LONDON, Dec 17.—A successful attack by the New Zealand Division, which recently joined the British Eighth Army in Italy, was officially announced today. Major German counter-attacks were repulsed with heavy losses on the enemy. ...
Article : 794 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—"The possession of the whole west bank of the Dnieper between Cherkasy and Kremenchug is bound to accelerate the ...
Article : 489 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—At 3.20 pm today the following bulletin was Issued from No 10 Downing-street: "There has been no spread of the ...
Article : 556 wordsWITH THE AMERICAN INVASION FORCE, ARAWE, NEW BRITAIN, Dec 16.—In a most daring amphibian operation carried out at dawn on Wednesday morning American troops seized a coastal section of south New Britain. The enemy was completely surprised and his ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 633 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—"A strong force of Lancasters last night attacked Berlin and dropped over 1,500 tons of high explosives and ...
Article : 265 wordsCHUNGKING, Dec 16.—Aided by the almost continuous activity of General Chennault's air force, says the Associated Press, Chinese troops ...
Article : 195 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec 16.—The White House announced yesterday that President Roosevelt has arrived back in the United States. His ...
Article : 357 wordsGENERAL MACARTHUR'S HQ in New Guinea, Dec 17.—The following communique was issued today: NORTH-WESTERN SECTOR.— ...
Article : 504 wordsMONTREAL, Dec 17.—A United Press message from Chungking states that Mr Churchill's personal representative to Generalissimo ...
Article : 34 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec 16.—Confirming the German raid on Bari (in southern Italy, on the Adriatic coast) on December 2, the Secretary ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 399 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—The Vichy Government's propaganda chief (M. Creyssel) broadcasting over Vichy radio today said: "After lengthy ...
Article : 134 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—Berlin radio described the raid as another terror attack carried out in poor visibility. Residential quarters again were hit. ...
Article : 72 wordsLONDON, Dec, 7.—Men of the Adolph Hitler SS Division bombed, shot or burnt to death in the wards 800 wounded Red Army officers and ...
Article : 233 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—All-Australian Lancaster squadrons participated in last night's attack against Berlin and scores of other Australians were ...
Article : 39 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—The right of Newfoundland to self-government was discussed in the House of Commons yesterday when Mr Ammon ...
Article : 416 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—United States headquarters announced that yesterday USAAF heavy bombers attacked targets in north-west Germany. ...
Article : 138 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—Last night's Moscow communique stated: "The Red Army south and south-west of Cherkasy occupied a number of ...
Article : 87 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 16.—The deep American concern in Mr Churchill's illness is reflected in the front pages or the newspapers and editorials. ...
Article : 202 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—Moscow radio stated today that when the trial of three Germans and a Russian (all of whom pleaded guilty) on charges ...
Article : 195 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—According to Berlin radio the Nazi Minister for Armaments (Dr Speer) writing in the newspaper "Das Reich" said: ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—According to Berlin reports the Red Army has gone over to the offensive in the Kherson and Mohilev sectors. ...
Article : 222 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—Lord Addison yesterday asked in the House of Lords for further information about the recent international conferences ...
Article : 298 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—"It Is reported that the German Air Ministry has flattered the famous British Mosquito plane by adopting the same ...
Article : 79 wordsThe frequently bombed airstrip at Gasmata in New Britain. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 14 wordsA general view of Bari and its harbour. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 12 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 16.—The Washington bureau of the "New York Times" states that informed circles believe the losses in the raid on ...
Article : 172 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—Today's Algiers HQ communique was as follows: The New Zealanders attacked successfully on the Eighth Army ...
Article : 241 wordsCANBERRA, Dec 17.—Proceedings at the triennial conference of the ALP were interrupted this morning whe: the Prime Minister (Mr ...
Article : 135 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 16.—William Wilson, United Press correspondent aboard the Allied naval escort off New Britain, reports: "A small American ...
Article : 160 wordsSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Dec 16.—Thinking they were their own planes Japanese lined the rails of two transport vessels and waved ...
Article : 106 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 16.—Addressing the Foreign Press Association here today, Sir Walter Layton, leader of the British Press delegation which ...
Article : 259 wordsLONDON Dec 17.—Algiers radio reports that General Eisenhower said in a message to his troops: "The past year has been very hard ...
Article : 58 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec 16.—A US navy communique states: "Seventh Air Force heavy bombers struck at Taros and Wotje in the Marshalls ...
Article : 156 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 16.—"The invasion was apparently a model for amphibious operations, one in which army, navy and air force were ...
Article : 227 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—The Associated Press correspondent at Naples says that the Allied Military Government is stated to be considering ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—Reuters Cairo correspondent says that Middle East observers, while ridiculing reports that the Germans have entrusted ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—General Freyberg, VC, the hardhitting leader of the New Zealand forces and a former channel swimmer aspirant, ...
Article : 240 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—Soviet senior officers, including General Vasiliev, recently visited the Italian front by arrangement with the British ...
Article : 146 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—Starving persons admitted to hospital in Calcutta between August 16 and December 11 totalled 16,285, of whom 6,126 ...
Article : 85 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 16.—Tokio official radio broadcast a communique seating: "American forces have invaded New Britain Island. The ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, Dec 17.—The "Daily Mail" announces that it is completing arrangements for the publication of a transatlantic edition in New ...
Article : 57 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 17.—Tokio official radio claims that the American aircraft-carrier, Saratoga, has been sunk in the South Pacific. ...
Article : 47 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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