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Swift British llrive surprised Italian army

By Enwann KENNEDY Associated Press Staff Writer

wmr lliE DESERT FORCES in

. .0. l0.—-ii)el.ayed)-—iAP)— ,,’e"" ~ British irooos who walled ll "cut Egyptian offensive iglillisz irihal Graziarirs forces. look the iiiliuiis entirely by sur- prise ilili‘? sinliuliy cciecliled bre-

pafflfll‘ nloli-s liiid carried them uncleilwloll iicross ‘l5 miles of desert. Inc iiglillilsi‘ started curly MOI!- liy and nus been going forward lver siliie. The British have been routing the Fascists at numerous points lll tire great sun-drenched and Slicitilcs, inflicting heavy cas- ualties. lulu taking prisoners by the dlousnnds. _ ‘ we lcii (tillro at dawn and by mid iitenioirn we were settled inn. camp lsrablisneil for newspaper corres- pondents orlle 300 miles out in the eserl, u. ‘L111 considerably behin ille aivllnlcnlg British columns. So far correspondents have seen il0 corilbiit in this bu: drive. but we have heard accounts from those /back iroln the combat area. and EON airmen who have flown over and here is what has happened: ollMCllliiii-i’ morning the British umy attacked outposts of the '70- iniie long “bclicir” of desert which the Italians occupied Just three months iieo~Milktiila on the coast. l5 niiles east of Sidl Barrani, ttllii Nibeilva l5 miles south of Sidi Bar- htaklniz both in a few hours’ t

R. Four hundred prisoners were tak- iii Monday morning and. as the British rrssed forward. the number ran wt o C1‘ 1,000. llirouuii all that night the fight- lnlz went on, the British troops Nlilidlllu lii) Italian units cut oii from ilne lliain force. On ‘lllesdtiv the British shot for- r d iltLlllli, principally lii a bllz Wnttlillll, nlovcincnt south of Sldl Bsrrliili, ' ‘ll lii n, swiil, dash to the ' This was highly

Pietro Melletti. oi the It- ‘ was killed in the first rive.

tile Sidi Barranlarea blzickshirt division.

iii was taken by the

sill

Brilisll lll. _

So lliihlt was the surprise of the Brlusn oilorliilons that ordinary incleincllts of provisions were inter- iiebtcd iii soille of the Italian P811105, liml llli.‘ men were surround- at whit thi-v were eating break-

st.

More than 200 cars were captured or desirolod. Britain is usirl: heavy i i Llrlri- i

' ill t from sea and from the Royal All" Force.

liar-ZS Years Q Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

Dec. l3, 1915 -- Anglo-French ‘mo; fortified salonlta tocontirlue alknn wal- llgrililst Bulgarians. De- mtzgitirnlflli of I200 limos neiilfl rill. wcsiirrn lag "pt, defeated n" Br-msll force. ’

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l‘ ‘Hilly Euchange Murrnv 3”"- L-aso-lz-iz-zl.

thrcillifl sire at lingers Hnrdwnre

cos sflllmlfll‘ by 8th Charlottetown "mlmi- L-2a2-l2-l2-3i. ..

George Lcightlzer Co., Wither st‘,f,°_i- bilvillu dressed poultry, all fi- ton prices. Trv us. v

L-75l-ll-23t0 D66. ..l ‘;_Rrserve December 10th for Smgoillllus Concert at Rice Point

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uglyilillillilb‘ school Concert. Dv- 197 20th. Irlgli-IZ-Q-lil C"“R“=~‘Y\'\‘ lil-rcmbcr 20th ici-

"in (‘.\lli'(‘l'i lii Millvivw Hull l {Wikil-LYU-Yl-lli.

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h, 137i" Krllln W. M. 8., are hold- K“ Cpsnirv sale and bazaar ni- u‘ "k5 Store on Saturday 14th. 14-366.

rBriti

Would be folly to think Nazis could be defeated by orthodox meart§._>1i\~’i_i_1_i_’t_a1_‘y writer says.

d only to those who have grown up

- armored. cars and ari- l forces have had ericn- '

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(By Ross Mauro. Canadian m” a!‘ orresWbdent)

ALDfilRlSl-IOVI‘. Eng" D54; 13,_ (°P)"'w1ih the whole of western filigbpfe “under German domination 0 l’ i0 imflgine that Britain,

with her limited manpower could reconquer it alo orthodoli line; CPI“- B- H. Liddei um one of Britain's foremost military affair Willem. suggests in his latest works terahefffrook is called "Dynamic De- and in it Llddell Hart urges ilglgiggr tyégzglmlaizitlltiondbfl Ln-

o i aqgx orginswel work. eience p ver ll h 1

operating undermttlfe anwlengs o; a Sulirrmc air force offers the best possibility oi producing any mili- tary decision," wrote Uddell Hal-l “If that possibility be bfllllkfid l.‘ m" Strategic circumstances or the del/Piollmcilt of counter-means the creation oi such forces would’ still ‘ be i1" best step we could take mi- shattering an invasion. And for at.

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111.266’ . a Army Is Best Bet

lacking the weakest Point of the ‘

Axis—ltaly's Afr! 1 _v- I ls; ‘Priidllits M900 I Purge ln ltaly soon

fii-‘hllng methods must be adjust. ed to the tempo of mechgnjzed waifrlle, he suggested,

Such warfare comes natural

in the mechanized arms," he wrote. ‘We ought to be making the full- est possible use of these younger

men and uicker minds. regard- NEW YORK D n4 h n- 105590,? Serilarity‘ ma“ “l” l5 nee Steel. Gerinaleic-‘born £83101‘ ‘,9 “ . nee m" the “Ppmmment and commentator. who 9N0!”- °i a 5111216 directing head for the ed the Nazi “blood purge" of

armored forces as o. Wh0]e-tg responsible for their organization and training on a common doc- trine and comprehensive plan, thoroughly thought out."

(Last Monday. it was announ. ced in London that Mal-Gen. Q11. fard Martel had been appointed as commander of the Royal Armored Corps. a new post)

Liddell Hart indicted military conservatism which he said bogged down attempts to mechanize the British army adequately during the past 2i) years. Modernity was frus- trnied. he claimed, by high mill. fury officials who failed to see the ilecd for such a. policy.

“Happily. this chain of short- sighicd injustices belongs to the past." Liddcil Hart wrote. "And its errors have been made manifest by events. With a new regime p0‘.‘.‘l‘l‘ conditions are favorable for o. new start."

June 30. 1934, a few days before it occurred forecast tonight that Italy will have a. purge oi simi- lar proportions in the immedi- ate future.

Steel quoted leading articlcu in Italian newspapers including today's attack by Rohcrtojarln- acct, Fascist leader. szalnst ho retired Chic! of Staff. Marshal Blidogllo. in proof of his reason-

ins.

“A headlong clash between the Fascist party and the Italian army may he expected." ho sa .

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RETIRED EDITOR DIES

ST. PETERSBURG. Fits... Dec. lll. —(AP)—Alvin Irwin Findley. 81.10:- 21 years edimr-in-chiei and a toi- of the Iron Age Publishing .. déed today. He had lived here since r tiremenl; in 1930.

7T3. Gov’t Looks

Askance at Jap Moves FarEast

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‘islanders club ‘lit Mellill Holds banquet

MONTREAL, Dec. l2 —(CP) — The Islanders Club of Mflili Hi- vel-sity, formed two months ago by students and faculty members from Prince Edward Island tonight held their first annual banquet.

Coilgmiulatory 1110553895 We" "id from nnllmbcr of prominent persona including Hon. Thane Campbell Premier of Prince Edward Island. and Hon. Gcorttl‘ D°731°15l mrmer Lieutenant-Governor of the Pro-

of the D0-

‘since. l Prof, W. If. Hatchet told mem-

‘inrtmcnt of Chemistry. bars illcy lmli good ‘yum ‘ proud of “The Island. The ‘b60919 nl P.E.I., he (lcclarcd. hnd a. sim- plicity not found lll mam’ ill-h" » iflflffls Lllfli utm- fllcm a pllllsscuhv ‘of lilc lii which 118115 w" fight and wrong was wrouB. and "i!" “Ills m slinrli-ng of the two.

'i‘llc dinner consisted of P. IL I. (HNlIFS. ltlhfiiflfS. chicken and vege- ilihilw, b-l-oilglli specially to Montreal flli- the occasion.

Ottawa to buy iP.E.l. Securities

()'l'l'AwA, ixc. l2 -—(CP) -—Ot- Lilia laoard of control today auth- l UNI/W‘ l-‘nlanco Commlssimifl‘ Ci- P- , 0on1...‘ to pin-chose 850.000 W011i’! ‘ of securities for the cltys sinkiilfl lillid investment flffcoll" - Securities in b9 Purcha-Wd m: l Pffllfe Edward Island, Quebec an

British Columbia

Articles were published this week summing up the Japanese view the troubled relations betzveen My“, 33mm", o; Nelson, EC" nation and the Uniikii 5 i1 95-‘ ,i»i-year-old_junloi- high school nu- is the first of two niticles llliegeln" yilent. has invciltcil n new type of ting views expressed in o c a iycp-cuqc eye bump n L.‘ now Washington. uniicr ilfficlal csnsidcratlon by the

u d I h b war inventions board at Ottawa, Ile By 0y .e r as

is the son of Mrs. Rose lknisden Associated Press Staff Writer and the late W. H. Ramsden of Nel- WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 —(AP.\

son. The cameraman cuughl, Allan on a Saturday. in his —Conquerillg hordes are "on the clothw. moi-ch with great armies, cli- fleets. -———— and nuvies to take by force vrhai. they say they need or want

I leasulrli..lssslrl.rrs 0'0"?" _ Receive wings

YOUNG BOMB INVENTOR

gravely threatened by the swcePinl; tide oi their limitless invasions. That picture of the world today -in the words of Cordell Hull, elec- rotary of Stale —sum.s up a wide- spread United States opinion on the direction, objectives and methods of the axis powers, anld graphically explains why the United States looks askancc at. Japan’: martial manoeuvres in ilie far east. Yosuke Matusoka. Japan's foreign minister. declared in an interview cm Monday that the German-Ital- lan-Japanese coils was the "key- H t stone" of Japanese foreign policy. R- V. ii_1=}“_-”i,l‘d_- ‘ ‘ The Japanese. he said, would not ,F,hi1‘» W‘; ll-Lififis gmzgg; yng“'llrglrtggfilgeaxéiggg j Jolllislllllflvlollcton, and A.‘ or .

Yolliu: (lion All‘ l-‘orce

tlu- Llllilvll S\ll_l\"_.\‘, received ‘l\'llli‘.\ nt the ll ‘lsl _ air lillllillli! ("‘llii'[‘ hcrr‘ iolllirllt.

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CAMP BORDEN. Ont“ Doc. 12.- nlrnu-ii of the Royal Cana- froln many nnrts of Canada and rcproseiltative also of (‘lrl-ni, Billillil. Newioilndland and their l Commonwealth

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re l: a detachment of the British troop concentration ln Egypt. who were reported to have taken 20,000 Italian prisoners. The Brit-

Britisli forces had made contact

with the Italians "on a broad front" in the Western Egyptian desert louth of Sidi Barranl. The above picture “'11s taken when the troops newly arrived in Africa. were leaving camp for a route march, part of thg training program intended to a

them to new surround-

, C reeks Heights

Biy Max llari-elson Associated Press Staff Writer

ATHENS, Dec. 12-—(A.P>—'I‘he Greek southern army crusher. “deslperati? Italian resistance the region of Tepeieni and has stormed the heights to die north- east of that town. capturing a con- siderable number of Italy's alpine troops, a. government spokesman said tonight.

The drive toward both. Tepeleni -a:id the coastal town of Chimara Weill. on without setback, he added.

There were unconfirmed reports that an Italian colonel cf alpine troops was one of those who had fallen in the day's fighting.

"The news." raid the spokesman “is very good from all sectors of the front and our army is contin- ulzlg its advance.

“Everywhere the Italians attempt- ed to counter-attack they have fail-

against the Italian army continue in the direct-ion of clymara. More to the right the , l . lians are in rt-ircni in the dircc- l ‘(on of Temlistli. In this rtgion the

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tmes desperate but ilas been crush-

ed.

"Farther to the right the Italians offered strong resistance. They em- ployed alpine troops. Nevertheless our ai-nly was able to occupy one after another the Cieights which select units defended, and we cap- tured a considerable number of them."

Two counter-attacks launched by the Italians on the f17>l'il1€“n front were illrolvtl blrl‘. nwl I've I‘ ‘fins lost even i-hfil‘ oruillii p ns. ‘I110, cnpiilrc of a largo number of prisoner's and much war material was (‘l'ill‘1L‘i'..

____?-_--___- BONES OF NAPOLEONN 9'0?! TAKEN TO PARIS

l VIENNA. rm. 12 —-(AP\ Jum- S.1l'i'i1]‘ilfi!{ll.< coiliainlng ille bones ,of Nwpolemvs only sml, the Duke ni’ Relchsiadt who was known as Nrlpoicon II, was l‘i\l110\'l‘(l from a crypt in the (‘lapucine Church i0- day orders, it vrns learned tonight.

llnri. MOIICIOII. arise. _ V, _

The Minister's frank declaration ="' reinforced the opinion long held by United Staten officials that Jnpan- l esc policies and acts must be eval- uated as part of the axis powers‘ "mew vrorld order" scheme, and no: as relating only to isolated action in China or elsewhere ln the fur

east.

The axis, and especially Hitler. most American officials believe. plays a dominating role in chart- ing Jiipazrs present policies. Much depends on when and how Hitler demands reinforcing action from his Japanese partners.

I

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and carried m Pnrls at Hitler’:

Storm i.

BASETlllM

URED Unable To Count

Prisoners Taken;

20,000 {it Least

,_ Headlong British drive con-

tinues towards borders of Libya; trucks, tanks and arms taken from fleeing Fascists.

(My Larry Allen, Associated Press Stall \\'riii:r)

LI-URO, Egypt, Dec. l2—-(.-\P)——lialian prisoners of war were suirl twilight ll_v zi ilriiisll spoke-luau i0 be falling by ll1li\l>'- zinrls in!» llriiisli llnlliis so rapidly that the problem of {coiling zinil t3\‘i"ll‘llliill_\' lll-dill; illviii out of the desert is becoilllilg inhibit-sonic.

The day's opt-rations were lZ\\'O-fOldZ-—~

Around Silll linrrani, the Italian base that fell “edllesday, the llritlsll forces were occupied with clearing up a battlefield which llzul (‘Xliulilvil ovi-r 200 square miles.

'i'llllsc l" isis who escaped the liriiisll (‘l1ClfClL‘lll€ill——8ilil their llilllillvr was said to be sluall—are being pilrsued westward iOWilfil liriliun Lllrvzi, llzirzisseil by the Royal Air Ftlrce and the navy as well as the lanrl forces.

,\ spllkv-iilzln :ii Bflilsll llczulqlliiriers Flilil ilic official Pail- llll'il(! of zit ll-usi 10,000 Italians captured u-as appruxinlzilu, lie- czillse of the difficulty of keeping in touch with the continuing successes of British troops.

Among the vast quantities of tanks, trucks and arms cap- turcrl front the fleeing Italians, he said, ille trucks would he es- pi-clzilll- helpful in the lrzillsport of British troops.

lllvre \\'Il\' no lnlllllrllllltlon of rilmrlrs ihzlt Sulilni, the 1i- allau [llhlllifll just wiillin Egypt beyond the Llbyilll frontier, lllill fallen to ille liriiisll zil'llly_

It was lllliltffiiOOfl that a nilnrber of Blackslliris (Fascist mil iiizlliiell) were aliloug the prisoners, as well as some Lil)_\‘2lll nu- "l... llllllillTilS of officers have been taken, including three guil- t’ ‘ll 5-

Ili adtliiitili to attacking the retreating lialians, the Royal

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Elephant gets

Whisky toddy

DENVER, 0010., l2-—(AP) —A mountain zoo elephant drank a whisky toddy for a chill today as subzero cold and moisture-rich isnow broke a brief spell of un- iseasoilable weather in the Rocky lMountsliils and great plains states.

Shirley, 19-year-old elephant nt the Chcycilile mountain zoo near Colorado Springs, caught cold in the quick weather turn that tum- lbled temperatures to 24 below zero lill North Dakota.

Snow piled over Colorado, west-

ern Kansas and Nebraska, New

Mexico, Utah. Wyoming and the Dako s.

icsislailce has been stiff and somcw

Bv TANLOR HENRY Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON_ 1X6. 12.—lAi’\ — Tile British forces have (lrivoii ilie ll ll- lilil lnval.-.~l‘s from villui:l.v all oi illc more lll lii

P" r- < 5 »

no, svlusll ‘$0.000 Uihillll rs-pioiiiii .‘ lll\i)i'\‘—.lll(l lilo lcoynl N. Porto 11H‘ ilolirlllg ilri- illiii . tipflll iilr illst QXILS ilk iii illiii. iliiii of rasclst (ll:JSl(’l', it was oiiiciluly declared today. This ouilliie 0i tho first bit: Brit ish offensive of the war ~ ‘ ll b

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first irili-l" - \\.is iii‘.lv\:i bl lie luliili- i\llll..\ll‘l' llililsi-ii nild i le Cliilllllllliliiilv$l sent ln-rv: by .1!‘

, fullYirliiili colllntalid,

l Mi‘. Cllzllvllnl declared that in ‘illQ iollull lltMSL‘ iiovl‘ bring lll'll\\ll bv llrllsll Lilinrlred unllsit uollld not bu suiprlllllu if at liuni illi‘ lll-st plirl oi lllrci- lilliali i|l\l~iilll$. in- clulllll: illimerous bia< kslilri. forma- tions, illl(l been either cleslrowd or capillri-ri."

He lnltde no effort to but this hairless force in terms of numbers oi nil-n. bill an Italian division ilSllilih‘ rims from 14.000 to lllll0il~and the loin’. nilmbcr of Italians in ERYUL hurl bacn estimated bv British soilrcos in the past at 80.000.

"The whole e isode." the Prime Minister told tie. House of Com- YIIOIIS. must be iudgcd unon the bacluzrolind of the fact that it is only three or four monihsaczi» that our anxieties for the defence cf Ezuvnt were acute.

i (Continued on page l0, Col 3)

.~\ir Fin-co kcpt up a coilstaut series of fZilllS upon all Fasclsll arlvailccrl airdrolncs in Libya, preventing aircraft from taking off in illauy instances and de- stroying plailles on the ground. Tilt,‘ llllllZlllS appcnrcrl lo be using illcii‘ ilglltci‘ craft lllziillly in defence against the British pilots lvllo were silpporilng the British advance. Total Fascist plane losses in three (lays of iiglliillg were pilt by the Bri- tish aililloritlcs at more than 40 “ior celiain.” in the 53mg per- iod, tile R..~\.F. lost four illzilics. Gril. sir Archibald Wavell, the Brilisli middle eastern comman- der lii chief, and Air Marshal Sir Arthur Longinore visited advanced headquarters in the desert today for a long conference with Lt.- Gen. sir Maltland Wilson, and Air Commodore Raymond Colllshaw. The Iialians have 10st five Gen- erals and an Air Marshal in North ',Afi-lcn. one, Gen. Lustracci, was captured in Libya a few days after Italy's declaration of war. Three Oihors were taken prisoner in the region of sldi Barrani Wednesday, and n iiflh, Gen. Pietro Maletit, was killed on the first day of the pres-rill British attack. III.‘ irns con-

$65,000 loss

O'I'I‘AWA, Dec. 12-—(CP)-— An early-morning blaze which swept through a three-storey building oc- cupied by four militia units caus- ed damage estimated by Fire Chief J. J. oKelly at not less than $65,-

000. Cause of the fire which destroy- ed thousands of dollars worth of

military and naval equipment was not known immediately.

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w-tl second only to Marshal Clint/null as all expert in desert warfare.

l Crater in Egypi i

Lord Lothian Dies suddenly At Washington

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TORONTO, Dec. l2—lCPI--!\i.ni- mum and maximum lemperatuws:

Dawson b Vktoria Flinlo: .‘.l)ll iii-villa 31B \\ .~ l ‘

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FORECAST Maritime East: Winds incrrasin i0 strong or moderate pales at nigh with snow changing to rain.

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a ‘ rrrlrll‘ l dleirrts has occurred in On‘ and 1t is becoming cnider 1:1 u. tern sections Th“ weather‘

‘nu b l1 fair over {he T‘ra‘.‘ii- l-‘ro-

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Ivil-ii-r-iicl bache- lor diplomat, who (iutl cl uremic

and tonight at 932.

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