ON GUADALCANAR
JAPANESE POSITIONS ATTACKED.
MOPPING-UP BY AMERICANS.
LARGE DESTROYER DAMAGED
(N.Z. Press Association —Copyright). (Bee. 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 25. The American Navy Department states: In the South Pacific on Friday, during the morning, United States ground forces on Guadalcanal- attacked Japanese positions west of the airfield. Despite strenuous opposition six important elevations were captured and 110 Japanese were killed. “On Saturday, continued aggressive tactics enabled the American forces to capture Kokumbona and seize quantities of stores and equipment. American troops continued the mopping-up of pockets of enemy resistance, 91 Japanese being killed and 40 taken prisoner. , , . “American aircraft bombed and damaged a large destroyer .and a cargo ship in the Shortland Island area. “On Saturday night enemy planes raided American positions on Guadalcanal-.
“On Friday and Saturday American forces bombarded enemy positions on Kokombanga Island (New Georgia). The operations were successfully completed. A fire and explosions at fuel and ammunition dumps indicated that the area held by tlie enemy bad been completely burned out.”—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 90, 26 January 1943, Page 3
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