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SINGAPORE STILL FIGHTING BACK

... SINGAPORE STILL FIGHTING BACK offensive LAST NIGHT AMID Japanese hints of another Dunkirk, the defenders of Singapore, subjected without respite to fierce attacks and assailed by heavy tank and Infantry forces, are still barring the way to the enemy's ...

TENSE THE HOURS FOR SINGAPORE GARRISON

... aircraft are operating off Timor with Port Darwin objective. Continued Raids on Singapore The communique issued from Singapore yesterday said: There little report from Singapore to-day. Our artlUery continues to engage enemy movements In the Bahru area. There ...

JAPANESE PREPARE FOR ASSAULT ON SINGAPORE

... JAPANESE PREPARE FOR ASSAULT ON SINGAPORE Our Air Scouts Report Mass Troop Moves PHILIPPINES INVADERS ROUTED AGAIN Japanese troops are moving Southwards in the Johore Bahru area, opposite Singapore Island, where the Imperial defenders are concentrated ...

Singapore Artillery Duel Is Intensified:

... Singapore Artillery Duel Is Intensified: More R ai d s By jap THE artillery curtain-raiser of the siege of Singapore continues, and shelling across the narrow Johore Strait has been intensified during the past 24 hours, there are no signs of .a Japanese ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 696 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LAST AWAY FROM SINGAPORE

... LAST AWAY FROM SINGAPORE Batavia, _Monday. _ The pilots ot three Hurricanes, who took off amid shots from Japanese troops who had invaded their aerodrome, were the last of the Allied forces to escape from Singapore before its fall. The thrilling story ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 145 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GUNS OF SINGAPORE HARASS THE ENEMY

... GUNS OF SINGAPORE HARASS THE ENEMY The King's Message to Besieged Troops AMERICAN FLEET GOES INTO ACTION Large-Scale Raid on Japanese Bases The artillery of Singapore Island is carrying out harassing fire against Japanese communications on the mainland ...

4,500 BRITISH WOUNDED IN SINGAPORE

... BRITISH WOUNDED IN SINGAPORE Tokio. Tuesday. According to an . TiKiai Japanese News Agency telegram from Singapore. 4.600 wounded British troopsl are being cared for in the Cathy! Hotel. British residents who failed to evacuate Singapore, include 1.190 men ...

Published: Tuesday 24 February 1942
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SINGAPORE'S WATCH FOR FRESH INVADERS

... a TOKYO, Monday Japanese troops in Singapore Liana ha.c reached point within uoout leu milts Singapore City, says Lout despatch received the Dome! New * Agency. Hiti aerodrome, some 15 miles North West of Singapore city, 1 30 ...

FIERCER GUN DUEL AT SINGAPORE

... FIERCER GUN DUEL AT SINGAPORE Japanese Occupy Island in Strait NAVAL BASE PARTIALLY EVACUATED More Enemy Air Attacks on Dutch East Indies Japanese bombing and shelling of Singapore Island was resumed on an increased scale yesterday, chiefly against our ...

SINGAPORE GUNS POUND AT JAPS :

... SINGAPORE GUNS POUND AT JAPS : BRITISH batter es on Saturday I night roared the first salvoes; in the siege of Singapore. al message revealed yesterday. In the tropical night our guns poured • harassing fire across the Strait I of Johore against comm ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1942
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

RENEWED AIR ATTACKS ON SINGAPORE

... RENEWED AIR ATTACKS ON SINGAPORE A big Japanese offensive against Upper Burma with a view to cutting Rangoon's link with the Burma Road is expected, and Chinese military spokesman in Chungking states that with this object in view enemy troops are already ...