Major Allied Sea And Air Victory

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1942, Page 5

Major Allied Sea And Air Victory

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Enemy Troops On Bali Left Without Support

(U.P.A. and British Official Wireless.—Rec. 1 p.m.)

LONDON, February 23

The Allied naval and air forces have destroyed or badly damaged the greater part of the Japanese invasion fleet off Bali. tk»f £" I* 01 * 1 communi <l ue i»«ed at Batavia. while admitting that the Japanese have overrun p,rt of the island of Bali and have occup.ed the aerodrome at Den Passar. says the strong naval and air offensive against the enemy's expeditionary fleet has been so successful that not a single warship or transport remained near Bah to g.ve the troops already landed support or supplies. «»v« I he Neth " ,ands Government Information Bureau in London SVaTml" , of the Allied naval and air force, just.fy the belief that the conquest of Bali will mean to the Japanese y-r^rir^^passri 0 ' the burning towns of The attack on Bali is considered to be preliminary to a largescale .Mault on Java which is separated from Bali by . «£, fhi !*.„ * " h *" T °i ,he D<m Pa »« prodrome and he Japanese occupation of South Sumatra. Jav. may expect a

of veUerJ*v I C T mUmqUe re P° rtß that du »ne *ne whole !n/ k" y Japa, ? eße planee were extremely active in bombing and machine-gunning many aerodromes in Java. Buitenzorg Djokjakarta. Surabaya and Malang were attacked, and some down** AH* aT U " or . fow J«P«— filter, were shot down. Allied bombers are heavily attacking the Den Passar

offic T*"* iS n ° neW9 °l the f fighting in Timor b eyond the bare official announcement that Japanese troop, attacked Koepang and strong resistance is continuing. of R N l et i er,an^ 9 War Department has announced that part Died bv \T I * tHe ?" o f rroe»e at De " P—-r. has been occ - SJ?«VLJvKi J k P '" e,e, rt!- ' thiS COnt ' Uest the Japanese had to t P " Ce - °!T ,n L g tO 9 , tr ° ng aCtion b * A,lied ™ "id sea