IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1870. —University of Otago opened. 1891. Death of'Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Nationalist. 1892. Death c-f Lord Tennyson. Groat battle raging on Perekop Isthmus. Germans driven back 20 miles and still retreating. Russians estimate German losses at 3,000,000 for whole campaign. All Nazi attacks on Leningrad defeated. Negotiations continuing for exchange of British and German wounded prisoners. Allied forces in Middle East now cne of the strongest and best equipped armies the world has ever seen. Field-Marshal Smuts says America must enter war to keep it from being prolonged. United States naval units searching for raider off South American coast. Australia’s Labour Government pledges maximum war effort.
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Evening Star, Issue 24008, 6 October 1941, Page 1
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110IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24008, 6 October 1941, Page 1
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