LONDON, July 31.—The Alamein front in Egypt remains quiet. To-day's British communique, issued in Cairo, stated: "Our light patrols on ...
Article : 289 wordsLONDON, July 31.—Although Russian resistance in the bend of the Don appears to have stiffened, the threat to the Caucasus has grown even graver with a rapid German advance to the south and south- east of Rostov. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,561 wordsLONDON, July 31.—Two night alerts were experienced in London last night, making the sixth for the week. The anti-aircraft guns went ...
Article : 679 wordsFROM GENERAL MACARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, July 31.—Synchronising with a sudden lull in the ground combat in the Papuan mountain jungles of Kokodo, there was a fierce flare-up of enemy and Allied air activity over an enormous area north of Australia yesterday. Port Hedland, on the north-west coast of Australia, received its first air raid from 9 Japanese heavy bombers ...
Article : 900 wordsLONDON, July 31.—The Admiralty has announced details of 2 recent naval engagements amid pack-ice, snowstorms and heavy ...
Article : 620 wordsWASHINGTON, July 30.—Argument on the petition of 7 of the alleged German saboteurs for trial by a Civil Court instead of the military ...
Article : 872 wordsAlthough fighters and fighter-bombers were in action over the Western Desert battlefront on Wednesday operations were curtailed ...
Article : 299 wordsDARWIN, July 31.—Vivid accounts of the air battle over Darwin yesterday, when 27 Japanese bombers and from 15 to 20 Zero fighters ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,130 wordsCANBERRA, July 31.—Briefly replying to Mr Abbott, MHR, who had urged the adoption of an offensive spirit in Australia against the ...
Article : 49 wordsALAMEIN, July 30.—The northern sector of the desert front is again unnaturally quiet today. Australian patrols which were busy as usual ...
Article : 681 wordsLONDON, Jul 31.—RAF fighters were over France this morning and formations came back at noon at sea level from the direction of ...
Article : 133 wordsNEW YORK, July 31.—The Tokio official radio quotes a claim by Imperial Headquarters that considerable damage was wrought in the ...
Article : 28 wordsLONDON, July 31.—An Admiralty communique issued today stated. "Our light forces which were active during the night had 3 ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 271 wordsAn unusually long communique was issued in Berlin this afternoon. It said: German, Rumanian and Slovak troops have crossed the lower ...
Article : 502 wordsLONDON, July 31.—The "Scotsman" in the course of a leader says: "The rather long intervals which are allowed to elapse between highly ...
Article : 131 wordsWASHINGTON, July 31.—The Navy Department today announced that a Nazi submarine bad sunk a medium-sized merchantman 1,000 ...
Article : 88 wordsLONDON, July 31.—A Vichy report says that 11 communists charged with sabotage have been executed at Nancy. The Paris radio ...
Article : 238 wordsLONDON, July 31.—A message from Gothenburg says that 3 Nazi spies who are believed to have betrayed to the Germans the departure ...
Article : 96 wordsPORT HEDLAND, July 31.—At 7.15 am yesterday a flight of heavy Japanese bombers flying at about 15,000 feet in perfect formation ...
Article : 162 wordsMONTEVIDEO, July 31.—It has been officially disclosed that the interned German ship Tacoma (8200 tons) which was seized by the ...
Article : 98 wordsNEW YORK, July 30.—Major-General Charles Scott, former US military observer in the Middle East, told reporters on his return to ...
Article : 119 wordsCAIRO, July 31.—It is officially stated that bombs dropped in the Alexandria area last night killed 4 persons and injured 13. Slight ...
Article : 84 wordsLONDON July 31.—A communique issued by the US Army European Headquarters reveals that 4 more American Air Force generals have ...
Article : 59 wordsWith a pouplation of about 600, Port Hedland is a small but important town on the north-west coast situated some 1,060 miles north of ...
Article : 132 wordsLONDON, July 31.—A large contingent of Canadian reinforcements and technical units of the Air Force have arrived in the United Kingdom ...
Article : 29 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 1 Aug 1942, Page 5
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