TACTICS IN INDIA
Allies Fighting Japs. At Every Possible Point
ARDUOUS CAMPAIGN
Rec. 1 p.m
LONDON, Feb. 16.
The Fourteenth Army is fighting the Japanese at every possible point on the Burma border, said General Auchinleck, in a speech at the Council of State, New Delhi. He added that heavy fighting was progressing on the Arakan front and elsewhere.
Although on a relatively small scale it was arduous and continuous ' "The Japanese recently reacted violently to. the steady pressure against their forward P 0^ 1 " tiorfs he said. "They patently hoped and openly boasted that they intended to repeat the events of last vear when hank attacks against nur lines of communication forced a withdrawal. The Seventh Indian Division in the Buthidaung aiea stood fast and proved most disconcerting to an over-confident foe. "Lord Mountbatten s Allied air forces have greatly increased their SSnS" offnrfs with which we are creating efforts wiuiwii , ma try fur . the? air raids but nothing will divert us from our purpose.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1944, Page 5
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