... putting the main Singapore airfields out of action. It is not possible maintain lighter base under severe artillery fire, and three-quarters of the island's airfields arc within range. This means that the fighter defence of Singapore will have to conducted ...

... SINGAPORE From page one Probably nothing can prevent small parties sneaking across the Straits by night. It will be the Army's task to wipe them out when they land. The Japs can bring up guns, but the island already has big guns in position. Against attack ...

... SINGAPORE AERODROME JAPANESE parachutists claim to have occupied a big British aerodrome on the western side of Singapore island—Tenga airfield, fifteen miles north-west of Singapore city. It is also stated that the invaders have penetrated several miles ...

... SINGAPORE BATTLE (Continued from Page One.) Strong unila of the Japanese Air Force, which had complete supremacy, bombed Singapore in great waves. • Big formations made intensive raids on the city, while others attacked the railway station and the harbour ...

... RAGING IN SINGAPORE JAPAN CLAIMED LAST NIGHT THAT AFTER A TERRIFIC BATTLE JAPANESE TROOPS. WITH TANKS, HAD FORCED THEIR WAY INTO SINGAPORE CITY AND THAT FIERCE HAND-TOHAND FIGHTING WAS RAGING IN THE STREETS. The British communique, issued many hours later ...

... SALVAGE FOR SINGAPORE Sunbury Couhcil have issued the following appeal in connection with the salvage of waste paper:— *“ In the near future an awful lot of munitions of war will be used around Singapore. A small shell can account for a large number of ...

... Singapore The Times, as the News Chronicle has pointed out, performed a valuable service m publishing a frank anal”is by a Far Eastern correspondent of the causes of the complete military collapse at Singapore.. But some of the meat In this message ...

... Doing without SINGAPORE By A. B. Austin SINGAPORE is now little use as a naval base. Whether it becomes a greater and more glorious Tobruk. or whether it falls, the Allies have to plan the Far East war for many a month ahead as Singapore did not exist ...

... BRITISH GUARD IN SINGAPORE J APANESE warships yesterday entered the Singapore naval base at Seletar, according to reports from Tokyo. The island and port are to be given the Japanese name of Shonan, which means Light of the south. British. Australian ...

... SINGAPORE, ISLAND OF NO DESPAIR fnm Spaial Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. POWERFI LLY reinforced artillery and planes, the Japanese pressed forward in the centre of Singaparr bland to-day to reach Ang Mo Kio vilk, only two miles north of the city. fighting ...

... HOME FROM SINGAPORE LARGE number of wives and families of members the British forces at Singapore and other parts of Malaya arrived In England last night. They spent, works soa. (or the journey had to he made by a roundabout route. Hundreds of other women ...

... SINGAPORE BATTLE |ance centring on the reservoir in [the centre ot the island. Japanese troops yesterday penetrated deep into the enemy positions from the direction of Bukit Timah (six miles north-west of Singapore city), securing complete mastery over ...