Bandoeng, March 3.—A communique issued by headquarters states:—"In none of the three regions of Java where the enemy landed troops during the night of Saturday and Sunday has he succeeded in advancing after the infiltrations which were carried out during the ...
Article : 383 wordsRangoon, March 3.—An army communique states:—"There were skirmishes at Waw, 15 miles north-west of Pegu, on the Sittang front. ...
Article : 286 wordsBandoeng, March 3—The unified command's departure was announced in the Java press on Friday, but, out of concern for the staff's safety, we ...
Article : 705 wordsWashington, March 3.—A successful engagement in which United States warships and aircraft, for the loss of two planes, shot down 16 Japanese ...
Article : 154 wordsCairo, March 3.—The first party from a desert patrol, which set out on December 25, returned to the forward area on January 10 and reported the ...
Article : 128 wordsLondon, March 4.—It is stated authoritatively that the R.A.F. on Tuesday night bombed the Renault works at Billancourt, France, known ...
Article : 89 wordsLondon, March 4.—The Vichy radio says that the R.A.F. last night bombed aerodromes and factories on the western outskirts of Paris. ...
Article : 327 wordsCairo, March 3.—An R.A.F. communique states:—"There was increased enemy activity on Monday in the forward areas. Our fighters carried out ...
Article : 128 wordsLondon, March 3.—The New York correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that General MacArthur is likely to become General Wavell's successor ...
Article : 69 wordsLondon, March 3.—The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare, Mr. Dingle Foot, in the House of Commons, said Britain ...
Article : 103 wordsLondon, March 3.—Major Lloyd George, introducing the Ministry of Food estimates in the House of Commons, said that the loss of food as a ...
Article : 613 wordsLondon, March 3.—Dutch circles in London state that the Dutch Indies regular army totals 50,000 men, 20,000 of whom are Dutchmen. There are ...
Article : 133 wordsBandoeng, March 4.—It is authoritatively stated that the main destructions in Java had now taken place, but it is emphasised that no food stocks ...
Article : 300 wordsLondon, March 3.—A Rome communique states:—"There was normal advanced patrol activity on both sides in Cyrenaica. ...
Article : 112 wordsLondon, March 3.—The Rome radio states that a long personal message, signed "Stalin," arrived for the Pope a few days ago. Vatican quarters are ...
Article : 35 wordsCairo, March 4.—Night fighters shot down two Heinkels in the raid on the Suez Canal area. ...
Article : 31 wordsLondon, March 3.—The Dutch Minister for Colonies, M. Peekema, said to-day that in addition to aeroplanes, it was absolutely essential for Java's ...
Article : 206 wordsVichy, March 4.—The latest estimate is that more than 600 were killed in the R.A.F. raid on Paris last night. ...
Article : 28 wordsLondon, March 3.—It is reported from Vichy that the French merchantman, P.L.M. 20, carrying phosphates, was torpedoed by a submarine "which ...
Article : 49 wordsLondon, March 3.—From Paris the German military authorities have announced that 20 Communists and Jews will be shot as reprisals for the ...
Article : 78 wordsLondon, March 4—It is authoritatively stated that the raid against Paris was highly successful. A large part of the works are on an island in the ...
Article : 113 wordsLondon, March 4.—The Moscow radio says that a state of siege has been declared in Amsterdam, following a series of anti-German demonstrations. Many ...
Article : 39 wordsLondon, March 3.—The "Daily Mail" reports that a London boy, aged 15, who stole from a Home Guard a tommy-gun and 100 rounds of ...
Article : 197 wordsLondon, March 4.—It is learned authoritatively that large numbers of aircraft have been sent to the Far East and that reinforcements ...
Article : 36 wordsLondon, March 3.—The "Nineteenth Century" in a leading article strongly criticises the Government and demands that General Wavell be given a ...
Article : 265 wordsLondon, March 4.—The pounding of the war factories in the Paris area may mean that Britain's bombing policy has changed. Sir Stafford Cripps hinted ...
Article : 72 wordsLondon, March 3.—The Delhi radio states that General Sir Archibald Wavell is already in India. He has not yet taken over from General Hartrey. ...
Article : 28 wordsBandoeng, March 4.—The only reports to-day's communique contains about the fighting in Java's invasion areas is that Netherlands East Indies ...
Article : 275 wordsLondon, March 3.—The Paris radio quotes a Tokio report that the defenders of Java have made contact with the bulk of the Japanese forces. ...
Article : 124 wordsBandoeng, March 3.—All the leading Netherlands East Indies papers have commented editorially on the departure of General Wavell. The papers ...
Article : 308 wordsLondon, March 3.—The R.A.F. is believed to have heavily attacked the invasion coast of France, concentrating on the Calais area, to-night. A large ...
Article : 58 wordsLondon, March 3.—It is authoritatively stated that Britain intends to resume the bombing offensive against Germany on the largest possible scale ...
Article : 49 wordsSydney, March 4.—A radio offensive by Australia against Japan was urged to-day in an address to the Millions Club by Dr. Lloyd R. Coleman ...
Article : 298 wordsLondon, March 3.—Members of the House of Commons following Major Lloyd George, joined in a chorus of denunciation against black marketers ...
Article : 121 wordsLondon, March 3.—Queen Wilhelmina, broadcasting to Holland, said:—"We all pay homage to the brilliant feats of our navy in the Dutch East ...
Article : 64 wordsLondon, March 4.—It is authoritatively stated that the R.A.F. severely damaged coal mines and factories in Belgium and Northern France, which ...
Article : 64 wordsLondon, March 3.—The Paris radio reports that the Vatican buildings were beflagged on Monday for the Pope's birthday, also the anniversary of his ...
Article : 37 wordsCape Town, March 3.—Field-Marshal Smuts, in a speech in the Assembly, said that the Japanese drive westwards does not make it necessary to bring ...
Article : 134 wordsBandoeng, March 3.—Unofficial Dutch sources reported that the Japanese had succeeded in establishing emergency bases in Java which Allied ...
Article : 44 wordsBandoeng, March 3.—Everyday life is going on in a small hamlet less than 30 miles behind the West Java front. Women walk with prams and children ...
Article : 125 wordsLondon, March 3.—Sir Thomas Barlow, director-general of civilian clothing, has announced that buttons are disappearing from men's sleeves and ...
Article : 114 wordsLondon, March 3.—The evening newspapers report that amendments to the defence regulations provide for 10 years or more imprisonment, also ...
Article : 34 wordsLondon, March 4.—The Tokio radio states that Japanese bombers attacked Bandoeng at 7.50 last evening. (By special arrangement, Reuter's world ...
Article : 55 wordsLondon, March 3.—Major-General H. D. W. Sitwell commands the British forces in Java which, it is authoritatively stated are not large. ...
Article : 59 wordsExcept where otherwise designated, the overseas intelligence published in the "Kalgoorlie Miner" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press from its ...
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