EUROPE EXPECTS ACTION

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24094, 2 November 1943, Page 5

EUROPE EXPECTS ACTION

ALLIED ATTACKS PREDICTED

SABOTEURS ACTIVE IN FRANCE LONDON. Oct, 31. "It is believed in some quarters in Moscow that Allied plans have reached the stage where zero hour for an open rising against Hitler's forces inside Europe is very close," says Reuter’s correspondent in Moscow. "This is indicated by the prominence given in Moscow to appeals to patriots inside occupied Europe. "The Algiers radio yesterday broadcast an appeal to French workers to be ready to assist the Allied armies landing in Europe. l ; "The Official German News Agency says that the Allies are preparing for a new attack against Europe from both north and south. “Admiral Saalwarchter, the naval correspondent of the news agency, says that the following Allied preparations have been observed: large numbers of ships have been concentrated in the English Channel; three convoys, totalling 350 ships, met on Thursday in the Straits of Gibraltar, apparently on their way into the Mediterranean.” Saboteurs derailed the Marseillesparis express. Seven dead and 15 injured have so far been identified. Executions and acts of sabotage under the noses of the Nazis are increasing in Savoy and adjacent districts, says the London “Daily Telegraph.” One of the most daring acts of sabotage described by the paper was carried out by two Frenchmen, who simulated a violent quarrel on a canal bank. One shouted imprecations and hurled his companion’s suitcase into the canal. The owner of the suitcase gave chase, shouting threats. Both made off. The guards were laughing contemptuously when the suitcase blew up, blasting the sluice gates.” The Official German News Agency says that Robert Stampa, who was an actor using the name of Dorsay, was executed for activity hostile to Germany.

MOSQUITOES OVER GERMANY FEW BOMBS DROPPED ON ENGLAND (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 1. Royal Air Force Mosquitoes were over western Germany last night. One of the aircraft is missing. A small force of enemy raiders crossed the coast of England, and then scattered, They dropped a few bombs. London had an alert. A bomb dropped in a street in a residential area and two women were injured slightly. One raider was shot down.

Cassel was found to be still burning eight days after the last Royal Air Force raid. Apparently, the great fires had been left to burn unchecked, with the result that the devastation caused by the bombs was augmented by the flames. Practically the whole of the city’s industries were eliminated. Early on Saturday a small number of enemy aircraft crossed the southwest coast of England. A few reached the London area and bombs were dropped at scattered points. Slight damage was done, and there were a few casualties. Mosquitoes shot down into the Channel two of the raiders. This success adds to the already considerable score of victorles_ which Mosquito interceptors and night fighters have achieved in recent months. The Mosquitoes’ victims have included some. of Germany’s faster fighterbombers and medium bombers.

W.Z. Composer’s Music Played by Goosen?.—The New Zealander, Denis Morgan, now fighting in Italy, composed, between battles in Tunisia, a suite for oboe and -strings. This has been given a premiere in Oxford by Leon Goosens and a chamber orchestra conducted by Dr. Thomas Armstrong.—London, October_3L_

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