COUNTER-ATTACKING.
AFTER GAINING GROUND.
THE FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES.
(Rec. 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 25. A communique received from Wasningtou reports that a heavy Japanese attack on Major-General MacArthur’s left Hank forced the American and Filipino troops to give, ground with considerable losses. The Allied forces, however, made a counter-attack described as a %jnashing success, which temporarily stabilised the front and caused heavy enemy casualties.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 89, 26 January 1942, Page 3
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