IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1321.—Dante died. 1737. —Haydn born, 1805.—Nelson left England for th« last time. 1812. —Burning of Moscow corn* menced. . —• 1852—Death of the Duke,of Wellington. , ‘ . 1854.—Allied troops landed at Crimea* 1857.—Storming of Delhi. 1882.—Egyptian War; Cairo occupied by British troops. . 1901.—President M'Kinley died from effects of wounds received eight days earlier. 1922.—Turkish troops, after capturing Smyrna, from Greeks, destroy city; by fir© and slaughter non-Moslem inhabitants. Poles holding up German advances on Warsaw. ~ ~'* Rain falls and makes roads impassable for tanks and air bombing, _ Germans announce their intention t» bomb open towns. . Fear of assassination makes Hitler give up brown uniform for officer'! tunic of field grey. Great artillery duel in progress on western front. French threaten Saarbrucken. _ . • Independent Czech army being formed in France. Estimated that 50,000 can be raised. _ t Japan again declares her intention ot remaining neutral.
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Evening Star, Issue 23371, 14 September 1939, Page 2
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142IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23371, 14 September 1939, Page 2
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