LONDON, May 4.—With the outbreak of fighting in Irak the war in the Middle East has flared up in a new theatre and General Sir Archibald Wavell and his ...
Article : 719 wordsLONDON, May 4.—The prolonged enemy attack on Tobruk, in Libya—it began last Wednesday and was the most I determined onslaught on this coastal base ...
Article : 600 wordsLONDON, May 4.—The Ankara radio on Friday said it was reported that Rashid All, the Iraki Prime Minister, had appealed to Germany for assistance ...
Article : 332 wordsThe British Admiralty announced on Saturday that about 45,000 troops and airmen of the British Empire forces in Greece were evacuated by midnight on Wednesday last, in addition to Greek and Yugoslav soldiers and refugees. It was then decided that no further withdrawal ...
Article : 1,499 wordsLONDON, May- 4.-'Our troops advancing upon Amba Alagi (north of Dessie, in Eritrea; where the Italians have established defensive positions) have ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 322 wordsLatest dispatches reaching London report the continuance of the hostilities that broke out in Irak on Friday morning as a result of the objection of the Irak Administration, led by Rashid All, to the landing of a second contingent of British troops in the country. ...
Article : 1,786 wordsLONDON, May 4.—It was stated on Friday night that the German Ambassador to Turkey (Herr von Papen) had left Berlin for Ankara and that the ...
Article : 248 wordsLONDON, May. 4.—An official history of the campaign in Greece has been issued in London. The story begins with the German aggression -on April 6 and ...
Article : 843 wordsCAPE TOWN, May 3.—The Prime Minister (General Smuts) announced in Parliament today that the Union Government had agreed to a request from the ...
Article : 362 wordsLONDON, May 4.—The R.A.F.'s activities in support of the defenders of Tobruk and further afield in Libya are described in communiques issued in Cairo ...
Article : 274 wordsLONDON, May 4.—Rashid Ali, the Iraki Prime Minister, is reported to have issued on Friday a manifesto saying: "The hour of fighting seems to approach. ...
Article : 223 wordsLONDON, May 3.—A message from Beirut states that the French authorities are searching for saboteurs responsible for setting on fire an oil refinery at Tripoli ...
Article : 50 wordsWASHINGTON, May 3.—It is reported in neutral and French diplomatic circles in Vichy that 26 American merchantmen, heavily loaded with arms and ...
Article : 203 wordsLONDON, May 4.—The B.B.C. in its Arabic service on Friday night appealed to the people of Irak to expel their present Government. ...
Article : 135 wordsALEXANDRIA, May 3.—Alexandria had a 90-minute alert yesterday, several enemy aeroplanes appearing. A terrific anti-aircraft barrage was put up. No ...
Article : 27 wordsLONDON, May 3.—The sinking of an enemy destroyer and a merchantman in the Mediterranean by Royal Air Force bombers is recorded in a communique ...
Article : 256 wordsLONDON. May 4.—It was announced in Haifa (Palestine) last night that British women and children were arriving by air from Irak. ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, May 4.—Thousands of British, Australian and New Zealand troops evacuated from Greece are already in the line for the defence of the Middle ...
Article : 249 wordsWASHINGTON, May 3.—The British Ambassador (Viscount Halifax) conferred yesterday with the Under-Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsNOUMEA, May 3.—To the strains of "Sambre et Meuse," the Republican march, the words of which start: "Les regiments de Sambre et Meuse marchant ...
Article : 197 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO, May 3.—The police have arrested Captain Raguzin, of the Italian ship Teresa (6,131 tons), which took refuge here at the beginning of the ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON. May 4.—A German communique on Friday said that the Germans had completed the occupation of Pelopennesus. There were no longer any ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 5 May 1941, Page 11
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