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  2. NAVAL VICTORY IN SOLOMONS JAPANESE LOSE THREE WARSHIPS

    Allied surface vessels on Friday night sank a Japanese cruiser and two large destroyers which were apparently attempting to run supplies to Vila, on Kolombangara Island (Solomons). A third destroyer ...

    Article : 180 words
  3. RUSSIAN DRIVES GAINING MOMENTUM THREAT TO KHARKOV GROWS

    LONDON, August 8.—Reeling before twin Red Army drives towards Kharkov, capital of the Ukraine, and Bryansk, big German base farther north, the Germans are giving ground along a wide front. ...

    Article : 366 words
  4. BRITISH TROOPS GAIN NEW CENTRES SMASHING SICILY ADVANCE

    LONDON, August 8.—In a smashing thrust west of Mt. Etna (Sicily), British troops have captured Bronte and Aderno, important road and rail centres, and Reuter's correspondent in Sicily says the ...

    Article : 385 words
  5. GUNFIRE AND TORPEDO EXCHANGE

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sunday.—The Japanese convoy which was destroyed in the Solomons on Friday was ...

    Article : 927 words
  6. BIG RUSSIAN BID TO RECAPTURE UKRAINE

    LONDON, Aug. 8 (A.A.P.).— Last night's Moscow communique announced advances of six to eight miles in the direction of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 724 words
  7. FIERCE REARGUARD ACTIONS COVER RETREAT

    LONDON, Aug. 8 (A.A.P.).— German troops are retreating towards Messina under cover of fierce rearguard actions. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 538 words
  8. LATE NEWS HUGE EIGHTH ARMY BARRAGE

    LONDON. Aug. 8 (A.A.P.).—The greatest barrage in the Mediterranean area since Allied guns opened the way to Tunis drove the Axis rearguards ...

    Article : 66 words
  9. "REACHED TREMENDOUS MOMENT IN HISTORY"

    LONDON, Aug. 8.—The Military Correspondent of the "Sunday Times" says: "Events in Russia are thrilling. I use the ...

    Article : 898 words
  10. MILAN RAID

    LONDON, Aug. 8 (A.A.P.).—The Swiss Radio says that Milan was attacked by R.A.F. Lancasters for about an hour last night. ...

    Article : 41 words
  11. HEAVY AXIS EVACUATION LOSSES PREDICTED

    ALGIERS, Aug. 8.—There is little chance of Axis forces getting out of Sicily without heavy losses. ...

    Article : 445 words
  12. ARAB UNITY

    CAIRO, Aug. 8 (A.A.P.)—The Prime Minister of Iraq, General Nuri es Said, announced to the Press to-day that he was very pleased with the talks ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. BLAZING TANKER BEAT U-BOAT

    LONDON, Aug. 8 (A.A.P.).— Although the tanker Alexia (8,016 tons) was on fire and had a hole blown in her bows by a ...

    Article : 196 words
  14. MORE BURMA TROOPS REPORTED

    LONDON, Aug. 8 (A.A.P.)—Berlin Radio reports from Tokyo that United States Army and Air Force units have been arriving on the India-Burma ...

    Article : 46 words
  15. U.S.-ARGENTINE RELATIONS

    NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (A.A.P.).—Diplomatic circles at Santiago say that Mr. Norman Armour, American Ambassador to the Argentine, is ...

    Article : 84 words
  16. JAPANESE BURMA BASE BOMBED

    NEW DELHI, Aug. 8 (A.A.P.).—A joint communique says that formations of R.A.F. Blenheims yesterday bombed Maungdaw. All the bombs ...

    Article : 77 words
  17. SELF-PROPELLED 25-POUNDER

    LONDON, Aug. 8.—Daily newspapers yesterday published for the first time photographs of a new British weapon being used in Sicily. ...

    Article : 63 words
  18. OVERSEA NEWS

    Such of the oversea news in this issue as is [?] "From Our Staff Correspondent" or From Our War Correspondent" is from [?] employed directly by "The Sydney ...

    Article : 153 words
  19. FRANCE AND PEACE TERMS

    LONDON, Aug. 8 (A.A.P.).—Alglers Radio says that General de Gaulle, Alternate President of the French Committee of National Liberation. ...

    Article : 64 words
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