FIGHTING IN PROGRESS
NEW GUINEA AREA
Japanese Overtaken
—_— Advance On Kokoda.
London. Oct. II
The Australians in New Guinea
have now caught up with the retreat
ins Japanese forces north of Myola. Contact has been made and tight -
ing is going on at a place known as Templeton’s Crossing. From here the trail drops down to Kokoda, 12 miles away. There is no indication of the size of the enemy force which has now been encountered and it is not known if (his is the main body of Japanese which retreated from lorahiwa a fortnight ago.
It is thought that it will now he very difficult for the Japanese I to make any stand south of Kokoda. 0 Allied bombers have made two sweeps from Kokoda to the enemy base at Buna.
They scored bomb hits on Japanese supplies and installations along"
the trail
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13771, 14 October 1942, Page 3
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