IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 24330, 20 October 1942, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1805.—Defeat of Austrian army and surrender of Ulm to the French. 1827.—Battle of Novarino; Turko-Egyp-tian fleet destroyed by Allied fleets. 1842.—Death of Grace Darling, heroine of Ingstone lighthouse; aged 25. . 1886. —Bartholdi Statue of Liberty set up in New York Harbour. 1894.—Death of James A. Froude, historian. 1914. —First Battle of Ypres began. 1915. —Sir lan Hamilton took command at Gallipoli; Major-general Monro sent to report on situation. 1918. —Belgian coast clear of Germans. 1940.—Berlin heavily raided ; industrial centres in northern Italy also successfully attacked. 1940. —Rumania under complete Nazi domination. 1941. —Nazi commander at Nantes shot dead; series of savage reprisals culminating in mass executions of hostages. 1941.—Graham, West Coast killer, shot and captured by police. Three Japanese cruisers believed hit by Allied planes in Solomons battle. Australian troops in New Guinea continue to advance despite Japanese counterattacks. Germans throwing more and more troops into "Stalingrad assault. Another,, block in factory area captured. Enemy bombers attack Thames Estuary town. Axis flank and rear in North Africa now exposed lo attack. Goebbcls not so boastful in his latest broadcast to Gorman people. Signs of increasing unrest in Rumania,