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... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 24 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 213 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HOME FROM SINGAPORE

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 24 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 103 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

STILL FIGHTING IN SINGAPORE

... STILL FIGHTING IN SINGAPORE COME British troops ore still lighting Singapore, according to a Tokyo broadcast heard New York last night. The radio reported that Japanese forces were mopping up enemy remnants Singapore Island, Capture COO British ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 57 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SINGAPORE MEN FIGHTING

... SINGAPORE MEN FIGHTING Evidence that some British defenders of Singapore are still holding out is given in a Domei Agency dispatch, which claims the capture of 600 British troops yesterday on Tekor island. Remnants of the enemy at Pengerang, in the ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 165 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WIFE OF THE DEFENDER OF SINGAPORE

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 135 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

14 SURVIVED OUT OF 400 AT SINGAPORE

... 14 SURVIVED OUT OF 400 AT SINGAPORE THE bombings had been so violent that after three days only fourteen men were left out of a group of 400 Australians This picture of the fall of Singapore was given yesterday by Major-General Gordon Bennett, Australian ...

Published: Friday 27 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 175 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Reinforcemeats We Sent To Singapore

... Reinforcemeats We Sent To Singapore THE House must face—and the nation must face—plain and brutal facts. If, having entered a war ill-prepared, you are struggling for life with two well-armed countries, one of them possessing the most powerful military ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 258 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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

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

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

IN: SINGAPORE A. B. Lawrence of Knights’ Club

... IN: SINGAPORE A. B. Lawrence of Knights’ Club Able Seaman John Lawrence, the son of Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence, Amesbury-avenue, Streatham one of the survivors from H.M.S. Repulse, is believed to have been in Singapore when it was captured by the Japanese ...

Published: Friday 27 February 1942
Newspaper: Streatham News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 197 | Page: 3 | Tags: none