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Advertising : 0 wordsTHE expected Japanese invasion of Java, key island Of the Dutch East Indies, has begun. The enemy last night and early this morning made large-scale landings at three points—at Kembang and Indramayu, on the north coast, and in the province of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 756 wordsRevealing the [?]the grace and speed for which destroyers are noted, these "sea terriers" of the United States Navy are helping the Allied cause in the Pacific area and elsewhere. Ships of similar type were engaged in the great naval bartle off Java ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 65 wordsWhen Britain takes the offensive on land an important part will be played by paratroops. Men such as these showed their worth in an attack on Northern France, where they destroyed a radio location unit. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 48 wordsBRITISH paratroops destroyed an important radio location plant in a raid on Bruneval 12 miles north of Le Havre, in France. Many casualties were inflicted in an operation in which all three Services played interdependent parts. ...
Article : 608 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. —Unanimous agreement on principles of a new system for organisation of ...
Article : 245 wordsTHE Red Army has launched a determined attack in the Crimea, where heavy fighting has been reported. A new offensive also has begun near Kursk, and in the North the "iron ring" round the Germans near Staraya ...
Article : 400 wordsMajor-General Gordon Bennett, who arrived in Sydney yesterday morning, 13 days after his dramatic escape from Singapore, ...
Article : 177 words[?] was tunk, and two other cruisers damaged in the naval-battle off Sourabaya (Java) on Friday, and yesterday, which preceded the large-scale landing of enemy troops on the island. Three Japanese ...
Article : 562 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—The Adrah-, alty announces that the former American destroyer H.M.S. Belmont has been sunk. ...
Article : 20 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—Sixteen Japanese bombers and fighters attacked Port Moresby (Papu[?]) yesterday afternoon. ...
Article : 215 wordsTHE Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) announced last night that "in view of the present uncertain position, and having regard to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 90 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—Although Allied air activity in Burma has been intense, there is a lull in land operations. ...
Article : 316 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. — An instalment of the Government's total mobilisatirn policy may be announced after the meeting of the War ...
Article : 129 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. — Anti aircraft guns swung into action and several shells were fired at a R.A.A.F. ...
Article : 197 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — Mr. H. A. Rorke, who has been publicity censor in New South Wales and who also was censor throughout the First ...
Article : 181 wordsCAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACKER, First World War Ace, said the Allies would continue to lose battles ...
Article : 134 wordsPort Moresby, capital of Papua, is bearins the brunt of Japanese raids on Australian territory. Sixteen enemy machines—one o f which was destroyed—took. part in the latest attack on the town. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 39 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—The whole of the Northern Territory was placed under military control by an order issued last night by the Minister for ...
Article : 68 wordsISTANBUL, Sunday. — It is stated officially that an unidentified submarine torpedoed and sank a 200-ton Turkish motor-boat in the ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 2 Mar 1942, Page 1
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