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To Help You Follow the National

... 'PHIS plan of the course will be helpful to those listening in to the broadcast of the Grand National this afternoon. Mr. R. C. Lyle, racing -L correspondent to The Times, will be responsible for the preliminaries, but the race commentaries at 3 o'clock will be by Richard North and Raymond Glendenning. The commentators' boxes are at the Start, the Grand Stand and the Canal Turn. All except ...

THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS OF A STIRRING WEEK: Shown in a Series of Special Sphere Pictorial Charts

... THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS OF A STIRRING WEEK Shown in a Series of Special Sphere Pictorial Charts m 11 .i.iiiiiii i --i On left-- THE EFFECTIVE STAND OF THE NORWEGIANS AROUND OSLO Although Oslo was occupied and reinforced during the past few days spirited resistance was offered at Horten and Moss, with the result that three important German war ships were sunk by the shore batteries. The map shows ...

THE LATEST ONSLAUGHT OF GERMANY UPON HER LITTLE NEIGHBOURS SHOWN IN GEOGRAPHIC FORM

... Although rumours had come through from various correspondents that Germany was massing 400,000 men and ships at North German ports, there was a lull just before the launching of Germany's predatory war machine upon its latest fell adventure. The news broke on the world on Tuesday morning when it was learned that an almost simultaneous advance had been made against Norway and Denmark. The ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 148 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Maps 

The Week of Naval Action off the Norwegian Coast

... Sunday, April 7.-- News arrived at Scapa from reconnaissance planes that the German battle-cruisers and destroyers were out at sea and moving northwards. The Commander-in-Chief immediately put to sea. Another British naval force set out for Narvik in order to lay a minefield. The destroyer Glowxvorm on its way to lay mines stayed behind to pick up a man who had fallen over board. She was sunk ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1056 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Maps