Lord Gort, Commander-in-Chief of the B.E.F., has returned. Mr. Anthony Eden met him on his arrival at London railway station, and they later conferred at the War Office, ...
Article : 454 wordsOnly about 20,000 Allied troops, less than one division, are at Dunkirk, the remainder having been safely evacuated to England. Those in Dunkirk are regular troops, the men earlier evacuated being mainly members of auxiliary units. ...
Article : 1,281 wordsShaded portion indicates territory over-run by German Army. Dotted line show Allied front in September, 1914, when Germany initial onslaught was checked. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 22 wordsAbout 40,000 men and women at a meeting in the Domain to-day, under the auspices of the newlyformed Ex-Servicemen's War ...
Article : 305 wordsTwo men were killed and three others were injured when a truck skidded and turned over near Eumamurrin, 29 miles north of ...
Article : 327 wordsThe Air Ministry states that the Battle of the Skies raged. unceasingly over Dunkirk yesterday, while on the sands below the withdrawal of Allied troops continued. Hour after hour, German bombers, under the protection of fighters, ...
Article : 646 wordsReturning safely from Flanders only yesterday, Sapper A. Rutherford died in a military hospital in the ...
Article : 41 wordsAir-Marshal R. E. C. Pierse hat been appointed Deputy-Chief of the British Air Staff. He will act for Air Chief Marshal Sir. Cyril Newall. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 25 wordsIn a broadcast to-night, the Minister for Supply, Sir Frederick Stewart, flayed ill-informed critics, slackers, and ...
Article : 176 wordsArchbishop Wand, in a broadcast address to-night, advocated the introduction of conscription. He challenged statesmen to have the ...
Article : 198 wordsEdward James Glennon-Tooley, 40 of Freshwater, near Cairns, a member of the A.I.F., was found dead under a recreation hut at the Fraser's ...
Article : 156 wordsOn his return from the Loan Council yesterday the Premier (Mr. Forgan Smith) said that he had noted the eagerness of all sections ...
Article : 302 wordsWith an Eire bomber zooming overhead the first contingent of American citizens began embarking to the President Roosevelt at noon by ...
Article : 117 words"It will be with great regret that I leave the Northern Territory and my work here, but I felt it my duty to enlist in the R.A.A.F. However, my ...
Article : 190 wordsMr. de Valera broadcasting, said: "The men were needed immediately for the Army. We are in imminent danger. We have days, not weeks, in ...
Article : 81 wordsA statement that Germany would be in England within three weeks, that the Royal Family and members of the Cabinet would be ...
Article : 253 wordsA successful volunteer yesterday was a young quarryman, who set out from Baandee a few days ago to walk to Perth, 150 miles, to enlist. ...
Article : 124 wordsSomething of the terrible conditions under which British and French troops have been and are being evacuated from Dunkirk, and ...
Article : 814 wordsThe Admiralty announces 597 casualties, which were not connected with any particular incident or ship, but occurred meeting all the hazards of ...
Article : 64 wordsThe 35,000-ton battleship, Washington, the country's most powerful warship, and the first new battleship for 19 years, was launched to-day. It ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Exchange's Paris correspondent says the Fifth Column is more active in France than was realised. Many have machine guns, French soldiers ...
Article : 80 wordsReports pouring into American newspapers suggest that Italy's entry into the war is now only a matter of days. The moves ...
Article : 458 wordsGerman planes, flying from the sea, dropped four bombs on the city and harbor before being chased away by French fighters. ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Government decided it will not approve of the Franco-Italian Economic Agreement awaiting signature. The spokesman declared the decision ...
Article : 35 wordsThe fountain pen with which Earl Haig signed his famous "backs to the wall" order, in 1918 has been presented for sale for the benefit of the ...
Article : 49 wordsThe 1940 Tweed cane crop is expected to be an average one. The district's output in the last few years has averaged from 100,000 to 105,000 ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Mon 3 Jun 1940, Page 7
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