CRUISER SUNK
LARGE TANKER LEFT IN FLAMES. AMERICAN BOMBERS’ SUCCESS. FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Roc. 10.50.) LONDON, January 20. The sinking of a Japanese cruiser is announced in the following United States War Department statement: “The enemy have renewed the attack on American and Philippine troops in Tataan Peninsula. Japanese pressure was particularly heavy at the centre of the line. The attack is supported by aircraft. Three enemy planes were shot down in the last 24 hours. General Macarthur received a report from Mindanao, telling of sharp lighting now in progress between Philippine troops and the Japanese, about 35 miles north of Davao. “Six American Army bombers successfully attacked a: Japanese cruiser and a large tanker 100 miles off Jolo. Several direct hits were scored, sinking the cruiser and leaving the tanker in flames.”—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 85, 21 January 1942, Page 5
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