LONDON. Feb. 9.—Today's communique from British General Headquarters, Cairo, indicated that Field Marshal Rommel's Axis forces ...
Article : 495 wordsCANBERRA,. Feb. 9.—The first meeting of the Pacific War Council will be held in London tomorrow, comprising representatives of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 627 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Increased pressure on the American forces on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines. is reported in a communique ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 128 wordsLONDON, Feb. 9.—Japanese troops have landed in force on Singapore Island in a full-scale invasion attempt. Heavy fighting is in progress. After a terrific artillery preparation for nearly 12 hours, the Japanese landed last night between two points ten miles apart on the north-west ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,443 wordsBATAVIA, Feb. 9.—Last night's communique from the Netherlands East Indies fighting services announced for the first time that ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 695 wordsRANGOON, Feb. 9.—The General Officer Commanding in Burma (Lieut.-General T. J. Hutton) revealed today that strong Allied ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 641 wordsLONDON, Feb. 9.—The Russians are reported by the Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Express" to have occupied the eastern suburbs of Rjev, the important railway junction 135 miles north-west of Moscow, on Saturday morning. The Germans are said to be now ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,289 wordsSYDNEY. Feb. 9.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) has sent the following message to General MacArthur, General Officer ...
Article : 212 wordsDARWIN, Feb. 9.—The air raid "alert" at Darwin yesterday afternoon was, apparently, the most urgent yet. It is generally ...
Article : 165 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—The Berlin radio quotes a report from Tokio stating that the Foreign Minister (Mr. Togo) has declared that Japan ...
Article : 156 wordsLONDON. Feb. 9.—An Admiralty communique issued today reported that naval torpedo bombers on Friday night last attacked two fully ...
Article : 208 wordsLONDON, Feb. 9—It was announced in Berlin last night that General Fritz Todt, the builder of the Siegfried Line and the creator ...
Article : 446 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Senator Millard Tydings (Democrat. Mary- land) warned the Government today against regarding the Pacific theatre ...
Article : 98 wordsNEW YORK. Feb. 8.—The "Herald-Tribune's" military expert. Major George Fielding Eliot, says that the British and Americans ...
Article : 296 wordsLONDON. Feb. 9.—A British United Press message from Singapore says that the great naval base on the north coast of Singapore ...
Article : 379 wordsThe Istanbul correspondent of the "Daily Herald" states that according to a military observer from Egypt the Anzacs there are ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, Feb. 9.—The Tangier correspondent of "The Times," referring to the bomb explosion on the Tangier wharf on Friday last, ...
Article : 215 wordsTEHERAN, Feb. 8.—Disguised as tribesmen, the world-famous German entomologist, Colonel Brandt, and a German botanist named ...
Article : 112 wordsLOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.—The Lieutenant-Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies (Dr. H. J. van Mook) declared tonight that Java ...
Article : 160 wordsLOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.—Asked today whether he thought the Netherlands had an ample voice in the existing war councils, the ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON. Feb. 9.-The Rangoon correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that three policemen unmasked and shot the three ...
Article : 156 wordsLONDON, Feb. 9.—An Air Ministry communique today stated:—In the course of searches for enemy shipping by aircraft of the Coastal ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON, Feb. 9.—The Air Ministry reported today that a flight-lieutenant patrolling the Belgian coast in an R.A.F. machine at dusk ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON. Feb. 9.—The German radio last night said that a great steel, reinforced concrete anti-aircraft fortress had been built in ...
Article : 70 wordsCHUNGKING, Feb. 8.—A communique issued here today states that better- armed Japanese forces have entered Waichow (40 miles ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, Feb. 9.—The Admiralty announced today that the destroyer H.M.S. Matabele (1,870 tons) had been sunk and there were some ...
Article : 35 wordsLONDON, Feb. 9.—Major-General Spears has been appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Syria and Lebanon. He ...
Article : 32 wordsExcept where otherwise designated the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...
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