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Evening Star, Issue 23909, 12 June 1941, Page 12

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“ TRUTH ABOUT HESS,” LONDON, June .11. —“I am in a position to tell you the truth regarding Hess, because it will help you realise what a light we must make to break the power of the Nazi gang," said the Lord Provost of Glasgow. Sir Patrick Dollaii, in a speech. “ Hess came as an unrepentant Nazi and is still a loyal supporter of Hitler. He believed he could remain in Scotland for two days and discuss peace proposals with a certain group, after which lie would receive petrol and maps enabling him to return to Germany. That is Hie genuine truth. I understand that Hess is quite annoyed because lie was taken, prisoner." RUSSIA AND GERMANY. LONDON, June lE—The correspondent of London 1 Times ' says tliat the nominal heads of occupied territories and certain neutrals have been told that tho German •army is about to invade Russia. Tbo possibility is submitted, however, that the whole thing is an elaborate bluff. A German strik T ing force enukt quickly be transferred westward if the British were bullied into beUVing the invasion of England had been postponed. AUSTRALI ANS IN SYRIA. JERUSALEM, June 11. —The Australian troops to-day fought their way to Adlonn, 10 miles north of tho Litaui River and 12 miles south of Sidon, says tho Australian official war correspondent. Advancing up the coast, the Australians put a bridge across the Litaui and broke the French line, wbich was the strongest fortified lino between the frontier and Beirut. The French are now fighting a delaying action. The Australian engineers, working at top speed in moonlight, filing a bridge of 10 pontoons across the Litaui, enabling guns, infantry, ambulances, wireless trucks, supply lorries, and all kinds of armaments to pass over and reinforce the men who are fighting around Adloun. A South Australian battalion which was in tho van behind our mobile forces faced strong resistance from .machine-guns and trench mortars, but the Australian mobile force steadily overcame' the resistance from opposing tanks and armoured cars) most of which were inferior to our own. It was a great relief to the advancing infantry, as well as the engineers, when it was found that a small, courageous advance party had succeeded iu preventing the destruction of the next bridge iu their path. This was held against greatlysuperior odds all day by two officers and 11 men of the special force.