IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 24333, 23 October 1942, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1642.—Battle of Edgohill. 1707.—First Union Parliament of Great Britain met. 1871.—Cloth first made at Mosgiel. 1874.—Cyclone in Bay of Bengal; 2,000 Jives lost at Midnaporo. 1899.—Evacuation of Dundee and retirement of General Yule’s forces on Ladysmith. 1901.—General Sir Redvers Buller, Y.C., relieved of Aldenshot command for injudicious speech. 1915. —British submarine sank German cruiser off Libau. 1917. —lmportant French advance north of the Aisne. 1918. —Further Note from Germany to President Wilson asking for armistice. 1940.—Hitlcn seeks new allies; strong Nazi efforts to involve France and Spain in war against Britain. 1940. —Article by Stalin ,on ‘ Coming Revolution in Germany ’ arouses Nazi wrath. 1940.—London’s two hundred and fiftieth raid. 1940. —R.A.P. sinks two enemy, supply ships. German attacks on Stalingrad slowed down, bad weather taking a hand. Rain about Stalingrad and snow and sleet on the steppes have turned roads Into mud and slush. Timoshenko’s relief drive from the north-west making some progress towards beleaguered city. Minor Japanese thrusts against American forces on Guadalcanal repulsed. Australians making progress against stiff Japanese resistance m New Guinea. Darlan r>nvos at Dakar, and calls on population to meet threat to French Empire. Allied air offensive continues in Egypt; Axis transport harried. King of Italy seriously ill.