The lull in the ground fighting in Egypt continued yesterday. To-day's Cairo communique states that land operations were confined to patrol activities, but successful action by our air force was reported. ...
Article : 228 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" states that apart from strategical considerations Field-Marshal Rommel's drive toward Egypt was aimed against the ...
Article : 115 wordsFurther remarkable evidence of [?]nalertness on December 7 includes a hitherto unpublished story of an intercepted radio ...
Article : 526 wordsNearly 200 Spitfires flew over. Northen France late to-day in a mass low-level attack on the coastline 70 miles wide. They shot up ...
Article : 181 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" states that following the rounding up of German spies and fifth columnists in the United States and latin America ...
Article : 110 wordsThe great Don battle continues. To-day's Moscow communique stated that last night the Russians fought the enemy at Voronej and south-east of Voroshilovgrad. There were no material changes in other sectors. ...
Article : 220 wordsThe High Command states that the Chinese are continuing to mop up the remnants of the Japanese around Hengfeng and lyang. The ...
Article : 167 wordsThe Australian High Commissioner (Mr. S. M. Bruce), in a speech in support of the Lord Mayor's Empire air raid distress ...
Article : 324 wordsThe great defensive power of the American Flying Fortress bombers is shown in an engagement described by the U.S. War Department to-night. A ...
Article : 99 wordsThe British United Pres[?] rrespondent with the Eighth Army says: We again hold Tel el Eisa railway station. An Australian officer named Hamoer ...
Article : 510 wordsA British light coastal vessel, locked in a collision with a German minesweeper off the French coast on the night of July 9, swept the enemy's ...
Article : 209 wordsThe newspaper "Pravda" says that in an attempt to restore the positions to the north-east and south of Voronej the Germans are making desperate and ...
Article : 169 words"The Times" Moscow corresponden says that the Russian withdrawal from Voroshilovgrad was most prudent, because the enemy advance southward ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Berlin radio states that German troops have never used poison gas, and never will use it. The Allies, and particularly the ...
Article : 79 wordsParis radio states that the first French war prisoners will be allowed to return to France now that some French workers have ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Moscow bridgehead captured by the Russians at Voronej was the chief one for the transport of German tanks and infantry across the river. The ...
Article : 312 wordsThe Vichy News Agency, quoting unconfirmed reports from the Ukraine front, says that the German and Rumanian troops in some places are ...
Article : 61 wordsAmerican attacks on the Japanese in China are reported in an agency message from Chungking, which gives a communique from General Stillwell's ...
Article : 58 wordsAxis submarines sank five more United Nations merchantmen in the Western Atlantic with the loss of 77 dead or missing. ...
Article : 163 wordsTo-day's Cairo communique states: "Our troops on Sunday maintained their positions on all sectors. We have taken 4000 prisoners since ...
Article : 347 wordsA new book, "The Coming Battle for Germany," by William Ziff, presents an extraordinary case for the immediate attack and conquest of Germany. ...
Article : 212 wordsThe Moscow communique to-night says: "The Russians to-day fought the enemy at Voronej and the south-east parts of Voroshilovgrad. There was ...
Article : 261 wordsChungking "Central News" states that a widespread and well-organised guerrilla campaign has opened in Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces, where ...
Article : 39 wordsTo solve the problem of providing accommodation and entertainment for troops on leave in Brisbane, an information Bureau is to be established ...
Article : 307 wordsTo conserve man-power, make surplus technicians available for military duties, and reduce petrol consumption, radio servicemen throughout ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Norwegian Government announced three aims for future Norway: Firstly, the abandonment of the pre-war project of a Nordic ...
Article : 131 wordsRussian warships and planes went to the aid of a British-American convoy attacked by German planes, which dropped 212 bombs and fired 14 ...
Article : 383 wordsThe House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate the War Revenue Bill, estimated to yield 6500 million dollars. In a lively session the ...
Article : 87 wordsThe "Daily Mail's" Cairo correspondent says there is definite evidence that the discipline in some units of the crack Afrika Korps is being ...
Article : 577 wordsLaws laying down the composition on the new Cortes is now promulgated. The Cortes will include representatives of municipalities, syndicates, professions, ...
Article : 59 wordsAlthough the Russian abandonment of Voroshilovgrad represents a further important withdrawal toward the main defence line on the lower River Don, ...
Article : 319 words"Svenska Dagbladet's" Berlin correspondent says that Super-Marshal Goering, by decree, has provided for the establishment of special A.R.P. units ...
Article : 68 wordsThe "Daily Express" states that the Allies on the south sector on July 20 were contacting the German rearguards at two points. The Germans ...
Article : 212 wordsA deputation from 8-Mile-Plains vegetable growers' Association to-day waited on the Deputy Controller of Foodstuffs (Mr. O'Connell), in regard ...
Article : 161 wordsIt is expected that the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) will visit Queensland some time during August, probably in the first week. It is not known whether ...
Article : 73 wordsIt was revealed at the Coroner's inquiry to-day that Private William Crittenden was killed in a truck and tram collision only a few hours after ...
Article : 133 wordsCabinet to-day decided to instruct the Police Commissioner (Mr. Duncan) to make a report on liquor abuses, as revealed in police evidence in the ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Moscow radio says the Russian break through te the northwest of Voronej enabled the Red Army units to penetrate the rear ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Berlin radio officially announced that at Brussels the wife of King Leopold on July 18 gave birth to a son, Alexander Emanuel Henry Albert ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. William Phillips, former Ambasssdor to Italy, has been appointed chief the United States Office of Strategic Services in Britain. Mr. Phillips arrived ...
Article : 42 wordsIt is revealed that the 6000 prisoners since the El Alamein battle began include a fair number of Germans. Italian prisoners include grenadiers from ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Moscow radio says a message from Stockholm reports that 100,000 Norwegians are being forced to labour in Germany. The Germans have demanded the ...
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