IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES
1799.—Death of George 'Washington. 1835.—Bank of Australasia established. 1861.—Death of Prince Consort. 1878.—Death of Princess Alice, second daughter of Queen Victoria. 1895.—Birth of King George VI. 1911.—Captain Amundsen readied tins .South Pole. 1914.—Serbs retook Belgrade. 1914. Reinforcements left New Zealand.
1810.—British forces penetrated Libyan i.erritorv; Italian prisoners estimated at over 30,000.
1940.—Further Greek successes; fiercest fighting i:f war on northern front. 1940.—designation of Laval from Vichy Cjrovernuien t.
The King .is to broadcast on Christinas Day. Russians launch attack in Kiev salient, and the Situation in the " bulge " shows a. marked turning for lb? better. Steady advance on Kirovograd and pressure increased against Cherkasy. Eighth Army dominates heights ■ two miles from important port of Ortoiia, on Adriatic coast.
Bulgaria faces definite threat of civil war.
Peace or war struggle spreading to Rumania and Hungary. Sharp fighting in the Ramu Valley, behind M-adang, in. New Guinea, as A.I.F. presses on.
United Stales heavy bombers make an other daylight raid oil Western Germany.
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Evening Star, Issue 25047, 14 December 1943, Page 1
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165IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 25047, 14 December 1943, Page 1
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