WOULD TAKE BERLIN

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 116, 11 June 1941, Page 3

WOULD TAKE BERLIN

BRITISH AIRMAN'S PLAN CREATE TERRIFIC HAVOC A bright idea which just might work if —which is extremely unlikely —it. should ever be put into operation, is put forward by a young airman in England after carrying out a number of raids over tho sprawling, old city on the Spree., Thus the airman :— "If they give me the planes 1 tvant, a few fast armoured cars,, and the right men, I will guarantee to land in Berlin, raid it, if necessary hold it for some hours! —and come out again. "I'll guarantee in the time I'm there to create) such havoc as Berlin has never seen.' Fll guarantee to give them something that will be remembered many a long year." Time Avill reveal whether this venture will be brought to maturity. 'LAWRENCE OF SYRIA" JOINS US Colonel Collctt, famous Frcnch of. ficer who was regarded as the Lawrence of Syria, has escaped across tlie border into Transjordania to join the Free Frcnch forces. French officials admit this, says Ihe Vichy correspondent of the New York Times. Coilett organised in Syria 'die famed Circassian cavalry units, composed of desert nomads and hardriding Slavs, who were known as the Cossacks of the south. Coilett is recognised as an adventurer, independent of army control, but his personal bravery and great popularity with thei troops ensured his jjosition as; leader. GERMANS EXPLAIN DELAY AT TOBR.UK Commenting on the situation at Tobruk, a German military spokesman said: "The British garrison is offering considerably more resistance than wc expecteid. Artillery fire lias the intensity of the Battle of the Somme. "Our troops suffer from heat and lack of water, but it may bo< assumed that the British suffer more, as the reservoirs and pipes have been destroyed by Stukas. "'Lack of heavy artillery is a setback to our operations, as the Stukn i.s insufficient to replace the guns." A Rome communique claims to have repelled an air attack near Tobruk by stormtroops and tanks. Several of the latter were destroyed or damaged.