LONDON, Feb. 16.—The battle for control of the east coast of the Gulf of Martaban, in Burma, is reaching its ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 232 wordsLONDON, Feb. 16.—The last message received from the General Officer Commanding the British Forces in Singapore (Lieut.-General A. E. Percival is a dispatch sent to the Allied Supreme Commander in the South-West Pacific (General Sir Archibald Wavell) yesterday ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 860 wordsLONDON, Feb. 16—The Russian troops advancing into White Russia are reported to have outflanked big German fortified points and to be ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 847 wordsLONDON, Feb. 15.—In a broadcast speech tonight the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) announced the fall of Singapore, describing it as "a heavy, far-reaching military defeat." The Mediterranean was closed to British shipping, Mr. Churchill said; ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,948 wordsLONDON, Feb. 16.—It was announced officially in Batavia today that in their southward drive post Singapore the Japanese had occupied Palembang, the important oil centre in south-eastern Sumatra. Fierce fighting on the island is still in progress, with the Allied air forces ...
Article : 1,180 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The Washington bureau of the "New York Times" states: "In the considered judgment of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 450 wordsLONDON, Feb. 16.—The Tokio official radio broadcast last night a claim by the Japanese Imperial Headquarters that 32 Allied warships ...
Article : 170 wordsLONDON, Feb. 16.—"The Times" says in a leading article that the sacrifice, suffering and incomparable gallantry of Singapore's ...
Article : 427 wordsLONDON, Feb. 16.—"The whole nation is behind Mr. Churchill as an inspiring leader, but the nation is perplexed at the other Churchill ...
Article : 567 wordsLONDON, Feb. 16.—The Japanese Prime Minister (General Tojo), in a speech to the Diet in Tokio, said that Australia and New Zealand ...
Article : 292 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Fighting on Bataan Peninsula, in the Philippine island of Luzon, is limited to local skirmishes, ...
Article : 121 wordsLONDON, Feb. 16.—The "Daily Telegraph's" naval correspondent says that through the fall of Singapore the Allies have lost the only ...
Article : 91 wordsAUCKLAND, Feb. 16.—"New Zealand will face courageously whatever situation develops," declared the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) today, ...
Article : 142 wordsLONDON, Feb. 16.—A dispatch from Batavia this afternoon announced that the Australian nurses had been safely evacuated from ...
Article : 377 wordsLONDON, Feb. 15.—In a speech to the Hampstead Zionist Society today, Lord Wedgwood (formerly, as Mr. J. C. Wedgwood, a Labour ...
Article : 228 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 16.—An outstanding Melbourne athlete and sportsman, Wing-Commander Joon Margrave Lerew, who has ...
Article : 174 wordsCALCUTTA, Feb. 16.—In an article in the "Statesman," Mr. Arthur Moore, editor of the paper, bitterly attacks Lord Beaverbrook ...
Article : 132 wordsLONDON, Feb. 16.—Aircraft of the Bomber Command last night attacked the docks at St. Nazaire (in the Bay of Biscay). During the ...
Article : 112 wordsMOSCOW, Feb. 16.—A Tass Agency message from Lisbon states that Spain has secretly, agreed to grant Germany 50,000 tons of grain ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 17 Feb 1942, Page 5
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