Another Heavy Blow Struck At Japanese Navy

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13772, 15 October 1942, Page 5

Another Heavy Blow Struck At Japanese Navy

• E WARSHIPS SUNK IN BATTLE F OFF GUADALCANAR CR UISER AND FOUR DESTROYERS bEaV -SENT TO BOTTOM ciIfCESSFUL ACTION FOUGHT BY 5 UNITED STATES SHIPS

London, Oct. 14. i | )a ttle in the Solomons the Japanese liave sufin A , . ‘■d 3 warships and a transport have gone to the five J a P dl ■io- i ; ns -which went down are a Japanese heavy and a 5,000-ton transport. # r - tom ’ ru iser was damaged and another enemy destroyer One enemy c* losses were one destroyer sunk and several ships iB J n e( ‘; Japanese landings on Guadalcanal’ Island were being US Navy decided to detail a task force to deal with a li?an( t '. ie rp'| ie battle which was short and heavy lasted half an 'lml the enemy then abandoned fresh attempts to land troops - I Japanese installations on Kiska Island. Considerable damalso done to enemy ships. I'Vews has been received in London that Fathers Henry ..ink and Arthur Duhamel and Sister Sylvia and Odatya, of Christ Mission on Ruacatu, in Guadalcanar, have been mur?l bv Japanese soldiers. Their bodies were found at Tasimbok, lilwmar. They had all been bayoneted in the throat. A third, >:*■ Edinet, escaped.