The German threat that a further secret weapon will soon be employed against Britain may be associated with the discovery on Cherbourg ...
Article : 311 wordsWalking out into the rain, says William Stringer, Reuter's correspondent at Cherbourg, Ferdinand Zoppe, manager of the Hotel ...
Article : 308 wordsDespite strong German resistance Allied armies in Italy have made general advances on all fronts. Fifth Army troops, pressing on in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 272 wordsPosthumous award of the Victoria Cross has been made to RAF P[?] Off Cyril Joe Barton, of Surrey. As captain-pilot of a Halifax, h[?] ...
Article : 229 wordsFierce fighting marked the closing phase of the German resistance within Cherbourg. American and enemy troops were mixed up in a series of violent hand-to-hand battles. Buildings rocked to the explosions of ...
Article : 559 wordsFor three days I have been aboard this vessel, waiting for one signal, "Cherbourg has fallen." As soon as the news was flashed through we ...
Article : 312 wordsPilots of a New Zealand Mosquito squadron flew through a storm last night to attack German troop concentrations at road junctions south ...
Article : 185 wordsUS Marines on Saipan, in the Marianas, scaled Mt Topatchau on Saturday, states Pacific Fleet communique, and established positions near the ...
Article : 192 wordsAA gunners scored many successes against flying bombs over Southern England last night. They shot down numbers of the bombs as they ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Republican National Convention has opened here with the nomination of Mr Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York, as the Presidential ...
Article : 260 words"The fall of Cherbourg ends the second phase in the campaign of liberation. Allied forces in 20 days since the initial assault have ...
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Advertising : 19 wordsLord Harewood, husband of the Princess Royal, has been officially advised that his elder son, Lieut Viscount Lascelles, reported wounded ...
Article : 134 wordsIn Berlin they are calling Sunday, June 25, "Black Sunday of 1944." The reason: Cherbourg was falling and Vitebsk was falling. ...
Article : 262 wordsGen de Gaulle, speaking in the French Consultative Assembly, according to an Algiers message, said important negotiations were ...
Article : 39 words"I'M GLAD TO BE BACK IN AUSTRALIA," said Mr Curtin, Prime Minister, upon hit arrival in Brisbane from America on Monday. "I have seen many places and many people, but no people or any country better than my own." Here Mr Curtin (left) expresses his pleasure at being back as he looks from the ship approaching the wharf. With him are Sir Frederick Shedden, War Cabinet Secretary, and Mrs Curtin. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 77 wordsStorm clouds, which brought many hours of rain yesterday in the Dover Straits, have cleared away, and today broke fine and sunny with a light ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 28 Jun 1944, Page 16
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