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  2. COMBINED OPERATION.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—Reuters correspondent at Mediterranean HQ in a dispatch today said: "French troops have captured the fortress of Coudon, ...

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  3. SEINE OFFENSIVE

    LONDON, Aug 22.—American troops have launched an offensive along the south bank of the Seine towards the sea, threatening the escape routes of the German forces which were saved from the Falaise gap and are still south of the river, stated Reuters correspondent in Normandy ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. WORLD SECURITY.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 21.—Addressing the opening session of the international security conference between Britain, the US and ...

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  5. AIR POUNDING.

    SOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, Aug 22.—Japanese bases in the Moluccas on Sunday took their worst pounding since the air ...

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  6. EIGHTH ARMY.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—"It can now be said that the city of Florence has been liberated by troops of the Eighth Army and is firmly in our ...

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  7. GERMAN MANPOWER.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—The Exchange Telegraph correspondent with the British forces in Normandy today said it was unofficially estimated ...

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  8. BALTIC FRONT

    LONDON, Aug 22.—"One of the greatest clashes of the war since Stalingrad is looming up on the Baltic front," says Reuters Moscow correspondent. "The total German force, including a relief expedition, is believed to approximate 250,000 men and new reinforcements ...

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  9. FIRED BIG GUN.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—Wearing the uniform of a colonel, the Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) fired one of the Fifth Army's big guns which ...

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  10. FIERCE BATTLES.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—Quoting a "Izvestia" frontline dispatch, Moscow radio states: "Soviet gunners are not the only ones to strike ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. DEFENCE STIFFENS

    LONDON, Aug 22.—"German resistance on the east bank of the Seine is stiffening," said Reuters correspondent with the United ...

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  12. BRIDGEHEAD EXTENDS.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—The Mediterranean HQ communique today stated: "Enemy resistance has been stubborn in Toulon and in the ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. PACIFIC RAIDS.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 21.—A Pacific Fleet communique states: "Venturas bombed and strafed Paramushiru Island (in the Kuriles, off ...

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  14. AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—In a broadcast from Mediterranean head-quarters a Columbia Broadcasting System representative said last ...

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  15. ACROSS THE SEINE

    NEW YORK, Aug 21.—In a dispatch sent yesterday to the "New York Times" from Mantes a correspondent of that paper states: ...

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  16. SEA BOMBARDMENT

    LONDON, Aug 22.—Reuters correspondent at Mediterranean HQ states: "Two battleships and six cruisers formed the strong naval ...

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  17. WHERE HITLER FAILED IN 1942.

    Toulon, the French naval base on the Mediterranean coast, which is encompassed by Allied forces. Here the French navy scuttled many of its ships rather than yield them to Hitler in 1942. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  18. NAZI ATTACKS.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—Last night's Moscow communique stated: "South- east and south of Tartu (in Estonia) the Russians captured 30 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. PEACE TALK.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—The Ankara correspondent of the British United Press says that the Premier of Bulgaria (M Bagrianov) has informed ...

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  20. PETAIN ARRESTED.

    LONDON, Aug 22—Swiss radio today reported that the Gestapo arrested Marshal Petain and several members of ...

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  21. BOMBING JAPAN.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 21.—In a communique issued today US 28th Bomber Command states: "Following a daylight attack Super-Fort ...

    Article : 241 words
  22. WRECKAGE OF WAR.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—The British United Press correspondent with the British forces states: "The roads to the east of the pocket are scenes ...

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  23. PEARL HARBOUR.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 21.—Representative Ralph Church told the House of Representatives today that it was Army Lt Kermit Tyler who ...

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  24. CALL TO TROOPS.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—Reuters correspondent at Mediterranean HQ states that Lt-General Patch, commander of the Allied Seventh Army, ...

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  25. COASTAL PROGRESS.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—The 136th communique issued by Supreme Allied HQ today was as follows: "Good progress has been made ...

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  26. AN ALLIED GOAL IN SOUTH FRANCE.

    The new harbour at the great French port of Marseilles, north of which Allied armour is operating in an encircling move. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  27. INVASION BEACHES

    LONDON, Aug 22.—Reuters correspondent in the south of France says there is evidence that the Allied landings took the Germans by ...

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  28. FLYING BOMBS.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—Flying bombs were fired across the Channel at intervals during the night and after daybreak against southern England ...

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  29. ROMMEL DEAD ?

    LONDON, Aug 22.—That Marshal Rommel died on July 18 from a fractured skull in a hospital at Bernay is the considered opinion of ...

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  30. WORKED FOR NAZIS

    LONDON, Aug 21.—The story of 220 Russian women who have been working in France for the Germans is told by a correspondent of "The ...

    Article : 335 words
  31. NORTHERN FLANK.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—Reuters correspondent with the Canadians in a dispatch yesterday, said: "British forces under Canadian command ...

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  32. OVER OPEN SIGHTS

    LONDON, Aug 22.—Front-line correspondents' dispatches last night make it clear that the Germans in the pocket have made three attempts ...

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  33. NAZI GENERALS.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—The Canadians in the area between Falaise and Trun captured the third German divisional general to be taken ...

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  34. SPEEDY NEWS.

    WASHINGTON, August 21.—The United Press states that the Navy has completed news transmission arrangements under which Americans ...

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  35. SUPPLIES FOR MAQUIS.

    LONDON, Aug 22.—It is officially announced that United States and RAF planes have parachuted thousands of tons of arms, ammunition ...

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  36. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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

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