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Unil\n Unil n Uninn \ , l C 1 ? yk < f/ f fffy / ffy ffyto to tof to3P f 3\P 3 P \ : , ? 4 , a it ited eel ed bJ by ' some exper- exper experts experas ' - as one of the really veat great mlUlary military exploits of ofe ofe e has been tbe the sweep of the Brltlab British forces aplnsl against the Italians In in'Shown ' 1 ' 1Sbown 'Shown Shown Sbown bere here wit witif " two 01 of his aides aldes Is the DriUsh British oommandln commanding & , Iren- Iren gen- gen IrenII gener - - er Sir II ' Archibald WaveU Wavell . , ( center ) General 0 Connor of the British Britisho o eb " Is sbown shown at left and Australia's Australias ' General Macuy Mackay at rllrh right & . . Real Beal test test.vell's testi i ( .vell's .vells vells well's wells . ' mlUtal'J mlUtalJ military ' genius & , enlus would come U hI8 his troops sho1l1d should club clash with withert withera ert era . I to the Balkans Balkansr Balkanst r t " RIAL : . } 'tz tz ' tz Grows , . . 4 4zi JS&izl JSizl & z1 zi Germany brought out lt lu its luheaviest itsheaviest ( heaviest air blitzkrieg perhaps as asa asa ' a ' workup of an invaiion invasion at- at attempt attempt attempt - - tempt and the results resulu were not too toohappy toohappy ' happy as far as the th British defense defensewas defensewas ! 1 ' : was concernedi concernedr concernedThe concerned i r The first three day days . of the th mainattack mainattack main mainttack attack ttack were directed at London Liv Llv Liverpool Llverpool Liverpool erpool and Bristol and while the theddrnage thedamage thed.imate thedimate ddrnage damage . was heavy and casualties casualtiescorrespondingly casualtiescorrespondingly casualtiescorrespondingly correspondingly high British aerial aerialled aeriallea aerialIfd led lea lers lets were Jubilant over the fact factth'It factthat factttnt th'It thIt that ' 30 German attackers were shotdown shot shotdo.n shotdown do.n don down . and gave the credit to then the thenIl nIl n fct it , , t fighting air arm the antia anti a r tt ft ( t batteries and nd a new newI newv neww v w . I nI n nIsla Isla I s latter tter it was wa later explained explainedc c sled sted ted of ot some tort sort of ot anil anti air aircr aircr aircr cr ft shell . which hlch contained colls coils ofi otI ot of ot0 ofa I a \0 0 w \ ' nl Ilch I Ich lch unwound when the shell shelleXI shellexi shellt\\ shellt shelltded eXI \ \ ded with lethal effect on ene eneIn eneIn encm In 1 t | lanes lanesii lanc lane < ' ! H II v.ver vver vt.ver vtver vcver . ( . later news new * was not so sof sof ot f rable The openine opening attack was wasI wasf f wed wLd by another terrific blast atUr at atBr atBr Br t 1 lone one at Glasgow and a thirdit third thirdat thirdat at Hull lull HullII lullII ! II 11 e a first two citie cities * in a singlen single n 1,1 11 kit , 1 t reported around 1000 1 I 000 casual casualt t ' ind 1nd and the blast b1ast at Hull was re rep rep rep p to t < ( d to have been even more se sev sev ev v rL rt r < - The British apparently gured figured figuredtl guredU U 0 l t they might as well abandona abandon a y nttempt Attempt to disguise the towns townsat townsit at ckcd eked at least in news dis disp disp disp p hesA hesAt hes hesAt At A t first they would simply deaignate deslg desig deslgnate desigpate nate pate the town as a northeast townor town townor townor or a 8 town in the Midlands or a as as s 5 theast town and then withIn with withIn within In minutes the German release releases releasesw releaseswr . WI wr Id be out with the name of o1 the thec c ty and what observers reportedr reportedtr reportedEr reported tr Er ( thereI thereD there theren I n 11 D is British reticence continued continuedup up to and Including all the attacks attacksFX attacksex ex cpt that on Hull In this case caseII casetl II 0 morning dispatches said a as as 5 s theastern thca stern port town but the at aft afte , , C ii I n ) pniers paI paf en era were able to carryt carry t st ry under a direct Hull date-1 date 1 dateI date1 date1I date- date - - I 1 I was WilS apparent that Hitler s a airn air n were not trying day attacksf attacksI attacksk attacks I k , f , sa satisfied tlsfted with heavy night nightngs nightt nightI I I t [ ngs in large force torce forcec torcee c e after another they were try tryi i ! to kr kl ck various British provlO proven provencit provlOClt provincit Clt cit es out of ot the picture Charts Chartsl Chartst t [ t fc L r I s g printed show showing 109 it was wasg wasg wasg g H II tier an estimated estimnted $43000 43000 $43000I $43 43 $ $ > 43 000 000I I 11 II each cacti civil in 'In ' slain slam in air airI I ' t I g gt gt gt t pi pt II I [ 1 I shed her losses sincet since t start of ot 11 U tie e war at 25 25000 25000L 000 000t 000I t L I m i / is character charactt.r characttr . of the thei ther i r / Ur Br llr st t 1 I G nse a'lg alg nsg ' wand w and H II it IItl itti IItl tl ti at although the . ( Gen L.en Len , err d a l 1 i ra d da da da a TIP ne ver in 10 large numbers numbersj J 8 g o 1 [ y the we fcht bht ght of at I t > n o bs bs1 bsI I n nti t i t \ . fct bl ff , ts is tl U ti e a totil tot'll totll ' I3 Dr Br r ts t ts s f fin flIT i n berg bers sh t d dn din toroc \n n to \ nv roc ' < v . tlv llv tw t twr . , r t t tllS tt ii is attack Ur Dr Br t sl 51 si com corn cornt comt cornI t I rs t I d 1 l t t-i t i u it - . i 1 pr r i J lly jly ily s y > ) i r / gn g gIT gn IT n led ted led3ptrce 3 pi rH r ce ee t f ftlet tl e t l n IT nb nbrep bre b bre re rep I [ gshtd g sh I t d v- v \ ; vi we - i 1 and andtl U tI tt t tI I 1 f t ure could be i 1'1 11 ra ' \ ed t 10t 10I 10 t I tt tl ti e a GL G Gr Gtr > -r r - r i 1 r an air sir f t rce c Id notI not 1 I tl U e ' stra 'Itra Itra nI n'I n nI I 1 1c I s 'I I c ' lstr [ liiirtrswto ( r rrs ( r'l rl r'l10 ' \\10 10 woo \ av a v in the thet t 1 1o v o \ IIt7 1 I I 1 t7 la fr tie tielr It ll e /lr lr a / r s ci d Inl i rcl rtl ic'I Ics Ic Ics s 'I I ' I { | t t v . uhle . hIe h Ie t Y yr yr r r sragedallUev.dY sragedallUevdY sragedallUev.dYt s ra ged all Ue tie way . wayI wayt . t y , ' , la ta Ia ) iv h it cotes c ( dtes tes t e ( eI < - I I l ) le ; e tfedlv.loatlOlOJ tfedlvloatlOlOJ (1 1 It ( r c dl al v.1 v1 wt wtu . . u at 1010) 1010 10 10) 10 ) . * d lai tell tar ce blandly blal'ldly blalldly ' anno anon nno r I ci cc C ( jGlft IGn 1 j I 1Gi Gi Glft Gn ( n ir If u s 5 50 w \0 0 \ ' uld la d iI 1 i 1j j 1 I r / ran a IT n alter atter of ot h urs ursH ursII ursII H II II Glass 1.la'lg 1.lalg 1lalg Giasg . ' w wand and Brist BrI'It BrIIt Brisl ' 1 I theI thet the I t t tilt I it rt towns to\'ons to 'ons ons \ ' are not i r / te to toti - " It ti s 5 be ng 11 a . vas n res re-s re s - sta spa tt t5 t tI t tl l t I / is /5 5 I t t t are rather tarn fam tam us as asI ast I , , r il it I sh fih oh 1 i I ( { r i J g cei cel car tersTt lers ters lets lersTl Tl Tt 71 e ( ' first is the cer cel car tral sh p bUild build1 bUildI I h I , , 1 i [ l t tie tt U e second is a great cent cenI ccn cen t I * f r sh pp ng to and from tram theI thet thel the t l led ted States and Hull Is 1 where wherer whereI I r f t 11 II U o ( : sailors are tra nedI1 ned ned"I "I I 11 I1 I1s " t s < ( re seemed more weight at thei ther the I r n i-nl i nl cat Lnt - , , to the argument that thekt the thek.Ravy theLeavy k.Ravy kRavy Leavy . avy aIr ir bombing of ot such centerswit centers centersv centerswas v . was 18 ' a R amed mod med at Britain s a general , can life lite lines and not as a set up upf up1 f r the la landing ndlne of ot troops CONVOY : Or LaneseBritain Lanes9 Lanes Lanese Lanes9Britain ? Britain was sticking to th the convoysystem convoy convoysystem convoysystem system , while American shipping : exports ex experu expens peru pens suggested .uggested uggested . abandoning it , . andsubstituting and andsub.lituting andsubstituting sub.lituting sublituting substituting . Ur the 1an 'lane lane ' protectionsystem protection protectionsystem protectionsystem system , . which . seemed .eemed eemed full of typi typo typical typocal typical cal Yankee ingenuityThe ingenuityThe Ingenuity IngenuityThe The Great Circle route about 2 000 000mUes 000miles 000miles mUes miles long Ions ; according to tp tQ this profact proj prof project project ect act , , , was to be patrolled with at least least50 150 50 destroyers each of ot them given given50 150 50 miles to patrol 10 times a dayThat day dayThat That would mean that every 24 24hours 2 4 4hours 4hours hours a destroyer would pass anygiven any anygiven anygiven given spot in the lane and with wlt aconstant a ac acdfistant cdfistant c sumt lookout should be able tospot to tospot tospot spot enemy submarines submarinesThe submarinesThe submarinesThe The plan would b be putting 40 destroyers de destrayers destroyers strayers stroyers on the lane with 10 allowed allowedto to be In port refueling retuelmg and getting gettingsupplies gettingsupplies gettingsupplies gettingsuppliesAdvantages supplies suppliesAdvantages Advantages were these-not these not these - - not only onlya a better lookout and more warshIp warshIpstrength warshipstrength warshipstrength strength for tor protection purposes but buta a much more emclent efficient use of ot shIps shIpsFor shipsFor shipsFor For under the convoy system if it 40 40ships 40ships 40ships ships are gathered together thespeed the thespeed thespeed speed of ot the fastest tastest l is * the speed ofthe ot of otthe ofthe the slowest slowestThe slowestThe slowestThe The proposed Traffic Tramc Lane Planwould Plan Planwould Planwould would permit the faster taster vessels to tomove tomove tomove move at top speed from trom one side ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the Atlantic to the other permitting permittingthem permittingthem permittingthem them to take many more loads in 1n inthe 1nthe inthe the long run They would sail sal1 trom from tromdestroyer fromdestroyer fromdestroyer destroyer to destroyer and it would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be the latter s duty to keep the lane laneclear laneclear laneclear clear of enemy raIdersAnd raidersAnd raiders raidersAnd And the present great hazard of o1 oflumpIng o1lumping oflumping lumpIng 40 or 50 slow moving veseels ves yes vessels yessets sels sets together for tor a mass targetwould target , , would be removed removedPlan removedPlan Plan Debated DebatedAs As an Interesting background for forthis forthis forthis this very question of ot convoys and andhow andhow andhow how they ought to be b conducted conductedWashington , . , Washington debated the th statement statementof statementot ot of the Committee to Defend America Americaby Americaby Americaby by Aiding the Allies chief advo advo- advocate advocate advocate - - cate of ot the lease lend bill bill . , . urging urgingthat urgingthat urgingthat that the U S provide guards tor for torconvoys forconvoys forconvoys forconvoysThe convoys convoysThe The President conferring with thapress the thepress thepress press dismissed the question saying say sayIng saying Ing there had been some reports tothat to totha tothat tha that t effect etTect but that he had paid no noattentIOn noattention noattention attentIOn to themHowever themHowever them themHowever However In view of the CommH Commit Committee Committee . tee s action it was believed that the thePresident thePresident th thPresident President was more Interested lnterested than thanhe thanhe thanhe he was willing to admit . . British au aulhorltles aulhnrities authonties lhorltles lhnrities also it was learned were wereexpectmg wereexpecting wereexpecting expectmg expecting the United States to do dosomethh dosomethh dosomethli somethh g along this line hne hneIt lineIt lineIt It wis was . 'lS lS ' recillcd rec'IlIed recIlIed recslled ' that the Britishnaval British Britishnaval Britishnaval naval leaders I t dd ad said thit U1'1t U11t that ' theyhad they theyhad theyhad had men c I a ' gh on hand hdnd to man theentire the theentIre theentire entIre U S navy ndVY if it necessary andthis and andthl andthis thl thl0115 this ' ! \ ' was \0115 0115 liken t'Ikpn tIkpn taken ' to mean that Britain Britainwas Britainwas Britainwas was pi 1 ' idnd 'dad dad artd f tra r a lease lea'le leale ' lend ot of otmore ofmore ofmore more naval vesselsTht.re vesselsThere vessels vesselsThere There Tht.re Thtre : . were Vlere tw 10551ble possible ( ossible plans b be being being { ' Ing 1 j I 'Icu5sedI scussedt ' scusscd 'Icu5sed Icu5sed scussed 1 I t Tie Tl TI c e trafer trarsfer trar tra/ tra / hfer fer I t f n ore destroyers destroyersand destroyersand destroyersand and iss i , ss biy bly cru ' scrs 1ers ccrs l t Br t tun IIn so sotI soit sott tI it Iy t l > ) c Id be ass gned to convoystn convoy stn ( r\ r \ 2 r2 A exl CKi ex\ ex ex11 \ ( ( 11 s ' r ' f tUe tl tie e utral tulral ( utraltv utraltvzu tvzu tv tvzo zu zo e o f II l1 IIr tIr it < ( -r r - t i the N th ih Atld Atla t tc tct ct c ct t ke i { tl tI N z L t \ ' lr5h irsh rsh ps s dw aw y furtl fur furII furtier II tier cr er a 11 i j f r t t per pt l r l t U S t i vdl vai vdlve vaivessels valvessels ve vessels els t t { l I tr lr I I It tI xe 51 se ' arts an art s d a d dreI drep drel reI rep s St 51 ( th Ur IIr Br t t l it 61 sl pi ps , f f r tIL Ui Ui U tI L i ti i / r re rt e d l t I I r i I l I d t ly ty y yii 11 ii y C 1 j I l I it ti tl t tt tI tt t I i r tt tI U s 5 'I I s ' ; l t t tII ttl ltt II tl U S ' > i 1 v + C ( r 1th 11 1\ 1 \ th lh t N Nr J r / Jr rr /r r r dors dcrs er I I t I ; l ) r s ! > ! , v-i v i v . at - ( e eat I f \ t ( tat ( -at at - at g d rl 11 II L c ( - t fIt ( ity il > ) 'K K sit ' l I 1 I ct d cta da da a I tl f 1 i h I , , 1 i ! b s f i 1 t 1 Is Is0 sw s ss \0 0 \ ' s tl II t1 11 t1 tl l I { r e ( ' t i .u u LU cu > . r 1 I y > ) z e eLIHIOP1V eLl LIHIOP1V L Ll 111101'1 1111011 IIIOI'l IIIOIl ' ' i \ ' ' \ 1 1f f ( ( arm lrl1l nr/n nr n / ? , hill fall ItIll It fallTI hillTt ( Ill IllTI Tt TI e Little b'Iltle bIltle battie ' of uf t F fill tl U I [ a1 a v \ \\1 1 wl . } ch chtt.e chthe chtne tt.e tte the . 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