London. May 23.
The Germans have quietly installed themselves in the Mosul oil field efter flights across Syria, it wes learned here yesterday.
Presence of the Nazis was revealed in an R-OF, communique on Saturday announcing that the RAF, had bombed German aircraft on the Masu) aerodrome, Subsequent communiques mentioned further bombing and on Mond the "London Times" stated that the Germans "have beaten us in the race to Mosul.'
An unknown number of squadrons of Heinkel bombers and Messerschmitt-110 fighters. in addition to a very small number of air-borne troops and technicians, was believed installed at Mosul.
The British column driving bow the Mediterranean covered 600 miles in five days to reach Fallujah pud captured intact the bridge across the Euphrates, opening the route Baghdad and Mosul Nothing was known regarding the strength of this column but it obviously was stronger than the German air-borne forces at Mosul and as a result the latter eventually will be faced with annihilation unless reinforcements can be rushed across Syria.
The Germans, however. appeared to be in a position to destroy some of the of fields even if they were unable to hold them.—United Press
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