London, Apr. 19.
Major-General. H. 1. Arnold, of the US. Army Air Corps, arrived in England yesterday, one day before he was expected. He will inspect British plane production, examine British air tactics, and confer with British air force chiefs—Reuter. harass the enemy in Cyrenaiea by intensive bombing and machine-gun attacks.
'A highly successful raid was made on Demo aerodrome by an RAP, fighter squadron on Thursday, Six: teen Messerschmitt 10's were definitely destroyed on the" ground, also a Junkers 87, which-was to take off, A Heinkel Ju 52, troop carrier, and two other enemy aircraft were' shot down in air: combat making 2 all, Several pilots taking. part in this highly successful operation were Free French, Messerschmitt Shot Down Messerschmitt 110, which attempted to intercept, was shot down, Two planes were shot down while raiding Tobruk, and an Mahan Cent 2 1007 was shot down into the sea by a British fighter 60 miles north of "Alexandria, A South African fighter squadron raided Gimma aerodrome and destroyed three bombers, one Aghter: and two unidentified planes on the ground, During the raid, enemy Aghters attacked the South African aircraft, but quickly broke of the engagement when two of them were shot down, No South African planes were lost, Enemy aircraft raided Malta on Friday, the communique continues, They Were engaged by British Aghters. One Messerschmitt 110 and one Messerschmitt 109 were shot down and several others severey damaged and probably destroyed, Two British Aghters were shot down, From all other operations British losses were two In Greece, one i Mahan Forces in Abyssinia Trapped London, Apr, 13, The Italian forces retiring in all directions from Addis Ababa have withdrawn down 200-miles long, "blind alleys"—for the roads which radiate from the Abyssinian capital are like spokes. of wheel, they all Jead eventually to British "forces Some Italians, says a cable from Addis "Ababa, received in London yesterday, have gone north-east towards Dessie, but the bulk of them have retired north-west, west and south towards Debra Marcos (in Greenland Move "Annulled"
Copenhagen, via Berlin, Apr. 13, The Danish Foreign Ofice yesterday declared an agreement between the United States and the Danish Minister "in "Washington, concerning United States protection of Greenland and establishment of air bases there. was annulled "according to intern tional law. The Minister, Me. D.
Kauffman, was recalled "{o" Copenhagen, said the report. (President Roosevelt and Mr. Kauffnian sinned an agreement by which the United States assumed protective custody of Greenland as long as Germany cupied Denmark.—United Press,
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