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 ...
Article : 2,205 wordsLONDON, Oct 26.—A communique issued in Rome today said that violent enemy attacks with the support of armoured ...
Article : 504 wordsALAMEIN FRONT, Oct 24.—Taking stern revenge for their comrades lost in previous battles the Australians stormed forth last night in line ...
Article : 845 wordsA 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 ...
Article : 477 wordsLONDON, Oct 26.—The large force of Lancaster bombers raiding Milan on Sunday dropped a great load of incendiaries as well as 4,000lb ...
Article : 361 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 26.—Another small night raid on the Darwin area was made by 3 Japanese bombers shortly before ...
Article : 284 wordsLONDON, Oct 26.—German infantry and tanks are pressing relentlessly against the northern industrial suburb of Stalingrad, Moscow ...
Article : 1,217 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 26.—Allied bombers attacked Penfoi aerodrome, near Koepang, in Japanese-occupied Timor on Sunday ...
Article : 256 wordsLONDON, Oct 25.—The Air Ministry announces that Spitfires this morning attacked an enemy camp near Le Havre without loss. Many ...
Article : 120 wordsSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Oct 25.—For the third successive night Flying Fortresses hammered Japanese shipping at Rabaul before ...
Article : 347 wordsLONDON, Oct 25.—An Air Ministry communique states that 4 fighter bombers this morning bombed a seaside resort on the south-east ...
Article : 205 wordsLONDON, Oct 26.—The "Daily Telegraph" military correspondent says that Lt-General Montgomery's call for destruction of the enemy ...
Article : 597 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 26.—Continuing their important role in the vital Solomons battle, Australian-based Flying Fortresses ...
Article : 821 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 26.—Praise and gratification at the fighting of Australians and Americans in New Guinea is ...
Article : 172 wordsNEW YORK, Oct 25.—"Vice- Admiral Halsey's replacement of Vice-Admiral Ghormley is a clear admission that costly and ...
Article : 162 wordsNEW YORK, Oct 26.—Amercan heavy bombers seriously damaged Japanese-operated coalmines in the vicinity of Linsi (in north-east ...
Article : 244 wordsSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Oct 25.—Perhaps the strangest story of coincidence of this war comes from the mountain battlefront of ...
Article : 182 wordsCANBERRA, Oct 26.—The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Forde) officially announced tonight that AIF forces were participating in the Eighth ...
Article : 78 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 26.—Vice-Admiral Arthur Schuyler Cappender, the new Commander of the Allied Naval Forces ...
Article : 187 wordsVALLETTA, Oct 26.—Five enemy planes were destroyed and others damaged over Malta yesterday. ...
Article : 16 wordsSTOCKHOLM, Oct 26.—The Scandinavian Telegraph Agency circulates the following report from Lisbon with reference to Dakar: ...
Article : 255 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 25.—Flying to an advanced base Lt-General George Kenney, commander of the Allied air forces in ...
Article : 221 wordsCHUNGKING, Oct 26.—A communique issued from the headquarters of Lt-General J. W. Stilwell says that American planes raided Hong ...
Article : 170 wordsLONDON, Oct 26.—A message from Madagascar says that a South African major acted as decoy in the capture of Luato, 5 miles south of ...
Article : 128 wordsNEW YORK, Oct 26.—The course of battle is at present uniformly favourable to the cause of the United Nations, says the "New York Times." ...
Article : 159 wordsNEW DELHI, Oct 26.—A communique issued here this morning says: "Japanese planes yesterday raided the aerodrome at Chittagong ...
Article : 75 wordsCAIRO, Oct 26.—Brigadier-General Patrick Hurley, formerly US Minister to New Zealand, has arrived in the Middle East on a ...
Article : 30 wordsOverseas news in "The West Australian"' is supplied by Australian Associated Press. Sources include in England "The Times." "Daily ...
Article : 81 wordsLONDON, Oct 25.—The Vichy radio announced today that Admiral Darlan had inspected the French fleet off Morocco, including the ...
Article : 35 wordsWASHINGTON, 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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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 27 Oct 1942, Page 3
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