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  3. SIEGE OF SINGAPORE ISLAND BEGINS

    LONDON, Sunday.—After being withdrawn from the Malayan mainland, all Imperial troops are at battle stations for the siege of Sing of Sing Singapore Island. on Friday night tens of thousands of troops streamed over the ...

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  4. BACKS TO THE SEA

    Above is shown the causeway between Johore and Singapore Island. This is reported to have been breached by the defenders. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. FULL-SCALE INVASION OF AMBON ISLAND

    BATAVIA, Sunday.—The Japanese have launched a full scale invasion attempt on Ambon Island (650 miles north-east of Darwin). A furious battle is progressing ...

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  6. WAR DEATHS FEWER THAN IN 1914-16

    NEW YORK, Saturday.—Military losses in the present war are much less than those for the corresponding period of the ...

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  7. WAR OUTLAY RAISED BY BILLIONS

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.—The Senate Appropriations Committee to-day unanimously approved of the ...

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  8. JAPS. IN FULL RETREAT FROM CHINESE

    CHUNGKING, Sunday—An army communique says the Japanese troops are in full retreat towards Canton after a fierce five-day battle ...

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  9. NO SURRENDER, DECLARE LUZON TROOPS

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.— "Invitations" by the Japanese to surrender have been rejected by General ...

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  10. RUSSIANS NEARING DNEPROPETROVSK

    LONDON, Sunday.—The vanguard of Marshal Timoshenko's armies striking through the Ukraine south of Kharkov are reported to be only 37 miles from Dnepropetrovsk, where last autumn the Russians blew up their great hydro electric dam rather than let it ...

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  11. A.I.F. FIGHT REARGUARD TO CAUSEWAY

    SINGAPORE, Sunday.—For the second time within a year the A.I.F. forms part of a beleaguered garrison. The withdrawal to Singapore island ...

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  12. JAPANESE WELL EQUIPPED

    NEW YORK, Saturday.—The correspondent in the Batan Peninsula of the Associated Press of America says the ...

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  13. Japanese Claim 8000 Prisoners

    LONDON. Sunday—Imperial Japanese headquarters say that in the Malaya Peninsula the Japanese force have ...

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  14. 869 LIVES LOST IN BARHAM

    LONDON, Saturday.—It is officially revealed that 869 men lost their lives when the British battleship Barham (31,000 tons) was torpedoed in the ...

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  15. DOCKS ATTACKED BY R.A.F.

    LONDON, Sunday—The Air Ministry announces that the bomber command aircraft last night attacked the docks at Brest Saint Nazaire and Le Havre. ...

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  16. SOVIET WAY OF DEALING WITH RED TAPE

    LONDON, Sunday—The Moscow radio says that a number of Russian social welfare officials have been imprisoned for ...

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  17. MALTA HAS 10 ALERTS IN 24 HOURS

    LONDON, Saturday.—Malta had five alerts last night and five to-day. The damage was negligible, and there were no casualties. ...

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  18. DISPROPORTIONATE JAP. LOSSES IN HONOLULU AREA

    HONOLULU, Saturday—Admiral Nimitz, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, told the press to-day:— "Operations by the Japanese in recent ...

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  19. Indians in Benghazi Trap: Some Fight Their Way Out

    LONDON, Sunday.—After the recapture of Benghazi by Feld-Marshal Rommel's forces, the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade was trapped by the Axis forces which swept to the east and north of the town. It is now trying to fight its way out and two columns have succeeded in rejoining the main British forces. ...

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  20. PITH OF THE LEADERS.

    THE PUBLIC was prepared last week for the news of the Allied withdrawal to the island of Singapore. A long seige is ...

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  21. WITHDRAWAL FROM MOULMEIN

    LONDON, Sunday.—After inflicting heavy casualties on the Japanese in close-range fighting, the British forces yesterday withdrew from Moulmein, third city of Burma, and 100 miles cast of Rangoon, the capital ...

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  22. U.S. SOLDIERS IN AFRICA

    NEW YORK, Friday.—American war material and men are flowing eastward across Africa in several rivulets, but not yet in ...

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  23. Thinks Singapore Will Hold

    MELBOURNE. Singapore.—Although the water supply from Johore to Singapore was cut off, emergency reserves and chlorination plants established on ...

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  24. QUISLING NOW P.M.

    LONDON. Sunday—Berlin announces that Quisling has received the title of Prime Minister of Norway. The present Government has resigned. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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