DUTCH INTENTIONS
Resistance In The Mountains
Proposed
AWAITING ALLIED ACTION BANDOENG, March 6. Addressing an extraordinary session of the College of Delegates of the Volksraad, Dr. van Mook, Lieut-enant-Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies, gave a frank review of the present situation. He affirmed the intention of the military leaders in Java to concentrate their forces for the defence of certain areas where geographical conditions would enable the Dutch and Allied troops to resist the enemy's superior numbers.
The correspondent of the Australian Associated Press says this may be interpreted to mean that when the first phase of the Battle of Java —the slowing down of the enemy's invasion troops on the North Java plains—ends, the main body of the Java Army will begin a determined long-range struggle in the South Java mountain .regions, while awaiting Allied action against Japan's supply lines in order to relieve pressure on Java.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 56, 7 March 1942, Page 7
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