Allied troops have evacuated Batavia, capital of Java, it is officially announced in yesterday's Netherlands East Indies communique, in order to obtain greater freedom for the further defence of west Java. ...
Article : 585 wordsLONDON, March 6. (A.A.P.).— British tanks smashed Japanese infantry positions near Pegu (on the railway to Lashio, starting ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 347 wordsWASHINGTON, March 6.—President Roosevelt yesterday conferred for three hours with representatives of the British And American Staffs Committees. The "New York Times" says that the President ...
Article : 151 wordsEverywhere the men of the A.I.F. met the Japanese in Malaya, up to the time of the final overwhelming assult on the island of Singapore itself, they held them until their position had become untenable because ...
Article : 123 wordsIt was at Gemas, about 150 miles north-west of Singapore, that men of the A.I.E. first fought the Japanese, ...
Article : 568 wordsWASHINGTON, March 6.— With the tide of battle in Java going s.s. within the past 48 hours, it had been expected to go, it ...
Article : 757 words"Realising that this position was vital, as its loss would threaten our line of communications well to the rear, we ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 579 wordsWASHINGTON, March 6 (A.A.P.).—The Associated Press of America reports that despatches from London suggesting ...
Article : 121 wordsBANDOENG, March 6 (A.A.P.). —Bandoeng is now besieged because the Dutch counter-offensive, planned early this week by ...
Article : 616 wordsWASHINGTON. March 6. (A.A.P.).—President Roosevelt conferred yesterday willi representatives of the British and ...
Article : 538 wordsLONDON, March 6.—A Government official statement at Delhi says that the military situation in south-east Asia ...
Article : 214 wordsPORT, MORESBY, March 6.— Yesterday's Bulolo raid was the second heavy Japanese daylight attack on the town in less than ...
Article : 185 wordsBANDOENG, March 6 (A.A.P.). —Dr. H. J. Van Mook, the Lieutenant Governor-General of the Indies, in a frank review of the ...
Article : 243 wordsPT. MORESBY, March 6.— After having been lost in the wild jungle country of Papua for days, the crew of one of our ...
Article : 144 wordsLONDON, March 6 (A.A.P.).— The Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm "Dagens Nyheters" says that the Germans claim to ...
Article : 163 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for Air, Mr. Drakeford, issued the following war communique to-day:— "Reconnaissances by the R.A.A.F. over ...
Article : 117 wordsLONDON, March 6.—Lieutenant-General ter Pooten's plan to throw everything possible into an attempt to paralyse the invaders ...
Article : 263 wordsTOKYO, March 6. (By Short Wave). —Tokyo Radio disclosed to-night that a special submarina flotilla, sent into Pearl Harbour on December 7, failed ...
Article : 103 wordsDuring the next week the whole force was gradually withdrawn, keeping a close eye on the Batu Pahat flank and the west ...
Article : 797 wordsLONDON, March 6.—The full extent of Allied naval losses off Java in last week's battle still cannot be confirmed in London, ...
Article : 164 wordsSuch of the oversea news in this issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" of "Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned and controlled entirely by "The Sydney ...
Article : 193 wordsLONDON, March 6.—Australians figure in a list of awards issued in London for services in the south-west Pacific. Lieutenant-Colonel F. G. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 7 Mar 1942, Page 11
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