(The story of the West Australian battalion which stormed Ruin Ridge, Egypt, early last Monday morning is continued below by the Official ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,027 wordsGENERAL MACARTHUR'S HQ, Aug. 2.—The postion in the Kokoda area in Papua where Allied and Japanese patrol forces are in contact round the no man's land of the village area is still obscure. Although it is possible that skirmishes are still occurring, Allied ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,306 wordsLONDON, Aug. 2.—The stiffer Russian resistance has succeeded in halting the German advance on all fronts except south of Rostov, where the enemy is still continuing his thrust south and south-east. Although there has been no confirmation from Moscow of the German ...
Article : 2,301 wordsLONDON, Aug 2.—There has been no new activity in the Western Desert. Our patrols have been active in all sectors, interfering with Axis ...
Article : 785 wordsLONDON, July 2.—A message received from Moscow today said that for the first time since the Anglo-Soviet treaty the Russian Press and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 764 wordsLONDON, Aug 2.—The Air Ministry announced today that a great number of Lancasters and also a great force of all other heavy and medium types of bombers attacked Dusseldorf last night. "It was probably the most concentrated attack the Bomber Command ...
Article : 384 wordsLONDON, Aug 1.—The Berlin radio replied today to the recent broadcast to Germany by the Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command ...
Article : 145 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 2.—The pilot who led the raid on a Japanese cruiser in the Banda Sea on Friday is a recent DFC ...
Article : 298 wordsOne hundred British and German fighters engaged in a terrific dog-fight over the Somme area on Friday afternoon. Spitfires were escorting ...
Article : 262 wordsLONDON, Aug. 2.—A small number of raiders made a short attack on Norwich last night, showering down incendiaries which caused numerous ...
Article : 323 wordsLONDON, Aug 1.—It was stated officially in Vichy today that French anti-aircraft runs shot a British plane at Mazagan (French ...
Article : 136 wordsLONDON, Aug 2.—The Berlin radio broadcast yesterday a Tokio report that Japanese troops were within 55 miles of Port Moresby. ...
Article : 27 wordsCHUNGKING, Aug 2.—The High Command communique stated yesterday that Japanese forces had again landed on the coast 30 miles to the ...
Article : 233 wordsLONDON, Aug 1.—According to information reaching Belgian sources in London the Germans who had declared that the possibility of an ...
Article : 199 wordsLONDON, Aug. 1.—The crew of a Ferry Command plane have reappeared with one of the war's most remarkable adventure stories. ...
Article : 261 wordsLONDON, Aug 1.—A Fighter Command station in Kent with its satellite aerodrome has become the first in Britain to have reached the score ...
Article : 385 wordsALEXANDRIA, Aug 2.—An Australian flying ace, Acting Wing-Commander Howard Clive Mayers, is missing. He was shot down ...
Article : 31 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug 1.—The chairman of the Maritime Commission (Rear Admiral Land) announced today that American ...
Article : 84 wordsDETROIT, Aug 2.—A revolutionary development of bomber turret construction which adds greatly to fire power was demonstrated today ...
Article : 132 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug 1.—A Navy Department spokesman declared yesterday that there were 10,000 Japanese in the western Aleutians, ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Aug 2.—Vichy broadcast a Stockholm report today that the Germans had staged extensive exercises on Norway's western coast. ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, Aug 1.—It was announced in Berne this morning that there was an air raid alert there from 4 am to 5 am. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 3 Aug 1942, Page 3
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