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  2. DESERT DESOLATION.

    The Australian official war correspondent (Sargeant Fitchett.) says that for nearly 60 miles from Sidi [?]ar[?] to Sollum there is ...

    Article : 767 words
  3. GREEKS STILL ADVANCE.

    A spacial report received in Athens to-night says that the Italians abandonad [?]sura afer [?]ing the town. According to ...

    Article : 244 words
  4. ITALIANS TRAPPED AT BARDIA

    Australian troops with their British and Allied comrades are tightening their grip on Bardia. It is reported, without confirmation, that they cut the cliff-top coastal road to Tobruk. Lorry loads of soldiers are arriving hourly for what is ...

    Article : 292 words
  5. TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIANS

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Winston Churchill) paid a glowing tribute to the valour of the Australians in the successful attack in the desert operations when, in the House of Commons to-day, he reviewed the war situation. His review ...

    Article : 215 words
  6. IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    General smuts, in a speech, hinted at the possibility of industrial consription becauses the Union was largely thrown on its own ...

    Article : 96 words
  7. NAVY ASSISTANCE.

    Announcing that the First Sea Lord had signalled congratulations to the Commander-inChief of the Mediterranean Fleet, ...

    Article : 107 words
  8. PLEA TO AMERICA.

    An impassioned appeal for patience towards Japan "watch is not waging an imperialistic war of greed and aggression against ...

    Article : 450 words
  9. RAIDS ON ENGLAND.

    An Air Ministry communique says: "There was little enemy activity last night. A few bombs were dropped in the south and ...

    Article : 266 words
  10. ITALIAN GRENADIERS DISABLED.

    The radio in Athens stated: "The Fourth Italian Grenadiers were completely dispersed and disabled around Kinrara, where our troops captured new ...

    Article : 115 words
  11. AGAINST GREAT ODDS.

    Points in his speech emphasised by Mr. Churchill were that British forces in Libya, with continued success, were contending against odds of 3 to 1, 4 to ...

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  12. 20,000 ITALIANS TRAPPED.

    It is believed that the Italians troops trapped at Bardia nimber nearly 20,000. A British military spokesman last night ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. ALBANIAN EXECUTED.

    The Italians executed the Albanian Nationalst leader, Petrol Marko, at Tirana for distributing handbills urging the inhabitants to revolt. ...

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  14. A WAITING GAME.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Cairo correpondent says that British reinforcements [?]ent to support the siege of Bardia are believed to include fresh troops from ...

    Article : 289 words
  15. ITALIAN ORDERS.

    The Admiralty announces the capture of [?]structions from an Italian submarine to attack with out warning Spanish ships ...

    Article : 90 words
  16. SHIPS FOR BRITAIN.

    Britain has signed contracts for the construction of 60,000,000 dollars worth of cargo ships. Thirty will be built in a new ...

    Article : 84 words
  17. VLONA POUNDED.

    An Admiralty communique states that during Wednesday night one British battleship passed through the Strait of Otranto and carried out a heavy ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. PEACE IN PACIFIC.

    In a speech at the American Society's farewell lunchean for him, Colonel Nomura, the new ambassador to America, said that the United States ...

    Article : 239 words
  19. DUBLIN AND BELFAST BOMBED.

    The "Chicago Times." on first-hand information from "unimpeachable sources." states that German planes severely bombed Dublin and Belfast ...

    Article : 35 words
  20. GERMAN HELP.

    Rome officials admitted that German transport planes were carrying Italian reinforcements to Albania, also that some German dive-bombers might be ...

    Article : 50 words
  21. PRISONERS TOTAL 31,546.

    The Italian prisoners captured in the Western Desert battle so far counted total 31,546, and include 1626 officers, says an official communique issued by ...

    Article : 563 words
  22. TIME TO PRESS ON.

    Mr. Lloyd George in the House of Commons emotional[?]lly tributed the late Marquees of Lothian for his help during the most oritical time through which, the ...

    Article : 323 words
  23. ENEMY BATTERED BY NAVY.

    An Admiralty communique, relating to the Navy's part in the Egyptian and Libyan operations, discloses that shore batteries fired on all British ships ...

    Article : 88 words
  24. TRANSPORT PLANES.

    Answering an urgent appeal from Mussolini, squadrons of huge German transport planes are reported to be flying over the Adriatic with Italian ...

    Article : 59 words
  25. SPEECH UNIMPRESSIVE.

    The correspondent of "The Times" in Tokio, comment[?] on Mr. Matsuoka's speech, said that despite his evident goodwill and geniality the ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. NO CASUALTY LISTS.

    The Minister for Information (Senator H. S. Foll[?] said to-day that no casualty lists of Australian troops fighting in the Middle East had ...

    Article : 55 words
  27. NINETEEN GERMAN SHIPS FOR BRITAIN.

    Nineteen German ships seized in the Dutch East Indies when Holland was invaded, are now chartered by the British. ...

    Article : 28 words
  28. LABOUR DISPUTES.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. Ernest Bevin) in the House of Commons said that there had been stoppages in munitions factories, some of which were caused ...

    Article : 221 words
  29. A.I.F. IN ENGLAND.

    While the soldiers in Egypt and Palestine are stripped to the waist in the burning sun and sand, the Australian troops in Britain are muffled ...

    Article : 166 words
  30. AXIS VICTORY.

    Senor Delpozo, envoy of the Spanish. Foreign Minister, who came to England three months ago at the [?] gestion of Sir Samuel Hoare, officially ...

    Article : 429 words
  31. SPAIN AND TANGIER.

    The Under-Secretary for Foreign. Affairs (Mr. R. L. Butler), in the House of Commons, reiterated the hope that. Spain realised the importance Britain ...

    Article : 84 words
  32. PROUD CONFIDENCE.

    Members of Parliament visiting their constitutencies at Christmas will carry the impression of proud confidence gained from the Prime Minister's ...

    Article : 160 words
  33. DEGAUSSING EQUIPMENT.

    All ships registered in Australia and engaged in the coastal trade must in future be fitted with degaussing eqipment to protect them against ...

    Article : 108 words
  34. IRISH SHIP.

    A German plane bombed the Irish Channel mail steamer Cambria, 20 miles from the Irish coast on December 18. All the bombs missed owing to the ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. CAPABILITIES OF ARMY.

    "The several battles fought on the front of No. 1 or 2, divisions show that we have no reason to shrink from contact with anything like equal terms ...

    Article : 1,172 words
  36. GERMANS IN U.S ARMY.

    The State Attorney seized a black ledger listing 200 members of the German American Bund. allegedly serving in the United States milittary forces or reserves. ...

    Article : 58 words
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