LONDON, February 8.--It is authoritatively stated in Cairo that the British armored column which cut off the Italian at from Benghazi has now reached the coast between South an important road and rail junction 60 miles south ...
Article : 1,207 wordsPatrol of Spahis, famous French Colonial cavalrymen drawn from Algiers and Tunisia gallop down (and dunes in the Egyptian desert. The American caption to this picture from Cairo reports theae Spahis among Free French troops fighting alongside the A.I.F. in Libya against Italy. Thousands more of them are in General Weygand's army in French North Africa. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 57 wordsSYDNEY, Monday Morning.--H.M.A.S. Sydney, the victor of the only straight-out cruiser duel to date in the present war, anchored in Sydney Harbor early to-day. In ...
Article : 1,788 wordsL O N D O N, February 9.-- Heavy and light units of the British fleet bombarded Genoa early this morning, according to a statement issued ...
Article : 71 wordsVICHY, February 8.--Marshal Petain announced that M. Laval had refused to become Minister of State. Marshal Petaln's ...
Article : 513 wordsLONDON, February 8. -- The Athens radio reveals that heavy Italian losses were inflicted when Blackshirts attempted to ...
Article : 489 wordsWASHINGTON, February 8.--The House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate the Aid to Britain Bill by 260 to 165, substantially in accord with the Administration's wishes. Before the final vote the House rejected ...
Article : 447 wordsLONDON, February 8.--The Air Ministry hews bulletin, giving an amplified account of last night's successful raids on invasion ports, ...
Article : 487 wordsA BIG program of welcome has been arranged by the city. A march of officers and men will take place on Tuesday. ...
Article : 61 wordsWASHINGTON, February 8.--It is authoritatively announced that preliminary discussions have been held between the British Embassy ...
Article : 277 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday. -- Three young men were severely slashed with a razor or other sharp weapon of gang warfare in a fierce ...
Article : 306 words[?] February 8.--Admiral [?] Osum[?] a member of the War[?] and a former Minister for [?], is believed to have been ...
Article : 102 wordsNAIROBI, February 9. -- South African troops captured Hobok fort, 15 miles north-west of Gora[?]. The garrison consisted of 1100 men but the ...
Article : 102 wordsNEW YORK, February 8.--The Tokio correspondent of the 'New York Times' declares that the major trend of Japanese Press ...
Article : 278 wordsLONDON, February 8. -- Italian prisoners at Derna included Americo Dumini, notorious for his part in the killing of Matteotti (prominent ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, February 8.--Anti-aircraft guns shot down a Messerschmitt 109 near Folkestone this afternoon after the plane carried out a low dive ...
Article : 106 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.--The future [?] petrol rationing scheme, and [?] the existing oil cartel [?] should be replaced by a ...
Article : 152 wordsCAIRNS, Sunday.--When a bird collided with a propeller of a training plane over North Cairns this morning the pilot, B. Thomas, had to ...
Article : 94 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Nancy Jean O'Donnell (18), married, of Cola[?], was shot dead in the bedroom of a house in Cola[?] last night. The dead ...
Article : 117 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. -- The fight against increased beer prices is till being waged on several fronts. Despite rising temperatures, beer strikers at ...
Article : 112 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.--Five thousand sheep marooned on an island in the flooded Bulloo River are being fed from a plane, piloted by Captain Moody, ...
Article : 81 wordsBATAVIA, February 8.--The Government is establishing an export licensing system designed to prevent goods reaching the enemy, directly or ...
Article : 54 wordsROME, February 8.--The Duke of Aosta flew from Addis Ababa to Asmara, visiting the northern frontand conferring with the military command. ...
Article : 27 wordsLONDON, February 8.--Lord Moyne succeeds Lord Lloyd as Secretary for the Colonies. ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Mon 10 Feb 1941, Page 5
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