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  2. "MIGHTY BRAZIER."

    LONDON, July 9.—"The Caen area tonight is obliterated beneath a vast cloud of dirty black smoke spouting thousands of feet after an ...

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  3. CAEN ENTERED

    LONDON, 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]

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  4. BLASTING JAPAN.

    WASHINGTON, July 8.—American Super-Fortresses based in China attacked targets in Japan last night. It was the second raid ...

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  5. SURGING WEST

    LONDON, 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]

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  6. NOEMFOOR FINALE.

    SOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, July 9.—With the occupation of Noemfoor Island virtually completed by the capture of Namber ...

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  7. CHINESE VICTORY.

    CHUNGKING, July 9—The Associated Press states that according to a Chinese army spokesman Chinese troops were achieving the seemingly ...

    Article : 293 words
  8. FLYING BOMBS.

    LONDON, July 9.—RAF fighters after nightfall on Friday gained numerous successes against flying bombs, which were shot out of the ...

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  9. ASSAULTING CAEN

    LONDON, July 9.—"At first light yesterday morning the British and Canadians of the Second Army smote the German perimeter ...

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  10. SWIFT ADVANCE.

    LONDON, July 9.—The midnight Moscow communique was as follows: "The Russians yesterday. (Saturday) in the Vilna sector occupied over ...

    Article : 365 words
  11. BITTER FIGHTING.

    CHUNGKING, July 9.—The Chinese communique last night stated:, "Japanese attacks on the suburbs of Hengyang were thrown back as ...

    Article : 255 words
  12. OVER THE VIRE.

    LONDON, July 9.—"When the Americans forced the Vire River nine miles south-east of Carentan in the early hours of Friday their ...

    Article : 290 words
  13. FEEBLE DEFENCE.

    SOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, July 9.—After days of ceaseless patrolling of the skies over noemfoor Island RAAF Kittyhawks ...

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  14. DEPOT IN CAVES.

    LONDON, 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 words
  15. BURMA CAMPAIGN

    KANDY (Ceylon), July 9.—Operations in the Imphal area yesterday went on successfully. Several Japanese positions in the northern end ...

    Article : 233 words
  16. WEST WALL.

    CHUNGKING, July 8.—Major-General Chennault, at 14th Air Force HQ in China yesterday, said to the Associated Press ...

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  17. INVADERS AGAIN ENTER CAEN.

    Repeating 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]

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  18. ENEMY ANGLE.

    LONDON, July 9.—Today's German High Command communique stated: "Yesterday the enemy launched a large-scale attack in ...

    Article : 203 words
  19. STEADY PROGRESS

    LONDON, July 9.—Supreme Allied HQ issued the following communique (No 67) shortly before noon today: "The attack against Caen continues. ...

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  20. NEW MENACE?

    LONDON, July 9.—"Earthquake" bombs—so named by Air Chief Marshal Sir A. Harris—weighing 5½ tons, which are the heaviest in existence, ...

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  21. NAZI COMMANDERS.

    LONDON, July 9.—Berlin radio said yesterday that Generals Emil Wickede, commander of an eastern front army corps, and Karl Egiseer, ...

    Article : 188 words
  22. ORDER-OF-THE-DAY.

    LONDON, July 9.—In an Order-of-the-Day addressed to Marshal Rokossovsky and the troops of the First White Russian front yesterday ...

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  23. GERMAN ACCOUNTS

    LONDON, July 9.—The German High Command communique yesterday stated: "In the central sector in Russia the Germans stubbornly ...

    Article : 216 words
  24. AIDING ALLIES.

    LONDON, July 9.—The important Sambre canal in northern France is unusable through sabotage by the French Forces of the Interior. ...

    Article : 51 words
  25. TRAGIC SERVICE

    LONDON, July 9.—The destruction of the famous Guards Chapel in Wellington Barracks while a parade and service were in progress ...

    Article : 253 words
  26. GERMANY'S PERIL

    LONDON, 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 words
  27. IMPHAL AREA.

    KANDY (Ceylon), July 9.—It has been revealed that the commander of the Fourth Corps which opposed the Japanese in the Imphal area ...

    Article : 125 words
  28. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated, the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian is transmitted to Australia by the-Australian Associated Press ...

    Article : 33 words
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