IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1717. —Horace Walpole born. 1800.—Malta captured by the British. 1858. —Turkey declared war on Russia. 1866.—Maungatapu murderers executed. 1891.—Great fire in Tooley steet, London; several wharves and warehouses destroyed. 1922, -Angora Assembly agrees to meet Allies in conference at Mudania.
—October 6. 1870.- Otago University opened. 1891. —Death of Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Nationalist 1892. —Lord Tennyson, poet laureate, died.
Dictators meet at Brenner Pass. Invasion of Britain reported abandoned. Speculation on Middle East campaign by Germany. Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arrp have destroyed seven U-boats and two Italian submarines in recent weeks.
Australians complete their training in Egypt, and move to forward positions. Free French movement spreading at Dakar. Authorities take suppression measures.
Spain expected to declare role in war at week-end.
German guns on French coast shell British convoy. No damage done. Evidence that Germany is feeling severity of R.A.F. offensive gathered from Nazi broadcasts.
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Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 1
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152IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 1
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