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  2. CLASH IN EGYPT

    LONDON, July 17.—A great tank battle is raging in Egypt, south of Alamein. It is the first major clash of armoured forces since Marshal Rommel was halted in his drive on Alexandria 16 days ago and there is no indication yet of the way it is going. ...

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  3. AUSTRALIANS' PART

    In the following 3 dispatches, the first 2 written on Wednesday afternoon, the third on Thursday evening, the Official War Correspondent with ...

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  4. CHINA STRUGGLE.

    CHUNGKING, July 16.—The Chinese Army communique today says that the Chinese have reoccupied Tsingtien, 30 miles from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. VORONEJ STAND

    LONDON, July 17.—Throwing fresh reserves into the battle at Voronej, the Red Army has been able to check the Germans and in some sectors has taken the offensive. The situation was described in Moscow this morning as more favourable but the battle is still raging furiously. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. THE SEA WAR.

    LONDON, July 17.—Magnificent work, in the words of the Admiralty, brought a big convoy through 3 days and nights of repeated attacks by ...

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  7. MELBOURNE MURDERS.

    MELBOURNE, July 17.—After a 5-day trial by a US General Court Martial Pte Edward Joseph Leonski (24), US soldier, was found guilty ...

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  8. NAZI SHIPYARDS.

    LONDON, July 17.—The Air Ministry reported this morning that late last evening Stirling bombers attacked the Flenderwerke ...

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  9. IN THE ATLANTIC.

    NEW YORK, July 16.—An Axis submarine operating close to the shore of the Gulf of Mexico torpedoed and set fire to a ...

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  10. MERCY CRAFT.

    LONDON, July 16.—A joint Admiralty and Air Ministry communique today stated: "Yesterday afternoon a group of ...

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  11. U-BOAT SUPPLIES.

    WASHINGTON, July 16.—Representative Satterfield told the House of Representatives today that correspondence found on a captured ...

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  12. RUSSIAN SUPPLIES.

    CHUNGKING, July 17.—The American Press says it has been officially announced that Chungking is receiving war supplies from Russia ...

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  13. RED CROSS SHIP SUNK.

    STOCKHOLM, July 17.—It was officially stated this morning that the steamer Stureborg (1,584 tons), which the Swedish Red Cross ...

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  14. WU RIVER LANDING.

    NEW YORK, July 17.—The Tokio official radio quotes the Domei Agency for a report that naval forces landed in the Wu River ...

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  15. ROME CLAIMS.

    A communique issued today in Rome stated: "British armoured units which attacked on the Alamein front were counter-attacked ...

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  16. FRENCH WARSHIPS.

    LONDON, July 16.—The British Government will in no circumstances allow the French warships at Alexandria to pass into enemy hands or ...

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  17. AMERICAN BOMBERS.

    CHUNGKING, July 17.—General Stilwell's communique today states: "United States bombers escorted by fighters attacked Hankow with very ...

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  18. STATION RECAPTURED.

    July 15, 5 pm.—The railway station at Tel el Eisa, where the German tanks broke through last night, was recaptured by Australian troops ...

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  19. EPIC JOURNEY.

    NEW YORK, July 16.—According to the United Press correspondent at Kunming (on the Burma Road) 2 elderly American Presbyterian ...

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  20. S AFRICAN GENERAL'S VIEWS

    The South African General Pienaar said in an interview yesterday: "The Allies are holding the gateway to Alexandria. Any offensive we ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  21. ARGENTINE VESSEL LOST.

    LONDON, July 17.—A Vichy report from Lisbon states that the Argentine steamer Argentine (2,991 tons) had been torpedoed off the ...

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  22. STALINGRAD'S DEFENCE.

    LONDON, July 17.—According to a Stockholm message German sources are quoting reports from Ankara that Stalin has gone to ...

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  23. WORK ON GERMAN SHIPS.

    STOCKHOLM, July 17.—The Germans are using armed guards to force Norwegians to man ships. This was revealed after the arrival at ...

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  24. MISSION FROM USA.

    WASHINGTON, July 16.—It was officially announced today that Mr Laughlin H. Currie, Administrative Secretary to President Roosevelt, had ...

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  25. LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES.

    LONDON, July 17.—A comparison of German and Soviet losses in the past 2 months was made in a special communique issued in Moscow early ...

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  26. INDIAN PROBLEM.

    NEW DELHI, July 17.—The Duke of Gloucester, broadcasting a farewell message to India yesterday, appealed to Indians to lay aside their ...

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  27. COMMONS SECRET SESSION.

    LONDON, July 17.—The following statement was issued under the authority of the Speaker at the close of the secret session of the House ...

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  28. SECOND FRONT.

    NEW YORK, July 17.—Arthur Krock, in a dispatch to the "New York Times" from Washington, says it may be that an Anglo-American ...

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  29. VICTORIANS' SUCCESS.

    EL ALAMEIN, July 16.—Attacking in darkness just before dawn to-day men of a Victorian battalion swept the enemy off the Tel el Eisa ...

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  30. CARPATHO-RUSSIANS.

    LONDON, July 17.—An Ankara message says that Hungary is mobilising Carpatho-Russians. Those fit for service are being enrolled in ...

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  31. ANTI-BRITISH CAMPAIGN.

    LONDON, July 17.—The political correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" stated yesterday that the Government intended to watch very ...

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  32. MELANCHOLY PROCESSION.

    EL ALAMEIN, July 16.—Along the track from the front long lines of Italian prisoners shambled disconsolately to their cages in the rear ...

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  33. FINNS OFFEND.

    WASHINGTON, July 16.—The State Department announced today that the United States had closed its consular offices in Finland and ...

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  34. SABOTAGE TRIAL.

    WASHINGTON, July 16.—The Attorney-General (Mr Francis Biddle) announced today that he had authorised the filing of charges against 10 ...

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  35. GENERAL RITCHIE.

    LONDON, July 17.—General N. M. Ritchie, who commanded the Eighth Army during its previous offensive against the Axis forces in Libya ...

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  36. FIGHTING FRENCH.

    WASHINGTON, July 16.—Authoritative quarters said today that the United States Administration will ignore the Vichy Government's ...

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  37. LEADERS CONFER.

    The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) and the Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces in the South-West Pacific (General MacArthur) ...

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  38. ENEMY OVER MIDLANDS.

    LONDON, July 16.—An official report stated that early this morning an enemy aircraft dropped bombs at places in the Midlands causing ...

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