War News in Brief
The Germans launched fresh air attacks on shipping off the east coast of Britain on Tuesday after similar attacks on Monday had met…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
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The War. R.a.f. Bomber Crashes
London: A Royal Air Force bomber crashed' into a mountain near Cushendall, in County Antrim. Ireland, the four occupants being killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War, Day by Day Sergeant-major General
Although a Major in the Army is two grades higher than a Lieutenant why is a Lieutenant General senior to a Major General?…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pay for Soldiers. N.Z. and Australia Lead the Way
The private soldier in the Australian Militia gets. £2/16/ a week while in camp. Later on his pay ia going to be standardised at a lower…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Ace
General Vuillemin, Commander-in-chief of the French Air Force, was a French ace in the lost war. His squadron was involved in 101 air fights in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War
German planes made fresh attacks on shipping off the east coast of Britain on Tuesday, after having had indifferent success in a series of…
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London: The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in the House of Commons, declared that a Minister for Coordination of the Economic War Effort…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pigeons As War Birds
Records of the lives saved by pigeons in the Great War are numerous, and well worth recording in the archives of history. They saved lives on land,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War, Day by Day
Royal Air Force fighter defence consists of Supermarine Spitfires, Hawker Hurricanes, and Gloster Gladiators…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War News Comments Sergeant Major General
Although a Major in the Army is two grades higher than a Lieutenant, why is a Lieutenant General senior to a Major-General in the days of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chamberlain Reviews War Effort London, January 31
The Prime Minister, Mr Chamberlain, in a speech to the National Defence of Public Interest Committee, at a luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Speech by Hitler "Bible-reading Chamberlain"
The speech which Herr Hitter delivered unexpectedly at the Sports. palast in Merlin on Tuesday, on the occasion of the anniversary of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News. Raws Oh British Coast Repeated. London
German bombers to-day followed up yesterday's attacks with wore large scale air raids on the British coast…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →St. George for Zeebrugge Most Daring Naval Exploit of the Great War
"Volunteers." are wanted for an undertaking of real danger," . . . These mysterious words went quietly round the British Navy in November…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Neutral Losses. War at Sea. Safety in Convoys. London, Jan. 30
During tho week-ended at mid-night on Sunday, 16 merchaut ships were. lost by enemy action. There comprised one British, two French and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Test of War. Strength of Nazi Germany. Mr. Churchill's Speech. London, Jan. 28
"I cannot rid my mind of the feeling that the Imperial Germany of 1814 was a stronger community than the Nazi Germany." declared the First…
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London: The Swedish steamer Andaluia, bound from Bordeaux to Gothenburg, is reported to have been sunk with the loss of 21 lives. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News in Brief
The proceedings of the meeting of the Balkan Entente at Belgrade have revealed a better understanding between the Entente and Bulgaria,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sweden and the War
Mr. Chester Wilmott has already given to Australian radio listeners several talks on social and economic life in Sweden, and has created a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Day by Day. Germany's Oil Problem
Even if Nazi Germany succeeded in transporting the whole of Rumania's oil output into her domestic reservoirs, it would be only a small…
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