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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25068, 9 November 1942, Page 4

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RELIEF FOR RUSSIA AN EFFECTIVE SECOND FRONT CRec. 2 a,m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. The White House, in a further announcement dealing with the combined Allied force under American command, »ays that the. operation has been undertaken as part of the campaign started in Egypt, being designed to prevent the occupation by the Axis armies of any part of Northern or Western Africa, and deny the aggressor nations a starting point from which to launch an attack against the Atlantic coast of the Americas. Furthermore, it . provides effective . second-front assistance for heroic Russia. ALLIED NAVAL FORGE MOVE FROM SUEZ REPORTED (Rec. 1 aun.) • LONDON, Nov. 8. The Daily Express says that rumours are sweeping Rome that an AngloAmerican fleet consisting of more than 12 cruisers has traversed the Suez canal, and, accompanied by a large 1 force of destroyers, is steaming westward at high speed for the purpose of engaging the Italian Fleet. FIGHTING IN CAUCASUS RUSSIANS REINFORCED (Rec. 0.30 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 8. The Berlin News Agency has announced that strong Russian reinforcements have reached the various sectors of the Caucasus front. Several Red Army, divisions, supported by. tanks, ■re attacking in the Terek region, south of Nalchik. FURTHER NAVAL CLASHES JAPANESE EXPECTATIONS •(Rec. 0.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 6. The Berlin radio quoted an Asahi despatch which staled that, although the Japanese fleet had obtained brilliant successes in the Solomons, the surrounding waters will continue to be the scene of naval operations. The Americans will undoubtedly try again to force a favourable decision, concentrating all their available forces, it stated, because American public opinion is demanding such an effort.

The radio also quoted Admiral Hiraide as describing the Solomons as undoubtedly a Waterloo, ending with an overwhelming,' victory for the Japanese.