AWAITING ORDERS.
BRITISH FLEET TO SAIL FOR SINGAPORE. l(Rec. 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 23. Major units of the British East Indies Fleet are awaiting orders to steam down Malacca Strait to occupy .toe great naval base of Singapore, besides various points on the Malay Peninsula and other Thpanese-held territory, reports Reuter’s Colombo correspondent. , . Before the British Fleet can safely negotiate Malacca Strait, minesweepers will clear a 700-mile-long channel leading to Singapore.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 269, 24 August 1945, Page 3
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