IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1692.—Massacre of Glencoe. 1869.—Treacherous murder of Ren John Whiteley and seven other Europeans at White Cliffs, Taranaki. 1874.— Arrival at Port Chalmers of Mongol, first direct steamship from Great Britain. 1883.—Wagner died. 1915.—Anglo-French advance at Givenchy. Arrival of Australian and New Zealand troops in Egypt. Crack German corps replaced os Aachen front by third-class troops Finns still hold Mannerheim Lina, Russia throwing in full strength. Polish prisoners kept in sealed truck* by Nazis. Over 200 dead. Russia and Germany agree on closer military and economic co-operation. The French use loudspeakers o* western front to tell German soldier* the true state of affairs. Demonstrations by Irish Republican* in Belfast suppressed by police. Canada mourns death of her Gover-nor-General, Lord Tweedsmuir.
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Evening Star, Issue 23499, 13 February 1940, Page 2
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123IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23499, 13 February 1940, Page 2
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