LONDON, Aug 21.—In a communique issued last night Combined Operations Headquarters stated that during the raid on Dieppe 1 of the greatest air battles of the war developed and the Germans were forced to call up aircraft reinforcements from other parts of occupied France and ...
Article : 1,593 wordsLONDON, Aug 21.—Blenheims, Bostons and Mustangs from the Army Co-operation Command and also Hurricanes and Spitfires kept ...
Article : 342 wordsLONDON, Aug 21.—In an all-out effort to crash their way through to Stalingrad endless columns of fresh German reinforcements have been thrown into the Don bend battle. The Laftwaffe has been pounding both banks of the Don River, but it is reported that the Russians have not ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,831 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug 20.—The following communique was issued here today: South Pacific area: "US marines are engaged in mopping-up ...
Article : 86 wordsLONDON, Aug 21.—The Berne correspondent of the "New York Times" says that the Berlin propaganda stories about the ...
Article : 440 wordsCHUNGKING, Aug 21.—Chinese forces have recaptured the key towns of Kweiki and Shangjao (Chekiang Province), on the main ...
Article : 175 wordsLONDON, Aug 21.—A Joint American Army and British Air Ministry communique issued today stated that many squadrons of RAF, ...
Article : 349 wordsAUCKLAND, Aug 20.—A Press Association correspondent at a s Pacific port states that the present apparent lull in the Solomons should ...
Article : 315 wordsCHUNGKING, Aug 21.—The American Associated Press correspondent states that the National Military Council has ordered the ...
Article : 107 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 20.—An American Associated Press correspondent reports that the Brazilian coastal steamer Jacy was sunk by a ...
Article : 281 wordsA British destroyer flotilla fired many hundreds of 4-inch shells into military targets at Dieppe and the nearby cliffs and beaches. A naval ...
Article : 428 wordsLONDON, Aug 21.—A survey of the effects of intensifying the heavy bombing of Germany was given today by an official of the Ministry for ...
Article : 323 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 21.—In the north-eastern sector which for weeks has been the scene of the most intensive battle ...
Article : 299 wordsOTTAWA, Aug 20.—The Minister for Defence (Mr Ralston) announced that the Canadians who participated in the Dieppe raid ...
Article : 41 wordsLONDON, Aug 21.—Today's Cairo communique stated that there were no land or air operations of importance to report yesterday. On the ...
Article : 166 wordsThe "Daily Mail's" war correspondent with the commando force which was the first to reach Dieppe's beaches, at Varengville, says: "A ...
Article : 473 wordsSAN SALVADOR (Brazil), Aug 20.—Jack Lacey, pilot of a Catalina, described how he sank a German submarine off the coast of Brazil ...
Article : 126 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug 21.—A RAAF fighter squadron until recently held the Middle East record 1-day bag of 15 enemy aircraft. Sgt Richard ...
Article : 246 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. Aug 21.—Some members of the Japanese navy apparently have more humane ideas regarding treatment ...
Article : 368 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 21.—Two American heavy bomber squadrons which have been at work continuously since the ...
Article : 437 wordsA Reuters correspondent with the raiders writes: "For 8 hours I watched our forces battling against concentrated opposition. The sky ...
Article : 483 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug 21.—Mr Farish, president of the Standard Oil Company, told a Senate committee today that Standard Oil wells ...
Article : 71 wordsDescribed as the world's largest and fastest bomber, the Avro-Lancaster is proving its worth for carrying heavy bomb loads in long distance operations. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 26 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug 21.—President Roosevelt has summoned high Anglo-American war chiefs to a conference at the White House. ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON, Aug 21.—The German long-wave radio. Deutschlandsender, which normally closes down for a certain period in the morning, ...
Article : 44 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 21.—Squadron-Leader Clive Caldwell, of the RAAF, returning to Australia after 17 months in the Middle East, visited ...
Article : 86 wordsOver a score of British, American and Canadian war correspondents, photographers and newsreel cameramen accompanied the commandos on ...
Article : 134 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. Aug 21.—The first American negro soldiers to be decorated by General MacArthur in the South-west Pacific ...
Article : 154 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 21.—The "Herald Tribune" states that the Lend-Lease Administrator (Mr Stettinius) has revived experiments on the Sea ...
Article : 115 wordsCANBERRA, Aug 21.—To decide upon some practical way of expressing the sympathy felt by the residents for the relatives of men lost ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON, Aug 21.—Stephen Horthy, son of the Hungarian Regent (Admiral Horthy) has been killed on the eastern front. He was ...
Article : 25 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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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 22 Aug 1942, Page 5
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