LONDON, July 9.—"The Caen area tonight is obliterated beneath a vast cloud of dirty black smoke spouting thousands of feet after an ...
Article : 467 wordsLONDON, July 9.—General Allied pressure on the Normandy front. Including on Anglo-Canadian (Second Army) offensive against Caen which was preceded by a massive aerial bombing of the German positions there, was reported over the weekend ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 684 wordsWASHINGTON, July 8.—American Super-Fortresses based in China attacked targets in Japan last night. It was the second raid ...
Article : 542 wordsLONDON, July 9.—The German High Command communique today admitted that the Russians had captured Lida in the course of stubborn fighting. Reuters points out that Lida is on important railway junction on the Warsaw-Polotsk line-and that its capture represented a Soviet ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 524 wordsSOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, July 9.—With the occupation of Noemfoor Island virtually completed by the capture of Namber ...
Article : 416 wordsCHUNGKING, July 9—The Associated Press states that according to a Chinese army spokesman Chinese troops were achieving the seemingly ...
Article : 293 wordsLONDON, July 9.—RAF fighters after nightfall on Friday gained numerous successes against flying bombs, which were shot out of the ...
Article : 400 wordsLONDON, July 9.—"At first light yesterday morning the British and Canadians of the Second Army smote the German perimeter ...
Article : 654 wordsLONDON, July 9.—The midnight Moscow communique was as follows: "The Russians yesterday. (Saturday) in the Vilna sector occupied over ...
Article : 365 wordsCHUNGKING, July 9.—The Chinese communique last night stated:, "Japanese attacks on the suburbs of Hengyang were thrown back as ...
Article : 255 wordsLONDON, July 9.—"When the Americans forced the Vire River nine miles south-east of Carentan in the early hours of Friday their ...
Article : 290 wordsSOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, July 9.—After days of ceaseless patrolling of the skies over noemfoor Island RAAF Kittyhawks ...
Article : 552 wordsLONDON, July 9.—An Air Ministry communique states that Bomber Command Lancasters on Friday night heavily attacked one of the largest enemy depots in ...
Article : 357 wordsKANDY (Ceylon), July 9.—Operations in the Imphal area yesterday went on successfully. Several Japanese positions in the northern end ...
Article : 233 wordsCHUNGKING, July 8.—Major-General Chennault, at 14th Air Force HQ in China yesterday, said to the Associated Press ...
Article : 197 wordsRepeating history, invaders are again entering the French city of Caen. British and Canadian troops forced their way into the city yesterday after a campaign lasting about a month. Caen lies about nine miles from the coast, to which it is linked by the Ome River and a canal. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, July 9.—Today's German High Command communique stated: "Yesterday the enemy launched a large-scale attack in ...
Article : 203 wordsLONDON, July 9.—Supreme Allied HQ issued the following communique (No 67) shortly before noon today: "The attack against Caen continues. ...
Article : 421 wordsLONDON, July 9.—"Earthquake" bombs—so named by Air Chief Marshal Sir A. Harris—weighing 5½ tons, which are the heaviest in existence, ...
Article : 357 wordsLONDON, July 9.—Berlin radio said yesterday that Generals Emil Wickede, commander of an eastern front army corps, and Karl Egiseer, ...
Article : 188 wordsLONDON, July 9.—In an Order-of-the-Day addressed to Marshal Rokossovsky and the troops of the First White Russian front yesterday ...
Article : 111 wordsLONDON, July 9.—The German High Command communique yesterday stated: "In the central sector in Russia the Germans stubbornly ...
Article : 216 wordsLONDON, July 9.—The important Sambre canal in northern France is unusable through sabotage by the French Forces of the Interior. ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, July 9.—The destruction of the famous Guards Chapel in Wellington Barracks while a parade and service were in progress ...
Article : 253 wordsLONDON, July 9.—A warning that the German nation is in danger was given by Dr Goebbels (Propaganda Minister) in a speech "in a ...
Article : 241 wordsKANDY (Ceylon), July 9.—It has been revealed that the commander of the Fourth Corps which opposed the Japanese in the Imphal area ...
Article : 125 wordsExcept where otherwise designated, the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian is transmitted to Australia by the-Australian Associated Press ...
Article : 33 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 10 Jul 1944, Page 5
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: