The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-01-09
CHRONICLES OF WAR
HIGHLIGHTS TO DATE

FRIDAY, JANUARY ;

The United States. Great Britain. Russia and China
formally agreed with p other nations TO use their full mill
tary and economic might against those Axis powers with
which each II at war and further pledged not to make a
separate peace with the enemy.
The American Filipino defenders. grievously hurt but
Tar from mOrtahy wounded. stood staunch Friday night upon
the strong Qualifications of Manila bay and in the harsh
lungles to the north Manila was gone and Cavite naval base
along with il, but yet Macarthur had Corregidor island fort
ress and Forts Hughes and Drum and Frank outlying.
The Axis in Africa and Russia was still caught in the
grip Of disaster. particularly in Russia. German lines above
and below Moscow were broken.
Chinese troops arrived TO help reinforce British in
Burma Japanese landed new contingents In wetsern Malay
and were heavily engaged by the British.
JANUARY
General Sir Archibald p. Wasen. one Of Britain's OUT
standing military strategists. took over the Allied command
Of all Southwestern Pacific anti-Axis operations. Major
General GeoFge II. Brett, chief Of the United States Army
Air Corps. became deputy supreme commander: and Admiral
Thomas { Cart. commander-in-eh chief Of the United States
Nays Asiatic fleet, became chief of all Allied naval forces
in the area.
Philippine defenders fighting off a fiye-hour attack at
Corregidor host II men killed and IS wounded.
The Dutch, saving they did not trust the game the jap
anese were playing while negotiating with the United States,
had ordered IFS fleet 10 sea, November 30.
The Russians reported that they were rolling back the
Germans three times a. fast as they advanced into the Soviet.
Adolph Hitler called upon Germany 10 donate is skis to the
army as well as warm clothing. Russians talked of carving
the var 70 German soil
The British announced that they had captured Bardia
and Torbrak and captured 5000 Axis prisoners including q
Nazi Encouragement
SUNDAY. JANUARY
The Chinese high command said in an official announee-
ment that the Chinese army killed $4,000 Japanese in
ssders at Changsha sunday. This raised to $1,000 casualties
the japanese suffered In q three-day offensive.
The island fortress Of C~orregid0r at the entrance To
Manila Bay. drove off another bombing attack bagging four
Of the = raidng planes and damaging others. An white
residents. especially American civilians were receiving harsh
treatment from japanese al Manila.
The Russians announced the reeapture Of the kew town
Of BoroVsk on the Moscow front. On the southern front. the
Germans had been driven beyond fortified defense positions
which they hoped 70 hold throughout the winter.
The RAJ ii Africa sent a raidiag squadron 10 attack
Naples and concentrated its other assaults on R0mmeFS sun-
ply lines and his principal remaining base, TripOi. The RAP
also sent ITS bonbers over Northwest Germany Sunday IN
ow-flying attacks On railway hneS.
IN Washington Congress set the date Of February Is for
registration g Al men between the ages Of % and 81 years
Of age fer military or other service
Relations between Berlin and the Yiehv governments
sere growing strained. 4 teFroriStic outbreak IN Psris result
d i the imposition 6 3 ) p. Il. earfeu b. the German occu-
patton authorities.
MONDAY.
American army bomherS scored 3 ma iar victory over in-
portant Japanese Tee units sinking ; destroyer and scoring
three direct hts 81 . large baftiezhip. Every American plane
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