BRITTANY—Moving eastwards from Brittany, Allied troops are within 130 miles of Paris. German forces on the Brest peninsula are cut off from the rest of France. NORMANDY—British troops have made fresh gains near Caen. ...
Article : 85 wordsLONDON, Monday.—Allied armoured columns, wheeling eastwards from Brittany, are driving along two main highways towards paris. Some troops are within 35 miles of Le Mans and only 130 miles from the French capital. There is no indication of a firm German stand and the allied advance is going according to plan, ...
Article : 743 wordsGENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Monday,—Statements from prisoners of war and from friendly natives in the Sansapor area emphasise the confusion and dislocation which exists in the ranks of the Second Japanese army. In the Aitape-Wewak sector, an Allied attack force cut the ...
Article : 613 wordsCARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS in haversacks given them by British troops, these two French refugees were among the first to arrive in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 24 wordsMOSCOW, Monday.—The Russian people are eagerly awaiting the news of the Red Army's entry into East Prussia and, according to despatches from the front, it is not likely that they will be kept in suspense for very much longer. Villages on the frontier are changing hands three or four ...
Article : 332 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—Mr. Beasley, Minister for Commerce wants the Federal Cabinet to provide money for the Department of ...
Article : 127 wordsKANDY, Monday. — Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek has sent a message of congratulation to the Allied commanders on the capture of ...
Article : 73 wordsPEARL HARBOUR, Monday. — American troops on Guam Island have advanced another two miles and occupied another two towns. The ...
Article : 133 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—The need for providing entertainment for soldiers in New Guinea was stressed by Jack Benny, American film and radio star, ...
Article : 138 wordsLONDON, Monday.—For the third day running, more than 1000 American heavy bombers attacked military and industrial objectives in Germany yesterday, causing widespread damage. Only a small percentage of the Allied planes failed to return from the operations ...
Article : 161 wordsCHUNGKING, Monday. — Twenty thousand Chinese, who have been besieged at Hengyang for the past month, are now facing a fierce ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Monday.—British naval forces patrolling off the Brest peninsula destroyed a convoy of seven en-ships and seriously damaged another ...
Article : 76 wordsMELBOURNE. Monday.—On the eve of the departure of the British Parliamentary Delegation from Australia, telegrams were exchanged ...
Article : 93 wordsNAPLES, Monday.—Florence is now almost completely in the had of the British Eighth Army and South African troops have contacted the Germans on the north side of the River Arno. Allied troops on the Adriatic sector are reported to be making good progress. ...
Article : 219 wordsWASHINGTON, Monday.—According to a manufacturers' weekly publication, high administrative officials in America are discussing the ...
Article : 97 wordsNAPLES, Monday.— When the Allies entered the southern part of Florence they found 80,000 civillans with very little water or food, They were ...
Article : 82 wordsWASHINGTON, Monday. — The War Department has announced that Lieutenant General J. de Witt has been appointed to take the place of Lieutenant ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Tue 8 Aug 1944, Page 1
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