LONDON. Sept 15.—Nancy, the fortified town south of the greater and still unconquered fortress of Metz, and guarding the Burgundy Gap, fell to Lt-General Patron's Third Army today. The town was empty of the enemy when the Allies entered. Yesterday the German ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 627 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—German forces now trying to evacuate Greece will find their remaining escape route to the north cut off by the new ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 386 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—Praga, the eastern suburb of Warsaw, has fallen to the Red Army which is now preparing for an assault on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 574 wordsSOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, Sept 15.—The Halmahera group in the Moluccas, the most powerful Japanese stronghold at the gateway to the Philippines, was invaded this morning by Allied forces under the personal commend of General MocArthur, who was present at ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 872 wordsWASHINGTON, Sept 14.—The following Pacific Fleet communique was issued: "Carrier aircraft swept over the Central Philippines and ...
Article : 349 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—Typhoon and Spitfire pilots of the Second TAF yesterday dropped leaflets on the German garrisons still holding out ...
Article : 111 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—"Strong American concentrations, battling on a wide front, pushed nearly eight miles into Germany yesterday," says ...
Article : 285 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—Berlin radio said today that the commander of the Brest fortress (General Ramcke) had sent this message to Hitler: ...
Article : 133 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—"The French battle fleet steamed into its home port yesterday past the wreckage of sister ships bombed and scuttled in ...
Article : 68 wordsNEW YORK, Sept 15.—The "New York Times" correspondent at the Dumtarton Oaks (Washington) conference on the organisation of ...
Article : 158 wordsSOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, Sept 15.—SW Pacific bombers and fighters swarmed over enemy island aerodromes on Tuesday in the ...
Article : 242 wordsLONDON. Sept 15.—FFI headquarters announce that the whole region between the rivers Loire and Allier (central France) has been ...
Article : 63 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—The Canadian bridgehead over the Leopold canal (which connects Bruges and Ghent on the Scheldt) disappeared ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 126 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—Moscow radio reports that Russian bombers on Wednesday night mass-raided Buda- pest, attacking military objectives ...
Article : 90 wordsNEW YORK, Sept 15.—A 100mile an hour hurricane roaring up the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras (off North Carolina) struck the ...
Article : 190 wordsQUEBEC, Sept 14.—The Canadian Press Association states that President Roosevelt's secretary (Mr S. Early) told a Press conference that ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON. Sept 15.—Today's Supreme Allied HQ communique (No 160), issued at 9 am,— was as follows: "Allied troops in north-eastern ...
Article : 205 wordsCANBERRA, Sept 16.—Speaking on the motion for the adjournment of the Senate today Senator Aylett (Lab. T) said that the last time he ...
Article : 174 wordsCHUNGKING, Sept 15.—Announcing the recapture of Tengchung yesterday, the Chinese High Command said it marked another high point ...
Article : 115 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—The German Newsagency today asserted that 40 Russian divisions yesterday launched a new offensive on the Baltic front ...
Article : 44 wordsVALENTINE (Nebraska), Sept 13.—At a Press conference here Mr Thomas Dewey. Republican Presidential candidate, said: "Since ...
Article : 117 wordsWASHINGTON, Sept 15.—At Pearl Harbour today the C-In-C of the US Pacific Fleet (Admiral Nimitz) announced that US Army ...
Article : 190 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—Describing conditions in Paris today, the "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent in the city says that a limited service of ...
Article : 223 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—A Stockholm message states that it was officially announced from Helsinki that Finnish artillery last night fired on ...
Article : 94 wordsThe railway station at Maestricht, a Dutch town on the River Meuse, which has been captured by Allied troops. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 24 wordsNEW YORK, Sept 15.—"The War Department has asked Congress authorise the elevation of two officers to the advanced rank of ...
Article : 184 wordsLONDON. Sept 15.—Chief Rabbi Hertz in a Jewish New Year message estimated that hardly onefourth of Continental Jewry is likely ...
Article : 107 wordsSOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, Sept 15.—The following communique was issued today: Celebes: Our heavy units with 157 ...
Article : 336 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—Thanksgiving services will be held at all Australian air forces' stations in Britain on the occasion of "Battle of Britain ...
Article : 85 wordsLONDON. Sept 15.—The "Daily Mails" Stockholm correspondent says it is reliably reported that fierce fighting is in progress in the Salla ...
Article : 91 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—"Canadian tanks and infantry have reached a point one mile from Rimini aerodrome on the Adriatic sector," says ...
Article : 444 wordsLONDON, Sept 14.—Paris radio today said that, according to a statement issued by the president of the Pontifical Commission of Assistance ...
Article : 57 wordsWASHINGTON, Sept 14.—The secretary of War (Mr H. L. Stimson) disclosed today that American Army casualties in all theatres until ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—One hundred members of the French Consultative Assembly have flown back to Paris from Algiers in Dakotas of ...
Article : 95 wordsLONDON, September 14.—Faster than any other Spitfire in service and destroyer of over 300 flying bombs, the new Spitfire—F Mark 14 ...
Article : 187 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—Sixteen members of the House of Commons, including Commander Sir Archibald Southby (Con) and Sir Herbert ...
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—"After exerting every effort-to obliterate the British bridgehead over the Albert Canal, the Germans are showing ...
Article : 164 wordsWASHINGTON. Sept 14—The Secretary of war (Mr Stimson) told his press Conference today that the Germans are preparing to shift ...
Article : 307 wordsLONDON. Sept 14—Berlin radio states that a deserter named Lindemann, who was wanted in connection with the events of July 20 (the ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Sept 15.—With only two short breaks German longrange guns have shelled the Dover area for 17 hours up to 8 am today. ...
Article : 68 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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