LONDON, July 17.—The Mascow correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Agency in his latest dispatch states that Soviet tanks and motorised infantry are breaking into the outer defences of Kaunas, the capital of Lithuania. Artillery is clearing the path for them and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 736 wordsLONDON, July 17.—"The Allied forces in Italy are under four miles from the centre of Leghorn and despite strong enemy counter-attacks ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 627 wordsLONDON, July 17.—Reuters Moscow correspondent points out that the irresistible Red Army in the past week breached three specially ...
Article : 266 wordsLONDON, July 17.—The Allied forces ore advancing in five areas in Normandy—two on the British front and three on the American. The British troops continue to improve their positions south-east of Tilly, where they are astride a spur three miles from the town, and in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 743 wordsKANDY (Ceylon), July 17.—The South-East Asia Command communique today stated: "After a heavy artillery concentration men of ...
Article : 346 wordsLONDON, July 17.—"The British began to advance in the Evrecy direction on a front of almost nine miles on Saturday night, without a ...
Article : 498 wordsSOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, July 17.—A surprise move by American forces 20 miles east of Aitpae has outmanoeuvred the ...
Article : 298 wordsLONDON, July 17.—With Marshal Zhukov launching yet another mammoth complementary attack—between Tarnopol and Luck against ...
Article : 241 wordsLONDON, July 17.—The Moscow communique issued just before midnight last night stated: "The Russians today west and south-west of ...
Article : 317 wordsLONDON, July 17.—The 83rd communique issued by Supreme Allied HQ today stated: "Allied forces made progress south of Pont ...
Article : 321 wordsSOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, July 17.—One of the strongest forces of Mitchell medium bombers yet sent from the North West ...
Article : 101 wordsNEW YORK, July 16.—According to the Associated Press correspondent in Chungking the Chinese High Command announced yesterday that ...
Article : 201 wordsWASHINGTON, July 16.—A Pacific Fleet communique issued today states: "Aircraft of a fast carrier task group attacked Guam Island ...
Article : 157 wordsLONDON, July 17.—"The Germans in Normandy are fighting the battle on a new plan but with the old fear," said a military observer at ...
Article : 98 wordsNEW YORK, July 16.—The Brettonwoods (New Hampshire) correspondent of the "New York Times" says that after reaching an ...
Article : 209 wordsLONDON, July 17.—Flying bombs fell on southern England, including the London area, last night and this morning, causing damage and ...
Article : 281 wordsNEW YORK, July 17.—Tokio official radio announced today that the Minister for the Navy (Admiral Shigetaro Shimada) had resigned ...
Article : 119 wordsThis part of the Atlantic Wall was on area of bitter fighting before Canadion troops captured the above machine-gun nest. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 23 wordsLONDON, July 17.—One of the latest types of British cruiser tanks, the Cromwell, is being used in Normandy. The Cromwell incorporates ...
Article : 120 wordsLONDON, July 17.—The German Overseas Newsagency quotes a High Command spokesman as saying: "The Supreme Command has decided ...
Article : 97 wordsNEW YORK, July 17.—A Marines combat correspondent, Sgt David Dempsey, sends this gruesome story from Saipan: "Marines heard ...
Article : 137 wordsLONDON, July 17.—"The weather continued to deteriorate yesterday morning over the Normandy battle area but despite the fact that the ...
Article : 254 wordsLONDON, July 17.—Air reconnaissance has revealed a German trick by which eleven temporary bridges over the ...
Article : 83 wordsWASHINGTON, July 16.—The Maritime Commission announced today that at the urgent request of the joint chiefs of staff it is ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, July 17.—"The Turks are angling for a treaty with Russia but the Russians are reported to be making the terms too stiff for Turkey ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, July 17.—Today's communique from Allied HQ in Italy states: "Continuing to attack the Allied armies yesterday made ...
Article : 268 wordsNEW YORK, July 16.—Tokio official radio states: "Remnants of the Japanese garrison on Saipan continue to stiffy resist the invaders. ...
Article : 38 wordsLONDON, July ,17.—It is reported from Moscow that the Soviet militia has issued a special request to the population not to molest the 57,600 ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, July 17.—Young men sailing little high-speed ships of the British Merchant Navy have split wide open the German blockade of ...
Article : 250 wordsLONDON, July 17.—The British troops who captured Esquay have since improved their position by taking the small Village of Bon ...
Article : 244 wordsALGIERS, July 17.—The French National Assembly today expelled a member for activities during the Vichy regime in Algeria. ...
Article : 21 wordsLONDON, July 17.—British, American and Yugoslav forces have combined in a series of commando raids in recent months to kill or capture ...
Article : 418 wordsLONDON, July 17.—The past month has been the blackest of the war for the Germans. Not only have the Allies secured all their immediate ...
Article : 354 wordsCANBERRA, July 17.—Quotas for the international monetary fund to stabilise world currencies after the war as fixed by the United Nations' ...
Article : 114 wordsLONDON, July 17.—The German commander m Normandy, Marshal Kluge, interviewed by a German war correspondent, said: ...
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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