IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1315. —Napoleon landed at SI.. Helena. 1884. —Greenwich lime adopted as universal I)V Meridian Conference at Washington. 1887, —Mark)" crossed flic Channel from Dover lo Dunkirk in balloon, 1905.—Sir Henry Irving died. 1914.—Belgian Government established at Havre. 1916.—Germans and Austrians invaded. Rumania. 1940.—Second hatch of American destroyers arrived in Britain. Mr Churchill makes lighting speech at Edinburgh. Conflict on Stalingrad front still on reduced scale. Germans exerting heavy pressure in Caucasus. , Renewed activity over Malta. Fifteen enemy planes shot down. Australian troops now 12 miles from Kokoda. Japanese seaplane tender heavily damaged. Norwegian corvettes score successes against U-boats. Allies stage two big surprise air raids in Western Desert.
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Evening Star, Issue 24324, 13 October 1942, Page 1
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112IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24324, 13 October 1942, Page 1
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