Many Jap. Ships Sunk Or Damaged

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1942, Page 5

Many Jap. Ships Sunk Or Damaged

AIR AND SEA BATTLE

Cruisers, Destroyers, Transports Fee/ Combined Allied Blows

(United Press Association.-Copyright.-Rec. 1 p.m.)

LONDON, February 22

ha, K^H ied alr Ind1 nd naVal /° rCes en B a g«d m the big battle whicl off Stjs? £ra .t. B hr. d ß r k ift ,he Du,ch d-lroyer. and eight ...nsport, en "" y """"• two

A^/ Cn J emy cruisers and an unconfirmed number of destroyers and transports have been damaged numbe ' or under^he A ct m LTof TdrnLf C Tt T against the Japanese FleVtwaT launched **** Dutch and United States warships, which sank the fnmv cruiser, also damaged two other cruisers andl K; . J" add,tion . Allied bombers set fire to a cruiser and directly hi two cruiiers and a destroyer. Hits were scored on four enemv •hip. engaged ,n landing operations near Den PasaTr, in BaU The DuS? ° perationß n w ;! l ce ««inly delay the Japanese advance Ihe Dutch force* on Bah are reported to be holding their own It i. unofficially reported that the Japanese are in Den pZ fcr: ran Zttttzsur ofe! Fifteen Japanese bombers, with fighter escort, attacked an aeroi !omTdan, We9t '"7 At L eMt thr ~ bombe " were shot down gunnedTther aer ° drome - The Japanese gunnea otner aerodromes, causing some casualties.