SURPRISE ATTACK

Evening Star, Issue 24283, 26 August 1942, Page 5

SURPRISE ATTACK

BRITISH CHANNEL SUCCESS (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 10.25 a.m.) RUGBY, August 25. An Admiralty communique states: Last night an. offensive patrol of our light coastal forces under the command of Lieutenant M. L. Lloyd surprised four German flak ships off Flushing One was hit by a torpedo from Lieutenant Lloyd’s motor torpedo boat and was almost certainly sunk. The other three ships were heavily engaged with gunfire, and it is considered that damage and casualties were inflicted on the enemy. All our boats returned to harbour and we suffered no casualties.

NEW BOMBER

GOULD DEAL WITH TWO FIGHTERS AT ONCE (British Official Wireless.) (Received noon.) RUGBY, Augustv2s. The latest type of Avro-Lancaater multi-motor bomber, fresh from the production line in Britain, has arrived at an airport near Montreal. It is being delivered to Canada, where shortly the same typo of aircraft will be built in quantities for the R.A.F. It carries a full armament capable of dealing effectively with at least two fighters simultaneously, and also embodies the latest improvements in bomb-load capacity and gun power, resulting from recent experience. The Canadian version will contain all these improvements.

BRITISH FOOD SUPPLIES

(British Official Wireless.)

(Rec. 11.15 a.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 25. The Ministry of Food distributed 27,300,000 eggs—two-thirds of an egg per head, last week. Nine-tenths were home produced. The Ministry announces that the liquid milk allowance average will be not more than three pints weekly. It is hoped l that there will be no further reduction until the end of October.

PRISONERS OF JAPANESE

SUBJECT TO TERRIBLE ORDEALS

(British Official Wireless.)

RUGBY, August 24

The Japanese had subjected prisoners to the most terrible ordeals, said Mr 15. J. Holloway, Australian Minister of Health, at Melbourne. Leading doctors had told him that nurses near the war front had been issued with tablets so that they could choose a painless death if ever they wore unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of the Japanese.

MERGHAHT SEAMEN

COMPENSATION FOR WAR INJURY

(Rec. 11.25 a.m.) CANBERRA

Aug. 20. Immediate provision for additional benefits to seamen who suffer as a resuit of enemy action has been granted by the National Security regulations issued last night. They give an allround increase in the maximum amounts of compensation that may be granted for the loss of effects. Dentures, spectacles, and other curative apparatus will be replaced by the Commonwealth, and a funeral grant up to £ls will be made where a seaman’s death is directly attributable to war injury. The claims of seamen who are covered by the Act have been extended to include seamen of New Zealand merchant ships which are employed on the Australian, coast with Australian crows.