TANKS ASHORE
MORE RESISTANCE
American Column Closes In On Tacloban
N.Z. Press Association —Copyright Rec. 5 p.m. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. The Japanese on Leyte Island have stiffened their resistance to the invaders who are advancing after cracking the strategic beach defences, says a message from General Mac Arthur's headquarters in the Philippines. The Japanese are shelling with mortars and artillery. The Americans, however, have pushed into open country. One column is closing in on the city of Tacloban.
Reports are coming in of Filipino co-operation. One native was picked up by a destroyer which rode along the coast of Samar Island pointing out Japanese gun positions.
The United Press says medium tanks are ashore and 75mm guns are blazing against the Japanese veterans of Batan and Corregidor.
The battleships California and Pennsylvania, which were damaged at Pearl Harbour, are throwing 14m and 16in shells overhead into the island defences. Japanese mortar fire scored four direct hits on landing ships, causing damage and casualties.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 250, 21 October 1944, Page 1 (Supplement)
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