The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-07-02
DIARY OF The WAR

| production. Thousands Of Canadians
arrived in Britain, aided by L. S.
warships. Canadian airmcn were
fighting Jap invaders in Aleutians.
Subs sank two patrol boats in Allan
tic Nazis seized a key Russian rail
way city, below Kharkov. The attack
against Sevastopol had sIackened.
Axis columns began drive on Egypt.
Nazis RACED second town in Czecho-
Slovakia for killing Of Heydrich. i
| Jap warship and three transports
were sunk by volunteers in China and
Chinese troops pushed foes back -
miles
SATURDAY - Moscow claimed
| Nazis were halted on two fronts while
Berlin claimed key town in Ukraine
was taken King and Queen Of Eng
| land watch L. S. forces in maneuvers
in Ireland British reported on big
raid on Bremen with over 1000 air
planes as very destructive, although
losing 50 planes. Soviet bombers
struck at large German fleet in q
Finnish port near Leningrad. Rom
mels force drove to within 80 miles
Of Matruh in Egypt. A Jap sub at
tackled a vessel off Canadian west
coast but it reached port.
SUNDAY-Japs again reduced the
gap between two tongues of their Of
fensive in China and took the last i'm
portant Chekiang air base Defenders
Of Sevastopol smashed repeated Ger
man attacks and said there were no
1 changes on other sectors. Germans re-
sorted to mass air attacks over Rus
sian front. British subs were keeping
conveys Of Axis away from Bengasi.
British were bolstering for fight at
| Matruh A big force of marines landed
in Pacific area. Turks were appearing
upset by RommeI's gains in Libya. A
call was made for more small boats
along Atlantic coast to join anti-sub
/ patrol. The Roosevelt-Churchill parlcy
produced plans for q new front to re-
lieve pressure on Russia.
MONDAY-The battle for Egypt
ragged violently but inconclusively 1865
miles from Alexandria. Reds sprang a
counter-offensivc in Ukraine and
drove Germans before them. Sevas-
topol siege lines were stabilized with
only dcsultory Smelling by Germans.
RAF returned to smoking Bremen and
rained destruction or Germany's sec
ond port and sub nest. Chinese airmcn
sank two Jap Warships and inflicted
enormous casualties on aetonishCd
troops of Mikado. Ei~ht German
saboteurs were seized by FBI after
landing on Long Island and Florida
coast. Anxiety Of Allied nations
conferred on Egypt. Spanish papers
said L. S. troops were fighting beside
British. Reports came out OF Germany
on enormous damage in Bremen
TUFSDAY-British were fighting
desperately in Egypt after the strong
hold at Matruh had been evacuated.
Now air reinforcements arrived there
from United States and were helping
to bomb Axis columns Northern
France was raided by r. A. F.
L. s. Army b0mbars made a ruinous
raid on the Jap held Wake Island and
all planes returned safely to Hawaii.
Reds claimed to have smashed every
wave of German attack against
Kursk in new drive, but admitted
Nazis had made some gains around
SevastoDol. A large American tug
boat was sunk by underwater blast in
sight of east coast. The American
troops in Australia were keeping
healthy in spite of winter weather.
There were indications that a military
court might try the eight men accused
Of landing from German subs on East
coast TO sabotage the American war
effort. Churchill was facing a rising
storm of criticism as to the war
effort
WEDNESDAY - Axis desert col
umns passed the British coastal base
Of Ell Daba and were within 100 miles
of Alexandria but there were indica-
tions that fresh Allied troops and re-
inforced bomb power Of L. S. army
planes already had told on ROmmel's
striking force Axis had also run into
heavy battle with New Zealand troops.
Reds acknowledged some gains at
Sevastopol but on Kursk sector the
German offensive seemed to be
smothered with loss of 200 Nazi tanks
claimed. Raj hit Bremen for fourth
time in five nights claiming it was
now like Cologne, Emden, Duebeck
and Rostock Jap columns picked up
momentum again in China and there
were indications that $4,000 troops
on Formosa were going to move
against coast of Fukien. Allied troops
made a commando raid on Jap base
on New Guinea Island above Aus
tralia.
THURSDAY - Germans reported
the fall of Sevastopol but Russians,
although admitting Nazi gains.
wouldn't confirm that fort had been
taken. A Nazi drive near Moscow was
reported repulsed. British armored
forces were battling to stem the Nazi
advance on Alexandria, in Egypt.