LONDON, Monday.—An unconfirmed report states that Carentan has been evacuated by the Germans. This town is one of the main road and rail centres at the base of the Cherbourg peni[?]la and has a population of 4000 ...
Article : 96 wordsLONDON, Monday —US troops are continuing their advance in the Cherbourg peninsula and are now only 17 miles from the great naval base of Cherbourg. The Allied perimeter has now been extended to a distance of 80 miles in Normandy. A BBC reporter says that the progress of the ...
Article : 741 wordsMOSCOW, Monday.—The Red Army has opened a large-scale offensive against Finland on the Karelian Isthmus, north of Leningrad. More than 80 places have been taken since the drive started on Saturday, and the Russians have advanced 15 miles ...
Article : 324 words"ISLAND FORTS" PROTECT BRITAIN'S EAST COAST SHIPPING from low-flying aircraft. These Forts are commissioned as are ships of the Royal Navy and are called after the sands on which they stand. Each consists of two concrete towers, 50 feet high from the base, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 101 wordsKANDY, Monday.—On the Indo-Burmese border, the Allies have cleared the Japanese back from the road south of Kohima. ...
Article : 99 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday.—President Roosevelt has announced that the United States will receive 100 refugees from Italy and ...
Article : 99 wordsTwo new secret British weapons used in the invasion have been revealed to war correspondents. ...
Article : 120 wordsNAPLES, Monday.—In Italy Allied troops are advancing on all fronts and the German 14th Army in the north is scattered to the four winds. Continuing its drive, the US Fifth Army has captured Orbetello, about 75 miles north-west of Rome. ...
Article : 185 wordsLONDON, Monday.—The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. Fraser, has returned to London from his visit to the ...
Article : 105 wordsCHUNGKING, Monday.—It has been revealed that only about 300 Japanese were able to escape from Lungling, which was captured by Chinese forces on Saturday. Bitter fighting still continues at Changsha, in the Hunan province. ...
Article : 118 wordsLONDON, Monday.—Mosquitoes raided Berlin last night for the third night in succession, and many tons of bombs were ...
Article : 89 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—The breaching of the Atlantic Wall does not yet appear to have brought to light any of Hitler's vaunted ...
Article : 67 wordsWASHINGTON, Monday.— A Pacill[?] communique reports that a powerful naval task force struck at Japanese positions on the Marianne ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Tue 13 Jun 1944, Page 1
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