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  2. BATAAN DEFENDERS OVERCOME

    The Secretary for War (Mr. Stimson) announced that General Wainwright's forces in Bataan numbering 36,853 officers and men had been largely killed or captured. ...

    Article : 414 words
  3. BRITISH NAVAL LOSSES IN INDIAN OCEAN

    The Admiralty announces that the cruisers Dorsetshire and Cornwall have been sunk in the Indian Ocean as a result of Japanese air action. There are 1,100 survivors including the commanding ...

    Article : 509 words
  4. AGREEMENT REACHED ON PLANS FOR INDIA

    A general understanding on all important points between the Congress leaders and Sir Stafford Cripps is as good as being reached. It can be stated definitely that as far as the ...

    Article : 355 words
  5. GERMAN MOVE EXPECTED IN LIBYA

    Information has been received that Marshal Rommel's forces in Libya have been considerably reinforced and at present he commands more ...

    Article : 163 words
  6. US. ARMY CHIEF CONSULTS WITH CHURCHILL

    On arrival in London the Chief of the United States Army (General Marshall) and the Lease-Lend Chief (Mr. Harry Hopkins) began talks with ...

    Article : 421 words
  7. FEROCIOUS BLITZ RAIDS ON MALTA

    The bombing of Malta, which has been going on with growing intensity for 16 days and nights, culminated in ...

    Article : 208 words
  8. Raids on Ceylon

    Trincomalee, the naval base of Ceylon, 150 miles north east of Colombo, had its first air raid to-day, but there were no ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. ARREST OF EX-EGYPTIAN PREMIER

    It is announced officially that the Premier (Nahas Pasha) ordered the immediate arrest of the former Premier (Ali Maher ...

    Article : 33 words
  10. JAPANESE LANDING AT MANUS ISLAND

    A war communique issued to-day by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) revealed that aerial reconnaissance of the ...

    Article : 231 words
  11. ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK BY SUBMARINE

    An Admiralty communique states[?] that a submarine, under Lieut.[?] Commander C. P. Tonkinson, torpedoed and sank an Italian ...

    Article : 68 words
  12. R.A.F. BOMB HAMBURG

    A large number of R.A.F. bombers were over north-western Germany last night. Hamburg was one of the objectives. The weather was against ...

    Article : 29 words
  13. GERMANS FAIL TO BREAK OUT OF STARAYA RUSSA

    The "Red Star" reports that the German 16th Army, which is surrounded at Staraya-Russa, attempted a counter-offensive when infantry, supported by 50 tanks and 100 planes succeeded in driving a wedge into the Russian lines, but was checked before ...

    Article : 284 words
  14. QUAKE NEAR LUZON

    The needle of the seismograph at the Riverview Observatory swung for four hours to-day as a result of an earthquake, the centre of which was ...

    Article : 98 words
  15. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS BEGINS

    According to telephone messages from Smyrna the exchange of wounded British and Italian prisoners has started. The British liner, Llandovery ...

    Article : 107 words
  16. NEW SUPPLY ROUTES TO CHINA

    Thousands of elephants, camels, mules and horses are ready to open three new transport circuits for war materials to China via India. ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. JAPANESE RAID ON SOLOMONS

    Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, was raided by five Japanese bombera this bombs were dropped from a height morning, and between 30 and 40 ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. NAZI AGENTS ARRESTED IN MEXICO

    The former German Consul (Erners Traulwen) and Paul Rubach, agent for the North German Lloyd Steamship Line, were arrested in Tampico and ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. GRAFT SCANDAL IN N.Y. POLICE

    An extraordinary Grand Jury which investigated graft, uncovever the greatest scandal in the history of the New York police. ...

    Article : 113 words
  20. R.A.A.F. PILOTS BAG ENEMY AIRCRAFT

    Australian Spitfire, squadrons destroyed ten enemy planes and probably shot down many more since March 9, when it is considered the Spring ...

    Article : 40 words
  21. REPORT ON SINGAPORE ONLY SECTIONAL

    It is understood that the Government has received the report from Lieut.-General Gordon Bennett on the surrender of Singapore. ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. JAPANESE FIGURES ON JAVA LOSSES

    It is claimed by the Tokyo radio that the Japanese forces in Java captured 82,618 prisoners, including 66,209 Dutch, 10,636 British, 4890 ...

    Article : 78 words
  23. DARING RAID ON RABAUL

    A successful raid against shipping and aerodromes at Rabaul was carried out this afternoon, but full details are not yet available. ...

    Article : 108 words
  24. TYPHUS IN BERLIN

    The Tass agency in Moscow reports from Berne that 1,250 cases of typhus had occurred in Berlin during the past fortnight and the epidemic ...

    Article : 45 words
  25. FIGHTING IN BURMA

    According to the Berlin radio a message from Tokyo stated that Japanese forces had landed at Mindun, 45 miles north of Prome. ...

    Article : 100 words
  26. FIVE DEATHS IN FALSE ALARM

    Five persons died from heart attack and one person was seriously injured after a fall from a building during a black-out of 111 minutes ...

    Article : 48 words
  27. Only Summary Forwarded

    When asked to-day whether a copy of Lieut.[?]General Gordon Bennett's report on Malaya had been sent to the War Office in London, the ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. SOLDIERS RATIONS INCREASED

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A supplementary ration allowance of l[?]d per day will be paid to all Australian troops as from Sunday next[?] ...

    Article : 24 words
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