IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1485.—Richard 111. killed. 1874. —Imprisonment for* Debt Abolition Act passed. 1878.—Independence of Serbia proclaimed. 1903,—Death of Lord Salisbury.
1919.—-National Government in Now Zealand dissolved. 1940.—German long-range guns shelled Dover coast; British units retaliated. —August 23. 1667.—R0yal Exchange, London, founded. 1822—Death of Sir William Horshel, astronomer. 1839.—Hongkong taken by Captain Elliott. 1870.—Metz completely isolated by the Prussians. 1875.—Matthew Webb swam the English Channel. 1892.—Death of General Dcodoro de Forseco, founder of the Republic of Brazil. 1914.—Japan declared war on Germany. 1922.—Michael Collins, Irish Free' State leader, shot by Irish revolutionaries. 1940. R A.F. bombers sank two Italian submarines, depot ship, and destroyer oft Libyan coast. Ferocious battles raging for Don crossings. Axis threat to Stalingrad growing more critical every hour. .... Russian planes bomb military objectives in Warsaw, East Prussia, and Upper Silesia. U.S. Flying Fortresses shoot down six enemy fighters over North Sea. Chinese report further successes against invaders in Chekiang. American forces in Solomons striking out beyond the places they already occupy. Navy’s part in Dieppe raid described. Mr Wendell Willkie starting soon on tour of Middle East and Russia.
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Evening Star, Issue 24280, 22 August 1942, Page 1
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184IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24280, 22 August 1942, Page 1
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