The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-03-31
CHRONICLES OF WAR

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Swarms Of British planes battered the Krupp munitions
works Essen Attacks also made other Mari tar
gets Belgium. the Netherlands and France Other
SATURDAY. MARCH 2s
The British Commandos supported BY DESTROYER fiee
smashed the German submarine base St. Naxare the
French Atlantic Coast go miles from the closest point In
ashore and wrecked dockyard installation An explosive
laden destroyer Of the 50 ships traded to Br
the large docks the only the Atlantic coast capable
Of taking the Tpitz, Germanys dreaded 3soOOton battle
ship British planes reported TO have destroyed inn
portant airplane deteetor station near lie Havre
Heavy reinorcements continued TO arrive In Australia
for the long hard drive that leads at last TO Tokyo Seasoned
srappng New Zeaanders joined the growing under
the banner Of General Douglas Macarthur full Dutch
East Indies division landed Brisbane join the fight
The British powerful fleet the Indian Ocean
10 track down reported Japanese armada operating in that
IL General Jonathan wainwrghf's forces on Bataan
conducted daring raid Japanese Units Japanese planes
forced by Coregdor to operate height which
made their aims very inaccurate.
Raids conducted Port Msresby and Darwin dur
ing the day: The damage negligible. Allied bombing
planes roared I'm fresh assault the base
Timor. An Australian correspondent for London paper
declared that within the past three weeks United States
submarine raiders sunk 36 ships five destoyers aplane
carrier and 30 transports and damaged s6 including
five cruisers another carrier and 80 transports and
supply ships in waters around Australia
On Burma there slight improvement In the Allied
situation The reinforced Chinese wiped out force
which had seized airport north Of Toungco and we're said
to be than holding their in handto-hand fighting
SUNDAY. MARCH 29
Britain rushed defend the teemng Indian
and offered that nation Dominion status Immediately after
the Sir Grips who conducting the negotiations hoped
strongly weld the 900 people into solid bloc
against the japanese threat rolling from battescarred
Burma.
The japanese offensive stalled before the growing Allied
migh Australia and in the rocky fastness Of Bataan
nsua the gallant United States and Filipino defenders hur
ed back heavy assault with heavy losses. In Burma
the Chinese troops under the American General Joseph
Stwe broke Japanese enlightenment TounRoo and made
the japanese bl0odily for gains any made
eounterattae by the United States veterans restored
all of the temporarily disIodged outposs in the Philippines
and left the battlefield sewn with Japanese bodies The
big OF C0rregdor destroyed small boats
sembed On the south shore Of Manila Bay.
Attacks Australian Outp0sts weaker and almost
negligible Preparations being made for launching the
United Nations offensive materials and supplies
continued TO mount Seven and possibly nine. Japanese
planes destroyed In raid Darwin and Port Moresby
The War Department listed 2z6 killed and 396
wounded in the Pearl Harb0r attack Of December T.
The British ar force heavily Faided the mao German
Baltc port Of Luebe during the night leaving great fires
raging.
On the Russian battlefield. Russian tanks slogged
through mud Of the Ukraine In spearheadng drive which
rseapinred 10 villages German increasing all
along the line.
New Unted States fighter planes and British bombers
ferried b. Turkish ers their NazhEeatened land
considerably strengthening their hand against German in
tFigu<.
New thousands Of Canadian fighting men reached Br-
tain and their commander. IL Cen A. G. L. Mekaughon
pFedeted that 1892 would be big year.