IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1704. —Battle of Blenheim. 1314.—Cape Co.ony ceded to Britain. 1840.—French frigale li’Aube arrived at Alcaroa. 1910.—Death of Florence Nightingale. 1940.—'i'lhree Australian Federal Ministers, two Army officers, and five others killed in air crash near Canberra.
1940.—Seventy-eight German planes shot down by R.A.F. .
1942. —Sea and air battles as big convoy is escorted to Malta. 1943. Fall of Randozza.
World awaits Japanese Government’s decision in regard to Allied terms. Swiss Legation reports no communication yet received. ' * President Truman will probably broadcast, to the world immediately reply is received.
Plans well in hand for speedy oceupa tion of Japan. British and American fleets steaming in strength off Japan’s coast. South-east- Asia Command announces that, occupation of Dutch East Indies wil. be carried out by British. Russian forces driving swiftly on Harbin Reports that units iaiwled from Uhe sea have captured two ports in ' Northern Korea.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19450813.2.3
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 25561, 13 August 1945, Page 1
Word Count
147IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 25561, 13 August 1945, Page 1
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.