HEROES OF ARNHEM
ARRIVAL IN BATAVIA I BATAVIA, Dec. 14. A British paratroop battalion which won fame at Arnhem and two companies of Gurkhas have arrived in BaiaVindonesians to-day attempted to set fire to a petrol dump in Batavia docks. Extremists, armed with machine-gun and mortars, ambushed a Br.usin Indian patrol rear Sourabaya, killnir, two and wounding four ot the pat • An Allied - spokesman stated that the efforts of Mr Satan Sjahrir s Government to gain control of West Java was having noticeable effects. inIndonesian -peace preservation corp leaders were co-operating we with the British authorities. At Bandoeng the chiefs of the corps, ordered the clearing of all extremists from a road between Buitenzorg and boemi, the scene of the R f on the big Allied convoy from Batavia to Bandoeng. The convoy is now returning to Batavia under constant oil* cover Indonesians in Central Java are parently preparing to * barawa, which has now been cleared of Rapwi personnel and stores.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 57, 17 December 1945, Page 3
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