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  2. DESERT ADVANCE

    LONDON, Oct 26.—After bitter fighting the English Army has made a general advance in the attacking sectors in Egypt. Our troops broke through 2 lines of dug-in positions and are now attempting to breach a third line, which is not dug in but is strongly held. The resistance is ...

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  3. AXIS STORIES.

    LONDON, Oct 26.—A communique issued in Rome today said that violent enemy attacks with the support of armoured ...

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  4. AIF SECTOR.

    ALAMEIN FRONT, Oct 24.—Taking stern revenge for their comrades lost in previous battles the Australians stormed forth last night in line ...

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  5. SOLOMONS STRUGGLE

    A communique issued by the Navy Department in Washington reveals that on Friday the American Forces on Guadalcanal Island, in the Solomons, repulsed 4 large-scale Japanese attacks, in which the enemy used tanks and a heavy artillery barrage. A further attack was broken ...

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  6. BOMBING ITALY.

    LONDON, Oct 26.—The large force of Lancaster bombers raiding Milan on Sunday dropped a great load of incendiaries as well as 4,000lb ...

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  7. DARWIN AGAIN.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 26.—Another small night raid on the Darwin area was made by 3 Japanese bombers shortly before ...

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  8. NAZIS PRESS ON.

    LONDON, Oct 26.—German infantry and tanks are pressing relentlessly against the northern industrial suburb of Stalingrad, Moscow ...

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  9. TARGETS IN TIMOR.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 26.—Allied bombers attacked Penfoi aerodrome, near Koepang, in Japanese-occupied Timor on Sunday ...

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  10. RAF OVER FRANCE.

    LONDON, Oct 25.—The Air Ministry announces that Spitfires this morning attacked an enemy camp near Le Havre without loss. Many ...

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  11. LOW-LEVEL BOMBING.

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Oct 25.—For the third successive night Flying Fortresses hammered Japanese shipping at Rabaul before ...

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  12. ENGLISH TOWNS RAIDED.

    LONDON, Oct 25.—An Air Ministry communique states that 4 fighter bombers this morning bombed a seaside resort on the south-east ...

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  13. WIDE OBJECTIVES.

    LONDON, Oct 26.—The "Daily Telegraph" military correspondent says that Lt-General Montgomery's call for destruction of the enemy ...

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  14. ENEMY BASES BLASTED

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 26.—Continuing their important role in the vital Solomons battle, Australian-based Flying Fortresses ...

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  15. "SPLENDID FIGHT."

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 26.—Praise and gratification at the fighting of Australians and Americans in New Guinea is ...

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  16. "COSTLY ERRORS."

    NEW YORK, Oct 25.—"Vice- Admiral Halsey's replacement of Vice-Admiral Ghormley is a clear admission that costly and ...

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  17. RAIDS IN CHINA.

    NEW YORK, Oct 26.—Amercan heavy bombers seriously damaged Japanese-operated coalmines in the vicinity of Linsi (in north-east ...

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  18. GRIM COINCIDENCE.

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Oct 25.—Perhaps the strangest story of coincidence of this war comes from the mountain battlefront of ...

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  19. CANBERRA ANNOUNCEMENT.

    CANBERRA, Oct 26.—The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Forde) officially announced tonight that AIF forces were participating in the Eighth ...

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  20. NEW COMMANDER.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 26.—Vice-Admiral Arthur Schuyler Cappender, the new Commander of the Allied Naval Forces ...

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  21. MALTA RAIDERS DOWN.

    VALLETTA, Oct 26.—Five enemy planes were destroyed and others damaged over Malta yesterday. ...

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  22. DEFENDING DAKAR.

    STOCKHOLM, Oct 26.—The Scandinavian Telegraph Agency circulates the following report from Lisbon with reference to Dakar: ...

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  23. FOR GALLANTRY.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 25.—Flying to an advanced base Lt-General George Kenney, commander of the Allied air forces in ...

    Article : 221 words
  24. HONG KONG HIT.

    CHUNGKING, Oct 26.—A communique issued from the headquarters of Lt-General J. W. Stilwell says that American planes raided Hong ...

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  25. HEROIC MAJOR.

    LONDON, Oct 26.—A message from Madagascar says that a South African major acted as decoy in the capture of Luato, 5 miles south of ...

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  26. TREND OF THE WAR.

    NEW YORK, Oct 26.—The course of battle is at present uniformly favourable to the cause of the United Nations, says the "New York Times." ...

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  27. ATTACKS ON ASSAM.

    NEW DELHI, Oct 26.—A communique issued here this morning says: "Japanese planes yesterday raided the aerodrome at Chittagong ...

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  28. HURLEY IN MIDDLE EAST.

    CAIRO, Oct 26.—Brigadier-General Patrick Hurley, formerly US Minister to New Zealand, has arrived in the Middle East on a ...

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  29. OVERSEAS NEWS.

    Overseas news in "The West Australian"' is supplied by Australian Associated Press. Sources include in England "The Times." "Daily ...

    Article : 81 words
  30. DARLAN IN MOROCCO.

    LONDON, Oct 25.—The Vichy radio announced today that Admiral Darlan had inspected the French fleet off Morocco, including the ...

    Article : 35 words
  31. VOTERS IN USA FORCES.

    WASHINGTON, Oct 25.—A United Press survey shows that under 2 per cent of 5,500,000 men in the armed forces will vote at the ...

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