SINGAPORE, January 23.—The latest Singapore communique indicates that the Imperial Forces are making a general withdrawal in the various areas in which fighting is now taking place. ...
Article : 305 wordsRANGOON, Jan. 23.—Although outnumbered, the British forces defending Moulmein, the air base across the Gulf of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 287 wordsJapanese forces have landed at Kieta, in the Australian mandate in the Solomon Islands. This is the first time in history that Australian territory has been invaded. ...
Article : 343 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—Statements to which the utmost significance can be attached were issued to-night by the Minister for External Affairs, Dr. Evatt, and the Minister for Supply, Mr. Beasley, ...
Article : 257 wordsDr. Evatt, in his message, said:— "The insistence of Australian newspapers on the need for ...
Article : 532 wordsSINGAPORE. Jan. 23—Major-General Gordon Bennett, G.O.C. Australian troops, revealed yesterday that fighting had begun ...
Article : 296 wordsMr. Forde said at a Press conference in Melbourne last night, held at the dinner adjournment of the war Cabinet:— ...
Article : 345 wordsKALGOORLIE, Friday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, said to-day that all Australians must unite to produce greater quantities of arms and war ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 97 wordsSINGAPORE, Jan. 23.—To-day's Singapore communique stated: "There was continual air activity throughout the day ...
Article : 160 wordsLONDON, Jan. 23 (A.A.P.)— The latest Rangoon communique, issued to-day, states that the British troops, in the face of ...
Article : 500 wordsThe Minister for Supply, Mr. Beasley, said that Britain must strain the whole of her resources to see that the steel and the iron ...
Article : 479 wordsWITH THE A.I.F., Jan. 23.— Whilst the main body of the A.I.F. has been in action against the Japanese in fairly solid ...
Article : 579 wordsKieta on the north-east coast of Bougainville, the largest of the Solomon Islands, is the centre of administration of ...
Article : 196 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 23.—The Australian Minister to Washington, Mr. Casey, in a broadcast, appealed to the United States ...
Article : 142 wordsAustralian airliners, escorted by R.A.F. machines, evacuated 800 women and children from Rabaul before the Japanese ...
Article : 165 wordsIn his call to the nation, Mr. Forde declared that, although Australia was facing a more serious threat than ever before ...
Article : 639 wordsLONDON, Jan 23.—The Japanese threat to Australia, arising from operations against the New Guinea group overshadows all other war news. ...
Article : 531 wordsBATAVIA, Jan. 23.—No further remittances from the Netherlands East Indies Spitfire Fund are likely to be sent to London, ...
Article : 126 wordsCHUNGKING, Jan. 23.—Hanoi, Indo-China capital and Japanese air-base, was bombed yesterday by 27 Chinese bombers, escorted by 15 ...
Article : 102 wordsSuch of the oversea news in this issue as is headed "From our Own Correspondent" or "Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned and controlled entirely by "The Sydney ...
Article : 173 wordsLONDON, Jan. 23. (A.A.P.).—Marshal Goering delivered an oration at the funeral of Marshal von Reichenau, German commander on the Ukraine ...
Article : 85 wordsJapanese aircraft which attempted to raid Rangoon to-day suffered heavy losses, according to reports from Rangoon, Singapore Radio stated this ...
Article : 49 wordsLISBON, Jan. 23 (A.A.P.).—It is officially announced that Portuguese troops have sailed from Mozambique, East Africa, for Timor "to take charge ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Jan. 23.—New York Radio reports from Batavia that a Netherlands submarine has sunk four Japanese ships off Sarawak. A ...
Article : 44 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan 23.—A War Department communique announces the repulse by General MacArthur's forces of all Japanese attacks in the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 24 Jan 1942, Page 13
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