... BEGIN SIEGE OF SINGAPORE Singapore, Saturday. The siege of Singapore has begun, tonight BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN AND INDIAN TROOPS, SUCCESSFULLY WITHDRAWN FROM THE MALAYAN MAINLAND, STAND READY ON THE ISLAND TO DEFY THE JAPANESE ONSLAUGHT. Their grim determination ...

... SINGAPORE A BLAZING HELL Britons In U.S. May Be Conscripted ALL male British subjects in America between eighteen and sixty-flve are required to register under the U.S. Conscription laws. The Japs say they lost two et * ,ee ? twon , ty and for,y-hters ...

... SINGAPORE SEIZES ENEMY SWIMMERS CAPTURE of two Japanese swimmers in the Strait of Johore gave advance warning Singapore yesterday one of the enemy's plans for attacking the island. \pparently the Japs hoped to cat the methods employed Hong Kong when specially ...

... NAVY HELPS Japs Warned: Today's Singapore communique states that the withdrawal of our troops to the island on Friday night was assisted by the Navy and the RAF An orderly withdrawal is always a difficult operation, but this one was a complete success ...

... Pacific War Council. For a long time to come the holding of Singapore and Malaya generally will still remain a Jap liability rather than an asset —at least until they can consolidate their gains Singapore may not prove of any greater value to Japan than the ...

... Page One Singapore: We Shall Hold The Fortress The Island has two other [soon further British relnforcesources of water which will|ments can arrive, serve the besieged garrison for One recent convoy which a considerable time. reached Singapore with planes ...

... left in Allied hands. matra. ist. It “Dunkirk” Epic Of Singapore Bombs Rain On Mercy Ships Batavia, Saturday. Terrific risks are being: run by ships evacuating: the last of the refugees from Singapore to Java and Sumatra. Bombs rain down from enemy planes ...

... Lint isit Brigade and tl . llth Australian Division a; ...

... She is a barrister. They were In Singapore for about eight months and were the first to receive news of the loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse. Some of the girls are under 21. They were reluctant go to Singapore because they thought they would miss ...

... the toughest Jap hordes to a standstill, has diverted very strong forces, planes and ships originallv marked to finish the Singapore job Now Tokyo will not only have mount an entirely new offensive In both places, but have to carry men and metal from Japan ...

... Balance Sheet IT is not difficult now to understand Tokyo's renewed warning to the country not to expect too much from a Singapore victory. I am told that as events arc now shaping Japan may find herself in much the same position as Hitler is now after ...

... unable to turn the tables on Stalin. Japan can hardly do either, and the recent Tokyo broadcast warning the Jap people that Singapore could not be taken except by the heaviest fighting, and then not for a long time, was not surprising. With Allied reinforcements ...