BATTLE IS JOINED WEST OF TOBRUK; British Rush Men From East Africa to Libya as R.A.F. Pounds Axis Lines
By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
data on total Eritrea and Addis Ababa prisoners taken by Brit
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April 12, 1941
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Cause for Alarm Denied; TURKEY REPORTED IN STATE OF SIEGE
By Unknown Author
ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 11 (UP) -- Military authorities tonight assured the Turkish people in the trolibled zone where Europe and Asia meet that they had "no cause for alarm" despite proposals for a mass evacuation to the interior.
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BRITISH ENGAGED; Germans Break Through Bitolj Pass at West of Allied Defense Line EAST DRIVE IS SLOWED Royal Air Force Guns and Bombs Supply Trains and Troop Columns
By the Associated Press
ATHENS, Saturday, April 12 -- The Greek High Command acknowledged early today that German forces, coming through a gap in the Allied front near Bitolj [Monastir], Yugoslavia, had reached the Greek lines in the Florina area.
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Both Sides Prepare for Battle; BATTLE IS JOINED WEST OF TOBRUK
By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Germans reach Acroma area, Libya
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Greeks Held Fighting Hard
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Notable Births
1941Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (died 1993)[†]
Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore was an English professional footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England national team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders in the history of football, and was cited by Pelé as the greatest defender he had ever played against. Moore is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time.