... SINGAPORE JAP. TANKS PRESSING ON SINGAPORE Enemy Claims Unconfirmed JAPANESE FORCES ON SINGAPORE ISLAND ARE USING LIGHT AND MEDIUM TANKS IN CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO BREAK BRITISH RESISTANCE ON A LINE RUN. KING ROUGHLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ...

... CHINESE AT SINGAPORE New Force Takes Up Battle • Stations SINGAPORE, Thur d of newly-trained Chinese soldiers drove through Singapore to-day on their way to take up battle stations Crowds of people watched them sing as they passed. Many hundreds have ...

... Singapore’s Ordeal Japanese heavy artillery, now in position on the coast of Johore, has begun a bombardment of the Island of Singapore, and aircraft continue to launch attacks, mainly at night. This may be the prelude to attempts to land forces by sea ...

... SINGAPORE PRISONERS Australian Commander Among Them have enough to eat and our daily needs are satisfied, but we should like a little more water,” Ueut.-General A. E. Percival. G.O.C Imperial Forces in Malaya, told the Singapore correspondent of the Japanese ...

... WAVELL IN SINGAPORE Broken Rib in Aeroplane Mishap WASHINGTON, Thursday—General Sir Archibald Wavell, Allied Commander-in-Chlef in the South-Western Pacific, was in Singapore during the last 36 hours of its existence as British possession. Mr. Stimson ...

... DISARM IN SINGAPORE OORREtrONDtNT With th» Japanese tomes In Singapore says;— “The diearming of the eopee troops—li,ooo gritiah, UPOO Auetraliane and UPOO Indiana—la proceeding rapidly.” The correspondent adds that Jap warships catered the naval base ...

... The Fall of Singapore The escape of the German warsh ( has been followed by the announci n',, of the fall of Slngaporj. and in t broadcast to-night the Prime Mini emphasised the gravity of the situ;i. lion, not only In the Far East i,,-. in other theatres ...

... returned to their base. Priday's raids on Singapore Island one Army 97 twin bomber and one single-engined bomber were destroyed in combat with our fighters WRENS LEAVE SINGAPORE. The 30 Wrens who were stationed at Singapore have been evacuated, it was learned ...

... SINGAPORE PRISONERS Question of Sending Parcels After Mr. Sandys, Financial Secretary War Office, had told the House of Commons yesterday that steps were being taken to secure the consent of the Japanese Government which was necessary before any parcels ...

... Isolation of Singapore If Palembung falls the island o Banka will almost inevitably con; wilhm the orbit the Japanese. Tt dplure of Bank:; would cut off tn outhern approach f pore, mid would the encircle be. complete The Anambas iflanrt Malaya—have been ...

... Defence of Singapore Lord Cranborne justified the decision defend Singapore emphasizing how the whole Japanese strategic plan would have been slowed down had the Island remained In British hands. The Channel escape of the German warships was neither a ...

... Channel Some M.P.s want an immediate discussion of this and also of Singapore. But I think Mr. Churchill will point to the unwisdom and comparative uselessness of discussing Singapore at this stage before the full facts are known and before judgment can ...