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OUR READERS' VIEWS SINGAPORE!

... OUR READERS' VIEWS SINGAPORE! bingapore, a British possession since 1824, has fallen to Japan. Churchill hag made another speech to the nation. The people are angry. Our backs are to the wulls. General Wavell has a tremendous task to accomplish lu the ...

Published: Friday 27 February 1942
Newspaper: Holloway Press
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 272 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

RAPID SURVEY OF THE Singapore ANCLOU.S. COMMANDS KNIFED

... RAPID SURVEY OF THE Singapore ANCLOU.S. COMMANDS KNIFED BRITAIN and the United States have set up a new combined Chiefs of Staffs group to co-ordinate the war effort. This step, forecast by Mr. Churchill in his recent speech, was announced by the United ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 160 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Singapore `Final Attach': Fighting in city Streets

... them ? THERE was grave news from Singapore last night. The vital sentence of the British official communique stated Our troops are disputing every attempt of the enemy to advance further towards the heart of Singapore City. This is the first British ...

Published: Sunday 15 February 1942
Newspaper: Sunday Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 240 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SINGAPORE GUNS POUND JAPANESE LINES From REUTERS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE, Friday. HEAVY fighting continues west ..

... SINGAPORE GUNS POUND JAPANESE LINES From REUTERS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE, Friday. HEAVY fighting continues west of Singapore City, along a line running from the Pierce reservoir to Bukit Timah and Jurong and ending at Pasir Paniang, on the south coast ...

Published: Saturday 14 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 50 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FROM SINGAPORE and Other War Fronts

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 416 | Page: 23 | Tags: Photographs 

STILL FIGHTING AT SINGAPORE —Tokio Report

... STILL FIGHTING AT SINGAPORE —Tokio Report New York, Tuesday.—A Tokio broadcast beard here today revealed that armed opposition to the Japanese* is still being made in Singapore Island. The radio reported that Japanese forces were mopping up enemy remnants ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 79 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GET CLOSER SINGAPORE Japs have sea Commandos 4(

... GET CLOSER SINGAPORE Japs have sea Commandos Japan has Commandos, too, says Tokio. Drawn from the Samurai; an aristocrastic military class, they are expert swimmers and helped in the capture of Hong gong by clearing the minefields. A good Samurai swimmer ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 94 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CRANBORNE SAYS SINGAPORE SURRENDER IS A PUZZLE

... Dealing with Singapore he asked: Why did we lose the island fortress? It was difficult to account for it, he said. The whole garrison was captured and it was not possible for those in command to communicate with the Government. If Singapore was indefensible ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 963 | Page: 3 | Tags: none