LONDON, Dec 15.—Official news of the Allied campaign in Tunisia is meagre. An Allied HQ communique issued yesterday says: ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 651 wordsLONDON, Dec 15.—"Marshal Rommel's army is retreating headlong westward along the coast road with the Eighth Army continually harassing its rearguards," states the British United Press correspondent with the Eighth Army. "Already its main columns are reported to be 40 ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,134 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Dec 15.—The remaining Japanese strong-points in Papua have been completely bisected by the capture of Buna village by American troops yesterday. It is possible however that the enemy—thwarted in his many attempts ...
Article : 499 wordsMADRAS, Dec 15.—"The threat to India is much less today than it was 7 or 8 months ago; we are now very much better prepared," ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON, Dec 15.—The unabated fierceness with which the Germans are fighting on all fronts is one of the outstanding features of the ...
Article : 906 wordsLONDON, Dec 14.—The Air Ministry states: "Squadrons of fighters and bombers operating singly have been over Northern France and ...
Article : 222 wordsLONDON, Dec 15.—"Negotiations between the British Foreign Office and the French National Committee have resulted in the Foreign Minister ...
Article : 394 wordsLONDON, Dec 15.—The total strength of the Indian Army in July. 1942, was over 1,000,000. The intake of 70,000 monthly reached in ...
Article : 412 wordsLONDON, Dec 14.—Sgt Max Burcher, the wireless operator, of Armidale, was the hero of a Lancaster bomber which ran into intense ...
Article : 172 wordsLONDON, Dec 14.—The air tactics which paved the way for the dislodgement or the Germans were similar to those used in the battle ...
Article : 299 wordsLONDON, Dec 15.—The Brussels radio today quoted a message from Cayenne, capital of the colony of French Guiana, on the north-east ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, Dec 14.—Wing-Commander N. M. S. Russel, of the Coastal Command, in a speech to- day said that danger from the ...
Article : 78 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec 15.—Bitterly attacking the proposal of the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) to send Australian troops beyond the limits of ...
Article : 265 wordsCHUNGKING, Dec 14.—A communique this morning stated: "In our initial winter drive in Yunnan Province the Japanese forces ...
Article : 82 wordsSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Dec 15.—The Japanese lost one position today when Buna village fell to a fierce onslaught by American ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,050 wordsLONDON, Dec 14.—Dr W. H. Kauntze, assistant medical adviser to the Colonial Office told the Colonial Advisory Medical Committee ...
Article : 267 wordsCHUNGKING, Dec 15.—The Chinese High Command announced that the Japanese failed in a major attempt to break through on the ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, Dec 14.—Girls who can keep great secrets have been working as they never worked before since the opening of the campaign ...
Article : 194 wordsCHUNGKING, Dec 14.—The Chinese Minister of Finance (Dr H. H. Kung) in a Press interview urged the US to send more ...
Article : 96 wordsBRISBANE, Dec 15.—The Federal Clerks' Union tonight reversed the decision of its executive on the Militia question and decided to ...
Article : 54 wordsCAIRO, Dec 15.—Allied fighter- bombers are scouring every mile of desert west of El Aghella seeking out, strafing and bombing Marshal ...
Article : 132 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 14.—Lt-General H. H. Arnold, Chief of the US Army Air Forces, stated yesterday that recently the Tokio radio said that the ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—A report which has reached Madrid from the French frontier says that the Chief of the Vichy Government (M Laval) ...
Article : 51 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 14.—A special correspondent of the New York "Times" at Washington states that the British and Americans are now ...
Article : 173 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec 15.—The Secretary of the Treasury (Mr H. Morgenthau) announced today that Britain and Australia had asked the ...
Article : 119 wordsCasualty lists for 4 States issued by Army Headquarters, Melbourne, contain the names of 309-men, serving overseas and in Australia and ...
Article : 391 wordsCHUNGKING, Dec 14.—An official Chinese review today stated that 1,000,000 Japanese troops were now concentrated in the Manchukuo ...
Article : 108 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec 15.—Kitty- hawk fighters of the RAAF were taking part in the pursuit of Rommel's army through Libya, the Minister ...
Article : 163 wordsLONDON, Dec 15.—The Adrianople correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" stated yesterday that it had now been learnt that over 4,000 ...
Article : 107 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec 15.—Pte J. C. Beattie, Pte E. D. Streets and Pte S. J. White have been found guilty by court martial of charges arising ...
Article : 177 wordsLONDON, Dec 15.—Paris radio stated today that the Commander-in-Chief of the British Fleet in the Mediterranean (Admiral Harwood) ...
Article : 209 wordsST JOHNS (Newfoundland), Dec 14.—In connection with the hostel fire at St Johns the authorities state that the soldiers and sailors ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—A story of how a number of Axis submarines came to the surface after a ship had been torpedoed in the South Atlantic ...
Article : 172 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec 14.—The Netherlands Ambassador (Dr Loudon) today described M Mussert, the Dutch Nazi Leader, as an ...
Article : 77 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec 14.—The Navy's communique today says that ground action on Guadalcanal yesterday was limited to routine patrol ...
Article : 57 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 14.—Due to a shortage of canned milk in the New York area parents have been forced to obtain physicians' prescriptions ...
Article : 41 wordsLONDON, Dec 15.—The Rome radio broadcast today that the Pope in a letter to Cardinal Ascalese, Archbishop of Naples, expressed his ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Dec 15.—Pit-Officer George Vivian Syer, an Englishman who enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force and who broke the ...
Article : 61 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 14.—New Yorkers were unable to buy their usual papers this morning when a surprise strike by the Newspaper ...
Article : 54 wordsHOBART, Dec 15.—Arthur Hanion, first-class warder, said at the Hobart Gaol inquiry today that the supervision of the Acting Deputy ...
Article : 42 wordsCAIRO, Dec 15.—Emir Abdul Illah, regent of Irak. who will visit Egypt shortly with the Premier (General Nuri es Said) will be the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 16 Dec 1942, Page 3
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