IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1547.-Bailie of Fmkie. 1774.—Norfolk Inland discovered by Captain Cook. 1842. —Governor Hobson dic’d. 1864.—Maori prisoners escaped troui Kawau. 1872.—RanjiLsinhji born. 1887.—Gunboat Wasp left Singapore and. with crew, never beard of again. 1893.—'Empress of Austria assassinated at. Geneva. 1914.—Rout of Austrian army in Galicia; 250,000 killed and wounded, 100,000 prisoners 400 guns captured. 1930.—Canada declared war on Germany. 1940. —German armament industries in Rhineland badly damaged by British bombers. 1941. —Heaviest air raid of war on Turin. German pressure on Stalingrad still greatest from the west. In the south enemy making some progress to Black Sea and the Caspian. In, Middle East air offensive against Axis supply lines continued with success. War costing Britain £12,250,000 a day. •Japanese in New Guinea only a few miles from vital gap in Owen Stanley range. Minor di>l urbanccs commuv in various centres in India. Frankfurt heavily bombed by B.A.F. Former American 24,000-ton liner ManSiaUan damaged by tire in mid-Atlanlie.
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Evening Star, Issue 24296, 10 September 1942, Page 1
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159IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24296, 10 September 1942, Page 1
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