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Advertising : 6 wordsA huge new Allied minefield has been laid, cutting off from their souce of supplies the German forces already in Norway and isolating the German ships in Norwegian waters. The laying of the field, which extends from the Zuider Zee to ...
Article : 687 wordsAbove: H.M.S. Renown, and at left the German battleship Scharnhorst, the vessels which were engaged in the running fight described by Mr. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 37 wordsA state of alarm existed in Sweden throughout the night. A black-out was enforced at the town of Halmstad, where all military forces, police, firemen and ...
Article : 61 wordsIn preparation for a possible German offensive on the Western Front, all French army leave has been suspended and Belgium has followed suit. Military sources have noted the clearest German preparations ...
Article : 601 wordsThousands of Norwegians who were temporarily non-plussed after the first shock of the invasion are rallying to the colours. The increasing resistance is the ...
Article : 552 wordsThe big Swedish tanker Sveaborg, on her way home from the United States and laden with ...
Article : 45 wordsA good case might be made out for postponing the Parliamentary discussion of the naval operations, except for ...
Article : 177 wordsThe German Newsagency claims that British planes bombed a small railway station in northern Denmark, causing slight damage. ...
Article : 110 wordsSales of war saving certificates to April 11 had slightly exceeded £300,000, Mr. Spender, the Federal Treasurer, announced to-night. Excluding Easter ...
Article : 99 wordsBritish forces have landed to the south of Narvik, and are endeavouring to join the Norwegians, according to ...
Article : 123 words"If we lose the war in the air, then we shall lose the war," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), speaking ...
Article : 308 wordsWhen Nazi bombers raided the village of Nybergsund, King Haakon was forced to flee into the woods. Later, ...
Article : 146 wordsMr. Lloyd George yesterday celebrated the golden jubilee of his membership of the House of Commons. He heard Mr. Churchill from the ...
Article : 74 wordsA Leith trawler was bombed and machinegunned yesterday, but it replied with its guns and hit the Nazi 'plane several times. One of the ...
Article : 36 wordsThe subsidy to be paid by the Federal Government for the operation of civil air services will be considerably lower than was originally expected. ...
Article : 73 wordsIt is officially denied that German bound river boats were sunk in the Danube as was reported yesterday. ...
Article : 23 wordsSTOCKHOLM, April 11.—The Russians handed over Petsamo to Finland without incident and according to the peace treaty. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe German strategy appears to be to control the railways and roads to the interior, using small forces ...
Article : 196 wordsHONG KONG, April 12.—Britain has detained eleven Danish and Norwegian ships here. The navy is understood to be gathering forty others at present on ...
Article : 30 wordsRumania has banned the export of sunflower seeds, of which Germany had bought almost the entire crop. ...
Article : 22 wordsIn a review of the Empire air scheme to-night, Sir Donald Cameron, chairman of the R.A.A.F. recruiting drive committee, said that 13,234 applicants ...
Article : 138 words"The Times" naval correspondent suggests that it was the battle cruiser Gneisenau and not the cruiser Bluecher ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Air Ministry announces that R.A.F. bombers, flying in formation, twice attacked the German-occupied aerodrome at Stavanger last evening. In the first attack the machines, ...
Article : 296 wordsThe latest estimate of German losses after the invasion is three warships, one U-boat confirmed as sunk, and six others, all ...
Article : 46 wordsSignor Farinacci, a leading Fascist official, in an article in "Regime Fascista," says: "It would be absurd for Italy not to take a part in the ...
Article : 81 wordsMembers of the crew of H.M.S. Hardy are believed to have started a military expedition of their own near Narvik after the Hardy sank. ...
Article : 98 wordsThe German invasion of Denmark and Norway may result in an early reduction in the size of British newspapers and further rises in advertising ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Consul-General for Sweden in Sydney (Mr. C. O. De Dardel) said to-day that it was impossible to say whether Sweden would enter the war, ...
Article : 95 wordsLONDON, April 10.—It has been revealed that an Australian pilot commanded one of the bombers which [?]terminedly and successfully attacked ...
Article : 36 wordsThe German trawler Friesland has arrived at a Scottish port with a British prize crew aboard. It is understood that she is one of several ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Sat 13 Apr 1940, Page 1
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