fleet off New Guinea, ap parently Intended to occupy Port Moresby, with a view to an attack from there on Northern Australia On March 10 an American seaborne air force successfully attacked Japanese bases in New Guinea, thereby dis rupting the Japanese plans for two months. Early in May the Japanese resumed preparations to Invade the Solomon and Louisade islands. On May 4 a task force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, under the command of Rear-Admiral Fletcher, found part of this Japanese Invasion fleet anchored in and near the harbor of Tulagl.

The attack caught the Japanese completely un awares, and almost annihilated them. On May 7 Rear-Admiral Fletcher's aircraft struck the main body of the Japanese fleet In the Louisade Archipelago, off Mlslma. A new Japanese carrier, the Ryukaku, with most of its planes on board, and one heavy cruiser were sunk. An enemy counterattack was successfully repulsed. During this day over 25 enemy aircraft were shot down, while American losses were six.

Shore based army aircraft from Australia greatly assisted the American attacks. On May 8 the same task force again attacked the Japanese, and Inflicted serious damage against a second carrier, the Shokaku, which was left ablaze. CHINESE ON THE OFFENSIVE LONDON, June 14 (A.A.P.). A Chungking report says the Chinese forces in Klangsl Province are resuming their advance along the Kan River, while other Chinese are fiercely attacking In the vicinity of Nanchang, capital of the province. A later message from Chungking states that the Japanese have captured Kenkl, 78 miles from Nanking.

The Chinese art continuing to fight In the area. ON DARWIN Only Slight Damage After a lull in enemy air operations since April 27 against Darwin, this north-western base was attacked heavily from the air by a large force flying at a great height, on Saturday. More than 40 enemy machines 27 of them bombers took part in the assault on Darwin. Our fighters de. stroyed one Zero, and we lost one plane.

Other points north-east or Aus tralia were visited in our offensive- defensive on Friday and Saturday. Simbcrl Island, where an Allied unit successfully attacked enemy shipping, Indicates a northerly ad vance by our airmen. It is situated in the Tabar group, and lies almost due north of Rabaul. No mention of this enemy position has been made previously, nor is there any infor mation as to the amount of shipping located in the area. Rabaul aerodrome was bombed by us both on Friday and Saturday, our planes also visiting the Japanese fighter base at Gasmata on Friday Gasmata, on the southern coast of New Britain, and almost in a direct north-south line from Samaral, New Guinea, has not figured in recent communiques.

It is possible the enemy has slightly strengthened his occupational force In that area a well as in the Rabaul area, north west of island. No further reports of the presence of Japanese submarines off the Australian coast have been made available. It is likely, however, that somO of these craft may still be operating Allied reconnaissance planes are per petually alert along the coast. Gratl flcation Is felt at the number of enemy submarines sunk, as compared with the number of merchant ships at tacked. Hint of the necessity for withhold ine certain information from the enemy in any operation, and proof of the Inaccuracy of Tokio reports is given in the details released on Fridav of the Coral Sea battle.

The loss of the U.S. aircraft carrier Lex Ington, which, with the destroyer Sims and the oil tanker Neosho, was sunk, as against the sinking of 15 Japanese war ships, has not been known to the enemy. The Lexington was hit, but she continued steaming towards her eastern base, and later sank after an explosion occurred be low decks. Communiques issued at Allied G.H.Q. in the South-West Pacific area read as follows: Sunday, noon.

DARWIN. Twenty-seven heavy bombers, escorted by twelve to fif teen type Zero fighters, attacked an aerodrome, causing slight damage Our intercept shot down one enemy fighter. We lost one plane. NEW BRITAIN. Rabaul: In light raid, an Allied flight scored hits on the aerodrome and the dock area.

NEW IRELAND. Simberl Island: An Allied air unit successfully at tacked enemy shipping. Saturday, noon. NEW BRITAIN. An Allied flight carried out a light attack on the air dromes at Rabaul and Gasmata.

COAST DEFENCES IN ACTION Newcastle Alarm SYDNEY. Sunday. Newcastle har bor defences went into action for an hour and ten minutes to-night firing at an undisclosed target. Observers did not see any submarines off the coast. The N.E.S.

control authorities or dered an Immediate black out. This continued for three hours. The coas tal defences used various types of weapons, and detonations heard the city indicated that depth charges had also been used. The fire was not returned from the sea. The chief air warden (Alderman Falrhall) stated that 80 per cent, of the personnel was quickly on duty a few minutes after the alarm had been sounded.

SYNTHETIC RUBBER Remarkable Progress WASHINGTON, June 14 (A.A.P.). Federal Works Agency officials state that American chemists have perfected a new petroleum cracking process for making high grade aviation gasoline, which, likewise, will help to remove the bottleneck in the production of synthetic rubber. The process enables the same refining plant to produce both airplane fuel and butadiene, a vital Ingredient in manufacturing synthetic rubber. Officials believe that the new synthetic rubber plants that will operate within six months will ensure plenty of butadiene to enable full-blast work. Plants capable of producing 120,000 tons of rubber from butadiene will be operating by the end of 1942.

20 KILLED IN TORNADO NEW YORK, June 14 (A.A.P.). Twenty persons were killed and 50 injured by a tbrnado which struck the south-west section of Oklahoma City on Friday. THREAT IN N. PACIFIC The Aleutians Landings "The Age" Special Correspondent In the United Slates A.A.P. WASHINGTON, June 14.

While Government circles and most commentators regard the Japanese landings In the Aleutian Islands as mainly "face-saving actions of no great strategic importance, some military observers are inclined to be more cautious. Japans "toehold," they point out, constitutes a potential threat to Siberia and the AmericO' Soviet Bering Sea frontier. They also see danger In the trend to overestimate the decisiveness of the blows hitherto Inflicted on Japan's might fn the Pacific. Japan's navy, they say, has been badly mauled, but not annihilated, and although the United States probably has now achieved equality in first-line carrier Mr PACIFIC if OCEAN Midwy strength, Tokio still enjoys Pacific preponderance in other ships of the line. Japan's battleship fleet, it is pointed out, remains undefeated, ex cept 'fbr a few of the older units New and perhaps more careful Japanese air and naval sorties, it is stated must by no means be ruled out in the near future, and in this respect the Aleutian adventure signifies that Japan is still far from giving up the offensive in the Pacific, and is still bent on cutting the United Nations' life lines in that vast theatre.

U.S. Forces Active The U.S. Navy department, announcing that the Japanese had made small-scale landings on Attu Island, at the extreme tip of the Aleutians, said that Japanese ships were reported in the harbor of Kiska, in the Rat group. Japanese operations in the Aleutian area were still progressing, although continued army and navy aircraft attacks had forced them to retire from the populated regions of the islands. Weather conditions in these outlying islands delayed air search operations.

Attu is a small rocky island having little apparent s'rateslc value. Kiska is a small volcanic island with a good harbor. The native population of both Islands was recently evacuated. BUILDING UP A HUGE ARMY More Americans in Ireland LONDON, June 14 (A.A.P.). Hard on the Anglo-Russtan-Ameri can announcement of the creation of a second front In Europe In 1942 comes the news that another large contingent of United States armored force troops landed recently In north em Ireland.

They brought one of the most formidable arrays of Individual arms ever seen In the United King dom. Very considerable forces of both Americans and Canadians are now stationed in the British Isles, in ad dition to Britain's own large army. Thousands of the Americans carried tommy guns as they padded silently ashore in rubber-soled shoes. Others carried rifles, and everyone had a re. volver.

The arrival was one of the quiet est among the many similar events at the same port. As the ships entered the Americans raised a cheer for the men of the escorting American war snips, who had brought them safely to their destination, but there was no official welcome and no cheering crowds. The American contingent Included negro troops. ARCTIC LAMM. ItEPOltTEII llr British Force June 14 (A.A.P.).

A report from Helsinki, capital of Finland, received in Stockholm, says between 10,000 and 20,000 British troops have landed at Murmansk, the Russian Arctic port, in readiness to open up a new front. Jack Dempsey, the former Amerl can world heavy-weight boxing champion, has Joined the United States coast guard as a senior lieutenant. li, ARCTIC OCEAN vehicles and took some prisoners. One of our columns in the El Adem area shelled an enemy column and forced it to withdraw to the south. A column of tije 50th Division on Friday attacked Italian positions west of Matelfel, and drove them from forward positions.

was after the first days of his initial attack. Earlier the correspondent said the Germans, taking advantage of the evacuation of Blr Hakheim, started a general advance. German forces, consisting of tanks and troop carrying lorries on Thursday afternoon pushed Gusts Acrni Htrmtt Bairn Halt tBirHtkhelm mBirtlCob! SO. I Owmdir forward in the direction of El Adem, while another force swung a little further eastwards. German rccon naisance units filtered to within a mile and a half of the El Adem-El Gubl track.

The German High Command claims that 12.000 prisoners have so far been counted at Blr Hakheim, and that the Axis forces captured or destroyed 600 tanks and armored vehicles, 300 guns, -and hundreds of transports. Another version of the German High Command's claim is that the 12,000 prisoners were taken during the latest campaign. Another Berlin report said: "German and Italian operations are taking a favorable course. In a deep thrust into the enemy's flank 54 British tanks were destroyed and 400 prisoners taken." OFFENSIVE first saw the Stukas they were going down like raindrops dive bombing." The Allied pilots hurled themselves against the formation, and scattered it, and tackled the Germans singly or in pairs. Throughout the day Allied planes had maintained a service between the refuelling bases and the enemy column, every vehicle of which had anti-aircraft guns.

As soon as the Hurricanes were refuelled and reloaded with ammunition they returned to the attack. DESTROYER AND TANKER Fierce Air Attacks From "The Age" Special Correspondent. Attacked by waves of Japanese bombers In the Coral Sea battle, the U.S. destroyer Sims blew up when a bomb hit her stern, and the naval tanker Neosho, after taking ten direct hits, was totally disabled when a Japanese bomber crashed on nor in flames. Grim details of this action, In which nine Japanese bombers were destroyed, were told by wounded survivors when they arrived at an Australian port.

The Sims was es corting the tanker when she was at tacked. "She seemed to spilt up tne keel, and Just disappeared," said one of the survivors from tne tanker. Even after the Neosho had been hit at least ten times, and the blazing bomber crashed on her deck aft the funnel, she did not sink. Her partially empty tanks kept her afloat, despite a list of 25 degrees. The day after the battle she had to be destroyed by one of tho rescuing war ships.

When the Japanese bomber crashed on the deck some of the crew, believing her end had come, Jumped overboard. Together with men from the Sims they clung to rafts or huddled in a lifeboat until picked up some days later. Those who stayed and fought the flames were rescued next day. Survivors declare the tanker fought off three attacks. Eighteen planes made the first attack from three quarters, but all tho bombs missed because of a tremendous "ack-ack" barrage.

In the second and third attacks enemy pilots simply flew through the barrage, and practically all the men on the deck of the tanker were killed or wounded, while many below were badly burned or scalded. Everyone ahnirri did what he had been trained lo do. Some of the survivors were adrift In a lifeboat live days. Some In one boat died Irom wounds before they could be rescued. A Berlin communique yesterday said the Axis tank army in North Africa ctarted a northward drive following the capture of Blr Hakheim, and was auccessfully fighting the remnants of enemy tank units west of El Adem.

Reuter's correspondent in Cairo lays the Germans astride the Axis-built by-pass road around Tobruk, between the perimeter and El Adem, are making an all-out effort to roll up the northern flank of the Allies' Ga-tala line. "The British armored forces," says the correspondent, "are timely fighting German tanks In the mips' back yard. The BrjlWi fcmt on giving Rommel a knockout f.TW." A Norwegian radio message says the Germans took prisoner Brigadier- Generals Stephens, Wanstead, Butcher and Valentine during the fight-tog around Blr Hakheim. An R.A.F. communique from Cairo idmlts that enemy air activity was on a considerable scale on Friday, including raids on various targets along the coast, but no damage of any importance resulted.

Our fighters operated from dawn to dusk, and succeeded in breaking up a large scale Bluka attack, and several other attacks. The enemy lost 13 planes, and lost 9. On Saturday Reuters' correspondent In Libya, said a great tank battle was raging along an 18-mile front between El Adem and the British "hedgehog" at Knightsbridge. When Rommel struck northwards British tanks were massed along the Fort Capuzzo road, with their backs to the Tobruk perimeter. The Allied posi tions were still Intact, and Tobruk 's defenders had not yet been engaged Rommel was approximately where he BIGGEST AIR Pilots from the Australian Air Force, R.A.P.

and South African Air Force from 8 a.m. until dusk on Friday ceaselessly hammered a German column that was moving north-east toward El Adem in the biggest air offensive seen in the desert. The climax came in the evening, "hen Hurricanes In battle against a larger formation of Axis planes defrayed six Junkers 8Ts, five Messer-tchmltt 109's, one Macchi 200 and one Junkers 88. We lost nine planes, but four of the pilots are known to be safe. The enemy formation that was enraged was about to attack British Positions In the new battle area to the north and north-east of Blr Hakheim when the Allied machines Intercepted them.

A pilot officer said: "When we BLACK SEA RAIDS U.S. Bombers Over Balkans LONDON, June 14 (A.A.P.) A message from Ankara (Turkey) reports a raid by American four- enjined Douglas bombers, said to been based In Egypt, on Axis objectives on the Black Sea coast. Three bombers are stated to have made forced landings, without dam-at Ankara, and another made a forced landing in the Smyrna dls-mct, while a Vichy message reports that a fifth also landed in Turkey. It is believed in Ankara that the bombers attacked the Russian porta of Odessa and Nlkolaev, now in German hands, and also points In Rou-manla. The Vichy report says the bombers I'ter fulfilling their mission in the f', tried to reach Sebastopoi, out the Luftwaffe forced them to turn Turkay1111 lhey rftn 0U' peiro1 over compliance with International law, Turkey will offer parole to the cers, anl will intern the men.

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