LONDON, May 12.—The Fifth and Eighth Armies have launched a new offensive on the whole Italian front after an intense artillery barrage that stretched from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenion Sea. Advance guards of both armies began to move forward at 11 o'clock last night ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 726 wordsLONDON, May 12.—Addressing war correspondents at Advanced HQ in Italy before the attack Lieut-General Leese, commander of ...
Article : 155 wordsLONDON, May 12.—A new section of General Eisenhower's Supreme IQ of the Allied Expeditionary Force has been formed to help ...
Article : 840 wordsPHILADELPHIA, May 11.—The New York "Herald-Tribune's" Philadelphia correspondent reports: "The International Labour Office ...
Article : 592 wordsLONDON, May 12.—The latest Chinese communique issued in Chungking admits the loss of the entire peiping-Hankow railway ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 269 wordsLONDON, May 12.—Last night's Moscow communique stated: "Our troops today on the bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester ...
Article : 446 wordsLONDON, May 12.—Allied air fleets were off again across the Channel soon after breakfast this morning to continue the pre-invasion air onslaught. The first formations comprised strong forces of US Thunder- bolts. The roar of planes passing over the coast continued for a long ...
Article : 501 wordsLONDON, May 12.—The Gustav Line consists of a series of strongly, fortified positions on the main sector of the Fifth Army front running ...
Article : 119 wordsLONDON, May 12.—A special correspondent with the Indian forces on the Eighth Army front sends this story: "Eighth Army troops crossed ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 373 wordsLONDON, May 12.—A special communique from Allied HQ in Italy given over Algiers radio today stated: ...
Article : 132 wordsLONDON, May 12.—"Eighth Ail Force Flying Fortresses and Liberators, in two bombing operations yesterday, attacked 11 German ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 337 wordsLONDON, May 12.—In a dispatch from Advanced HQ in Italy before the offensive began a Reuters correspondent said: "Marshal ...
Article : 246 wordsLONDON, May 12.—Moscow radio says that the third Russian State War Loan fixed at 25,000,000.000 roubles has been ...
Article : 33 wordsMONTREAL, May 11.—An Associated Press message from Chungking says that Madame Chiang Kaishek and the President of the ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, May 12.—Diplomatic sources in Berne report that the Bulgarian Prime Minister (General Boshilov) has issued a decree ...
Article : 101 wordsLONDON, May 12.—Portugal was given a plain hint last night that unless she ceases the free flow of wolfram to Germany Britain will ...
Article : 262 wordsLONDON, May 12.—There appears to be no doubt that Field-Marshal von Manstein has definitely been relieved of his command on the ...
Article : 156 wordsLONDON, May 12.—When reinforcements from Britain recently arrived in the East Africa Command, the ...
Article : 109 wordsLONDON. May 12.—The skies over southern England yesterday reverberated with the roar of bombers and fighters heading to attack ...
Article : 231 wordsWITH GENERAL MacARTHUR' HQ IN NEW GUINEA, May 12.—Japanese positions along the Wewak-Hansa Bay coast were again the ...
Article : 256 wordsNEW YORK, May 11.—The London correspondent of the New York "Herald-Tribune" (Herbert Clark), after having Inspected the coastal ...
Article : 422 wordsLONDON, May 12.—Hundreds of persons along the south coast yesterday afternoon watched a United States ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, May 12.—"Vrij Nederland," the Dutch newspaper published in London, has revealed the nature of the "special documents" ...
Article : 192 wordsLONDON, May 12.—Admiral Sir William James, Chief of Naval Information, said in a speech: "We are eating away at the Japanese ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, May 12.—Berlin radio last night made the following official announcement: 'In view of the Turkish Government's stoppage of ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON, May 12.—A Swedish Shipmaster, Capt Hedberg, who recently made six trips between Sweden and Kiel Canal, told "The ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, May 22.—"A great mass of guns laid down a tremendous barrage for nearly two hours before the offensive began," states a ...
Article : 128 wordsLONDON. May 12.—Today's South-East Asia communique stated: "Our operations to clear the enemy from strong positions in the ...
Article : 141 wordsWASHINGTON, May 11.—The Secretary for War (Mr Stimson) told his Press conference today that despite their efficiency in repairing ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, May 12.—The Governments of Britain, Russia and the United States have issued a declaration stating that Hungary. Rumania ...
Article : 69 wordsALGIERS, May 12.—Reuters correspondent states that Vice-Admiral Edmond Derrien, accused of surrendering 16 French warships and ...
Article : 45 wordsNEW YORK, May 11.—Tokio official radio reports that General Tojo in a special statement on the occasion of Admiral Koga's funeral ...
Article : 185 wordsWASHINGTON, May 12.—The United Press stated today that Representative Dewey Short (Republican) would introduce a resolution ...
Article : 289 wordsLONDON, May 12.—The signals arm of the West African Expeditionary Force in Burma are given full marks by everyone, from the HQ ...
Article : 302 wordsGENERAL ALEXANDER. Directing the Offensive. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 8 wordsLONDON. May .12.—Today's routine communique from Allied HQ in Italy (issued before the special communique) stated: "Patrols and ...
Article : 120 wordsWITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, May 12.—More than 11,000 tons of bombs have been dropped on Rabaul ...
Article : 109 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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