IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1853.—First meeting of Nelson Provincial Council. 1857.—Great Eastern launched. 1871.—Stanley and Livingstone at Ujiji. 1892.—Great strike of cotton operatives >n Lancashire; 45,000 stopped work. 1916.—Italian victory on the Carso; 9,000 prisoners taken. 1918.—Austria surrendered. .I.933.—Reserve Bank Bill passed. 1940.—Counter-offensive against Italians takes Greeks deep into Albania; Italians retreat in disorder. 1941.—Japan begins to use more truculent tone to U.S.A. 1942.—Allied forces took Kokoda, New Guinea. Commandos on Walcheran (Island reinforced by British infantry. Fighting in progress for possession of northern part of Flushing. Number of big German coastal batteries overrun. Little change reported in Maas River sector. American First Army in new drive takes small town 14 miles south-east of Aachen. Russians report more gains in Hungary. Germans leaving trail of devastation as they withdraw from Greece. Violent thunderstorm breaks as Eighth Army launches new attack in Italy.
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Evening Star, Issue 25323, 3 November 1944, Page 1
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142IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 25323, 3 November 1944, Page 1
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