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... WIFE OF THE DEFENDER OF SINGAPORE. MRS. PERCIVAL is the wife of Li exit. -General Arthur Ernest Percival, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C., who defended Singapore against the Japanese hordes until lack of water, food and supplies forced him to surrender. She ...
... FROM SINGAPORE and Other War Fronts THREE INDOMITABLE INDIAN SOLDIERS IN MALAYA Three Indians, dressed in civilian clothes, have been escorted to the Intelligence officer of a British unit in Malaya (on left). After inter rogation, he discovered that ...
... in the defence of Singapore Island They have been recruited from the Island's native population CHINESE SOLDIERS ON THEIR WAY TO MALAYA A picture taken at a railway station in China, showing troops entraining for Malaya and Singapore. These troops on landing ...
... The Defence of Singapore Island Which Began on the Night of Friday, January 30, 1942 After fifty-five days of delaying actions fought through jungle, rubber plantations, rice fields, and swamps, British and imperial forces retired across the Johore Strait ...
... evacuation ships were hourly leaving I Singapore with civilians and women and I children these were continuously I attacked by aircraft and by enemy naval units THE LANDINGS ON THE NORTH-WESTERN SHORES OF SINGAPORE ISLAND lap troops, with flame-throwers ...
... arrived en route to Singapore. Local residents provided the newcomers with refreshments, before them selves being compelled to evacuate their homes before the advancing |apanese AT IPOH STATION A British woman, en route for Singapore, with her baby and ...
... fall of Singapore he made one of the finest broadcasts to the British people, equalling in sincerity and belief some of the Prime Minister's best radio addresses. His under lying theme was faith in the future. He likened the surrender of Singapore to the ...
... South Wales TDalembang is one of the great oilfields of the world its annual output of oil ran into millions of tons. When Singapore fell, invasion forces were immediately made ready to carry Japanese plans in the Dutch East Indies a stage further. Heavy ...
... Pearl Har bour. But Singapore will not help the British cause in the United States. There are strong forces working under cover in America to undermine British prestige, and the opportunity offered by Singapore will not be lost. Singapore will be linked to ...
... tropical town has now become an air, naval and military base of considerable value to the Empire, especially since the fall of Singapore. At Darwin are stationed A.I.F. troops, as well as air and naval establishments and strong garrisons of permanent and home- ...
... importance in the Pacific strategy. According to a special correspondent of The Times now in that town, it takes its place with Singapore and Pearl Harbour, not for the refitting of ships it has no docks but for its fuel oil installation. Because of this oil ...
... Welfare ncerning French prisoners of war. These three CHINESE GIRLS arc serving drinks from a mobile canteen given by a Singapore civilian for the benefit of the Civil Defence Services. The organisation of relief for the air-raid victims of Malaya has ...