IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 24284, 27 August 1942, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1668.—Manhattan captured by British from Dutch and named New York. 1813.—Napoleon defeated at Dresden. 1816.—Bombardment of Algiers. 1842.—The Waterloo, with convicts for Van Dieman’s Land, wrecked in Algoa Bay; 200 drowned. . 1858.—First steamer (the Queen) arrived at Dunedin. 1867.—Bombardment of Zanzibar. 1869. —Boat race between Oxford and Harvard; Oxford won. 1870. Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Wellington. 1875.—Suspension of the Bank of California, and financial crisis in San Francisco. 1879.—Death of Sir Rowland Hill, originator of penny post. 1890.—Maritime, strike commenced. 1904.—Dean Hole died. 1918. Hindenburg line broken in great Allied drive. 1928.—Remmeial ion of War Pact signed at Paris iiy 15 nations. 1940. —Industrial targets in Northern lla'.v attacked by R.A.F. 1910.—Sporadic night and day raids on England; 24 Nazi planes shot down. 1940.—American airmen leave to join up with R.A.F 1940. Evacuee ship with 320 children on board torpedoed on voyage to Canada; children landed safety at. Scottish port. 1941. Pierre Laval and Marcel peat seriously wounded by would-be assassin. Gormans converging oil Stalingrad from llvce directions. City on a war fooling and preparing for a siege Russians counter-attack on Moscow tront. Enemy driven back from 25 to 50 miles along a 90-milo line. Solomons action officially described as encodraging, _ Japanese attack on Guadalcanar repulsed with heavy losses. Signs of a livening up in Egyptian fighting. . ~ New Zealanders slage surprise raid on Italians. . . One survivor from a;r crash m which Duke of Kent was killed.