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VICHY AID TO ROMMEL Petain Holds Cabinet Meeting WHAT HE WILL TELL AMERICA CAUGHT IN ICELAND BLIZZARD HITLER'S ..

... VICHY AID TO ROMMEL Petain Holds Cabinet Meeting WHAT HE WILL TELL AMERICA CAUGHT IN ICELAND BLIZZARD HITLER'S ANTI-INVASION PLANS [ By E . B . Waring , Our Former Paris Correspondent ] According { o ike French wireless stations , Admiral Esteva , Vichy ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 785 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SINGAPORE ^ SCORGHED EARTH Vast Oil Fires Seen from Shi p Evacuating Refugees FUNERAL PYRE OF CITY TRANSPORT ..

... of the German warships , the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse , the loss of Malaya , and the failure to overthrow Rommel in Libya as examples of Service weaknesses . Finally , however , responsibility goes back to Mr Churchill and his Cabinet ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1104 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GRAVE OUTLOOK IN PACIFIC Need for Steady Nerves After Loss of Singapore

... fleet is ti make its appearance , there is one less sourn of anxietv . LIBYA Libya is baffling rather than discoiiragini . Rommel cannot be content with the present position . Strategic calculations reinforce hitemperamental impulse to attack and at leas ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2261 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ENEMY MOVEMENTS IN LIBYA 20 Supporting Aircraft Shot Down bv R . A . F

... dive-bombing formation sent to blast the way for Axis , land forces in Cyrenaica , RAF , and Australian airmen may have delayed Rommel's plans for a - renewed drive . Their 20-nil victory , against superior numbers is one of the most remarkable victories in ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1051 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

We Are Ready in Libya

... forces in the Western Desert have maintained their positions and there has been little change in the situation. The momentum of Rommel's original thrust from AgheiLa which carried him successfully through the Cyrenaican green belt has come to an end. For several ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 484 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CURRENT EVENTS

... and Abyssinia and chased the German Afrika Gorps almost to the borders of Tripolitania. But again something has been lost bv Rommel's comeback. ** * * None of these defeats have affected the British people's determination to fight on or its confidence that ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 879 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Rommel Loses More Supply Ships

... Rommel Loses More Supply Ships SUBMARINES of the Mediterranean Fleet continue to inflict loss upon the enemy, says an Admiralty communique. I' One large and one medium sized supply ship have been definitely sunk, another medium sized supply ship has been ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

‘Empire Foundation Shaken’

... escape of the German warships, the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse, the loss of Malaya and the failure to overthrow Rommel as examples of Service weaknesses. Finally, however, responsibility goes back to Mr. Churchill and his Cabinet.” The British ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 174 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Squadronr Leader Paddy Finucane of the City of Glasgow Fighter Squadron, as best man at the wedding of Pilot ..

... Straits air-sea battle refers to a well - known Scottish squadron commanded by an Irish leader.” ROMMEL NEEDS REINFORCEMENTS THHERE are many indica- J- that Rommel has not yet all the supplies he needs for another push.” The reinforcements which he has received ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 125 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Waiting For Rommel To Attack

... Waiting For Rommel To Attack By MATTHEW HALTON With the South African Brigade, Libya. 0 N a line of rocky hills, canyons and desert running southwards from the sea the line where the enemy broke through seven weeks ago—we wait now for Rommel to attack. ...

Published: Monday 16 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 476 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ROMMEL EDGES EAST

... ROMMEL EDGES EAST TWO AXIS PLANES DOWN IN ATTACK ON SHIPPING Land skirmishes and increased air activity look like preliminaries to another big flare up in Libya The Germans have pressed slightly eastwards. There was fierce air fight on Sunday over the ...

Published: Tuesday 17 February 1942
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 389 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Rommel's Second Thoughts 0 UR mobile columns and fighting patrols were active throughout yesterday, and ..

... Rommel's Second Thoughts 0 UR mobile columns and fighting patrols were active throughout yesterday, and attacked enemy light forces wherever found on a wide front from the coast west of Gazala, southwards to Tengeder, says to-day's Cairc communique ...

Published: Tuesday 17 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 382 | Page: 1 | Tags: none