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  2. LARGE TANK BATTLE IN EGYPT Heavy Fighting Reported

    The big tank battle which developed in front of our El Alamein positions yesterday continued during the night and apparently is still raging. To-day's communique from Cairo states that heavy ...

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  3. FUNERAL OF ORTIZ.

    The American Associated Press Buenos Aires correspondent states that strong police guards twice fought and repulsed several hundred ...

    Article : 155 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS. BATTEBID BY NAZIS.

    The Germans launched a fourth and even fiercer counter-attack against the Australian positions west at El Alamein last night. ...

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  5. ROYAL TOUR.

    Their Majesties to-day inspected a number of departments of a great central ordnance factory in north-west England. This depot has ...

    Article : 143 words
  6. GERMANY'S FOOD.

    In the course of a speech, the Secretary to the Ministry for Economie Warfare (Mr. Dingle Foot) said that from Denmark and the ...

    Article : 280 words
  7. DANGEROUS GERMAN THRUST Toward Stalingrad

    In Russia the most dangerous thrust at the moment appears to be south-east of Millerovo, where the enemy is spreading out fanwise toward Stalingrad and Bostov. To-day's Moscow communique stated that the Russians continued their fighting ...

    Article : 194 words
  8. EYES ON QUEENSLAND.

    The Army Minister (Mr. F. M. Forde), on his arrival here this afternoon, said Queensland has assumed the greatest importance in ...

    Article : 605 words
  9. WAR PROBLEMS.

    The Pacifie War Council surveyed war problems for 90 minutes to-day. Mr. W. Nash (New Zealand spokesman) told the Press ...

    Article : 228 words
  10. OBJECTIVES SECURE.

    Yesterday's fighting on the El Alamein front has been described in a dispatch from the B.B.C. observer in Egypt He says: The limited attack ...

    Article : 498 words
  11. BATTLE OF AMBUSH.

    "The Times" Moscow correspondent adds that German tanks, except when converging on important objectives, were used on a broad front to seek ...

    Article : 603 words
  12. MOSCOW REPOET.

    This morning's Moscow communique reports intense fighting in the Voronej area, while the Russians prevented the Germans advancing; also south-east of ...

    Article : 380 words
  13. TWO COUNTER-ATTACKS.

    Field-Marshal Rommel counter-attacked twice yesterday, the first of which was mentioned in a communique to-day. He aimed, secondly, to retake ...

    Article : 636 words
  14. RAILWAY STATION.

    In a dispatch from Australian battle headquarters dated July 15. at 5 p.m., Slessor stated: The railway station at Tel El Eisa, where the German tanks ...

    Article : 554 words
  15. GERMAN U-BOAT.

    Representative Satterfield, who recently acted as naval observer at the American Embassy in London, told the House of ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. U.S. TAXATION.

    Every fourth person in the United States will be required to file income tax returns under the new taxation measure. Personal ...

    Article : 90 words
  17. NO ENEMY CONTROL.

    The British Government in no circumstances will allow the French war[?] ships at Alexandrie to pass into enemy hands or control. This determination ...

    Article : 169 words
  18. STALIN AT STALINGRAD.

    German sources, quoting reports from Ankara, state that Stalin has gone to Stalingrad, where he will personally direct its defence. ...

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  19. AUSTRALIANS ENGAGED.

    Further details of fighting at Tel El Eisa in which Australians were engaged on the night of July 14 are still pouring in from correspondents in Egypt ...

    Article : 231 words
  20. RIVALS SEBASTOPOL.

    The battle for Voronej is in its tenth day and its ferocity rivals Sebastopol. The Soviet resistance is stubborn and bitter and the Germans are ...

    Article : 222 words
  21. MAGNIFICENT WORK.

    Magnificent work, in the words of the Admiralty, brought a big convoy through three days and nights of repeated attacks by U-boats. The officers ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. WELTER OF STEEL.

    Describing how the Germans captured the Tel El Eisa station (which the Australians are since reported to have recaptured) the "Daily Mail's" ...

    Article : 290 words
  23. FRENCH PATRIOTS. CLASH WITH FASCISTS.

    More information on the Bastille Day demonstrations in France reached General dfe Gaulle's headquarters to[?] night. At Marseilles four people were ...

    Article : 196 words
  24. CLOSE CONSULATES.

    The State Department has announced that the United States had closed its Consular offices in Finland and reguested Finland to terminate Consular ...

    Article : 99 words
  25. EPIC MARCH.

    The United Press Kunming correspondent states that exhausted and near starvation, two elderly American Presbyterian missionaries, Mr. and ...

    Article : 102 words
  26. GENERAL MACARTHUR.

    For several hours to-day General MacArthur and the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) discussed war problems and questions of War strategy. Because of ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. CLOTHING COUNCIL.

    The Minister for War Organisation of Industry (Mr. J. J. Dedman) said to-day that the production executive had decided to establish a clothing council. ...

    Article : 122 words
  28. WAR WORKERS.

    The rapidity of American industrial mobilisation for war is indicated by a statement of the United States Man[?] power Chairman (Mr. Paul McNutt) ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. BEEF RESOURCES.

    A survey of Queensland's beef resources will be made soon so that a consumption plan can be formulated, said the Minister for Agriculture (Mr F. W. Bulcock) ...

    Article : 99 words
  30. MORE DOCTORS.

    The Secretary for War (Mr. H. L. Stimson) announced that he had authorised a number of additional recruiting boards in an effort to obtain 20.000 ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. ASSISTED SABOTEURS.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. W. Biddle) has decided to file charges against ten of the 14 persons recently apprehended" as accomplices of the ...

    Article : 52 words
  32. PACIFIC WAR ZONE.

    To-day's General Headquarters commimique reads:—North-eastern sector, Salamaua. An Allied air' unit lightly bombed enemy installations in the ...

    Article : 46 words
  33. ARGENTINE SHIP SUNK.

    A Vichy message from Lisbon says that the Argentine steamer Arsenutto was torpedoed off the Portuguese coast. It had a crew of 39, also three passengers. ...

    Article : 44 words
  34. GERMAN'S HOUSE BOMBED.

    A Vichy report states that a bomb exploded in a German-occupied building at Nantes on the night of July 15. The bomb had been placed on the ...

    Article : 39 words
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