MALAY WITHDRAWAL.
STRONG PRESSURE BY JAPANESE THREAT CIF CUTTING OFF. * (Ike. 2 p.m.) SINGAPORE, Jan. 23. The withdrawal of our troops south of the Segemat river was necessitated by strong Japanese pressure being maintained in the Muar sector, which meant a. threat of these forward troops being cut off, says the official Australian war correspondent. The withdrawal was accomplished in stages with successive bodies of men falling back through the others. Two bridges over the river were destroyed'. The Australian infantry and artillery who fought in the l initial action in the Muar sector are still holding the enemy, but their position has become somewhat serious owing to- Japanese infiltration past them, with subsequent blocking of the road leading back.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 88, 24 January 1942, Page 6
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