The War Day by Day
WEDNESDAY March 6 .J: holding the advantage in the battle that was raging as a result of the Russian attempts, to gain several footholds of Viipuri Bay. '•. * • ...The sinking ~of Togimo south-west iOf # Cape Clear, Ireland, was the captain. The vessel;^as, shejled and the crew in a, disabled boat.- ''/4I ''■■■■ I' ~,, .1. # ' ' * ■''"' * ' " #* of the Royal Air Force in FrariCe warning to the men tliattbepreseiit situation was not expected'fo "continue indefinitely r arid ' there" were chances of a suddfen blow, as the weather had improved. . ".' : . March 7 The world's largest liner, the Queen Elizabeth, Successfully and secretly crossed—the Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage. :> «► ■•-'■#■.'' '••• • Fifteen laden with coal for Italy:were detained by Britain at a_ == contraband control base at Deal. . ...» Xv ; FRIDAY ' ; Match, : B—, ' «iM' ..'• Hr; The longest reconnaissance flight which the Royal Air Force has yet made, was carried out when British aeroplanes visited Western Poland. <:
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Waikato Independent, Volume XL, Issue 3678, 9 March 1940, Page 4
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