LONDON, Jan. 5.—The Budapest correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that after a football match between Austrian and German teams at ...
Article : 640 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 6.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) today made the following announcement after the news had been received of the fall of Bardia:— ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 485 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—All correspondents in the Western Desert extol in the highest terms the dash, resource and courage of the Australians at Bardia. This was ...
Article : 771 wordsThe last Italian resistance in Bardia was overcome early on Sunday afternoon, the capture of this strongly-fortified Italian base being completed in a little over two days. Once the outer defences of the town had been broken by ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,445 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—Apparently in an attempt to start fires such as those that ravaged the City of London yesterday week, German raiders dropped hundreds ...
Article : 718 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—Russian and German rivalry is the reason offered in Sofia for increased military precautions in Bulgaria, where an official spokesman ...
Article : 989 wordsSOLLUM, Jan. 4.—To take Bardia, Australian infantry brigades, supported by British tanks, broke through a fortified line comparable in strength with the ...
Article : 1,407 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—The Zurich correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that the Germans are seriously-dissatisfied with the trend of events in France. ...
Article : 96 wordsCANBERRA, Jan. 6.—The Governor- General (Lord Gowrie) has dispatched the following message to the General Officer Commanding the Australian ...
Article : 95 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—The Berlin official news agency reported this morning that German bombers heavily raided London on Sunday night and stated that it, had ...
Article : 116 wordsSYDNEY. Jan. 6.—M. Andre Brenac, representative in Australia of General de Gaulle, said today that plans were being made to form a well-equipped army of ...
Article : 180 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 6.—The Australian casualties in the Bardia attack were fewer than 500. The figure, it is understood, includes both killed and wounded. It was ...
Article : 66 wordsSOLLUM, Jan. 6.—During the battle for Bardia estimates of the number of men in the garrison steadily rose until it was decided that the attackers had ...
Article : 156 wordsMajor-General L G. Mackay, who commands the 6th Division of the A.I.F, part of which took part in the assault on Bardia, is a veteran of the last war. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 313 wordsLONDON. Jan. 6.—Following the two raids on the invasion port of Brest, in enemy-occupied France, by planes of the Royal Air Force Bomber and Coastal ...
Article : 114 wordsCAIRO, Jan. 6.—It was officially announced this afternoon that Royal Air Force. fighters shown down 11 enemy planes in Libya yesterday and severely ...
Article : 223 wordsLONDON, Jan. 5.—The Madrid correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," in a dispatch today, quotes the newspaper "El Pueblo" as saying that time is ...
Article : 179 wordsLONDON, Jan. 5.—Military commentators state that the capture of from 25,000 to 30,000 prisoners at Bardia, added to those previously accounted for ...
Article : 296 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—The Associated Press correspondent in Budapest sent a message early this morning that Rumania is reported to be cut off completely. The ...
Article : 149 wordsLONDON, Jan. 5.—In a striking speech this afternoon the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Kingsley Wood), referring to the cheerful fortitude, the dogged ...
Article : 173 wordsNEW YORH, Jan. 6.—Mr. T. P. Wright. vice-president of the engineering division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation and authority on aeronautical affairs, ...
Article : 158 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—The Istanbul correspondent of "The Times" quotes a report from Rumania that the work of the Danube Commission has been brought ...
Article : 146 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 6.—During the intensive preparation for the final assault on Bardia, R.A.A.P. pilots, flying single seater Gladiator fighters, destroyed two ...
Article : 143 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—The Lisbon correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that there is evidence of continued large-scale secret German military activity in ...
Article : 121 wordsLONDON,. Jan. 4.—One of the largest building societies, covering a large part of the British Isles, has compiled statistics on air raids showing that out of ...
Article : 73 wordsLONDON. Jan. 6.—It was officially announced today that the naval trawler Kennymore (225 tons) and the naval drifter Harvest Gleaner have been sunk. ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON, Jan. 6.—Wing-Commander A. W. Sweeney (32), a former Olympic sprinter, has been killed in a plane accident. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 7 Jan 1941, Page 7
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