LATEST WAR NEWS

Serial Waves, Volume 1, Issue 5, 7 September 1940, Page 2

LATEST WAR NEWS

LONDON Mr Churchill declared that the British American exchange of destroyers and offence bases will enable the U S to take danger by the throat whilst it is still hundreds of miles away 0 He expressed confidence that the third Reich will pass away as swiftly -perhaps more swiftly-than did Napoleon’s army 0 BUCHAREST Iron Guardists fought a pitched battle for nearly an hour with Rumanian soldiers within a block of the Royal Palace thursday night . ROME Damage was caused to Italian bases on the Dodecanese Islands by British air and naval bombardments • CAIRO British planes carried out sustained raids all day Wednesday on all the principal Italian air dromes in Eastern Libya including Tobruk Eltamini Bomba and El Gazala • WASHINGTON General George C Marshall U S Army Chief of Staff said that the USA is considering a. proposal to release several hundreds of its obsolete war tanks to Canada, for use in training • ADMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE A British submarine has rescued the captain and crew of a British merchant ship, who were being taken under guard to Germany for internment ■ H M S Submarine "Truant" 'was on patrol off Cape Finisterrc when a strange ship was sighted. The submarine came to the surface and closed to investigate, ordering the ship to heave to. The ship proved to be the 5,790 ton Norwegian vessel "Tropic Sea" which had been captured by an enemy raider some 10 days ago e LATEST official reports gives enemy aircraft losses in today’s attacks on Britain as 38 * RAF losses were 15 fighters but 7 of the pilots are safe . ❖ i,< »p ip *p >p rp s?p# rp .*;< # WATER RITUAL TALKS Some Subalterns have been trying to teach'a Chinese waiter to say " You’ll do me" - success 'was achieved " I’ll do you " - said the barsteward . Its just like-the army ro take us round the world from East to West. We keep putting our clocks back until we lose a day’s pay . "There did the Lady Taxi Driver Nellie take the Medical Officers? ❖ ❖ sj« >;< * »;«❖ >!< v v CONCERT Last Monday night a concert party organised by the Railway Units regaled the members of the 24-th Battalion with music, mirth and melody • In pierrot costumes of bright colours many musical celebrities appeared and gave of their best to make a grand show . Al pleasing appearance was that of a Ship’s Orchestra under the capable leadership of Sjt/Major Kirk-Bumand . Contributors of items •were : Tony Rex, Keith Cohen, L Jans, H. Bolton, B Christensen, B Graham, A Bell, J K Walker, Harding & Co, H Boland, J H Begg, G Hayden and - Beattie 0 One bright artist has been missed out and that is the sires sable comedian J Lockart . Several leading Officers were reduced to holding their sides before this gentleman had finished his turns o We look forward to further concerts and incidentally one is to be held next Monday given by the members of the 19 A T Forestry Units to a Unit to' be notified in Routine Orders. The Orchestra will be contributing and judging by the peculiar sounds aminating from their practices something worth while will bo heard .