FALL OF MANILA EXPECTED SOON
B.O.W.—Copyright.—Rec. 3 p.m. RUGBY, February 2. The fall of Manila is expected at any moment, according to a message from Luzon.
United States infantry have reached the suburbs. The Japanese have set fire to installations. A pall of smoke overhangs the waterfront and several fires are raging.
United States artillery is within range of the fortress of Corregidor.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 29, 3 February 1945, Page 6
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