LATEST WAR NEWS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 13429, 17 April 1944, Page 3

LATEST WAR NEWS

The following is a summary of the latest war news: — OPERATIONS IN BURMA In central Burma Allied airborne troops are now in an area 60 miles north of Mandalay. Yesterday's communique from Admiral Mountbatten says that Allied medium bombers have been attacking enemy communications in support of ground positions in the Yen, Shwedo and t Mawlu areas. It is the first news that Allied airborne troops are in the Shwedo ami. The town of Shwedo is about 60 miles north-west of Mandalay ami Yeu is SO miles farther north. The whole area stretches across a network of roads, railways and canals and is considered of vital importance to the Japanese sending- supplies to their troops fighting in the north. This'is the second landing disclosed in the last few days. The first is reported to have come down 'hie east of Implial between Chindwin and the Irrawaddy Rivers and joined up by the original airborne force led by Major-Genei-al Winfate.

On the liulo-Buvntese front our ♦roops have captured an important hill north-east of the Tmphal Plain. We now hokl the whole of •lie plain but fighting continues in the nearby hills. Sixty miles to the north the Japanese made a light attack last Thursday on Kohima. They came in from both the east an dthe west and hoth attacks were beaten back-

The Allies are getting; on with the job of clearing the enemy from the toad winch runs north-west f rom Kohima. The Japanese lost 8 tot of men on Friday.

The latest communique from Admiral Mountbatten was the first '«be issued from the new Southwst Asia Command headquarters 13 Ceylon. THE RUSSIAN FRONT

Moscow last night announced Jj» crossings of the lower Dnies't more successes in the Crimea JJJ details of the enormous losses "meted on the enemy recently by Second Ukrainian Army. forJL ' abia the Rllssians have coiM the Bni ester at several "TJ*; They have established J'dgelveads and are now fight- \ -to extend these. farther down the river, south "raspol, General Malinovsfcy's £*l* of the Third Ukrainian and f ' e also foi 'ced a crossing In J ptured several places. L «e Crimea, General Yemenj^j.maritime army has captured «> on the south-east coast, 30 trom Sebastopol. This ■%, O e . last escape port of any &*»<*,. ln Axis hands, apart from C ?° L ft is st ated that the **li x°f S have alrea <*y Pushed y mo ialta and captured severf*«bW i ceSl one about 10 miles Sftastn , On S the coast towards »j °pol. botmbers last night p *tf2j ther heavy raid on the s of Sebastopol. They a great ma ny fires and •^PDinJ 11 . 11011 destruction among r^J. n the harbour. %it TL announcement last St p the second Ukrainian Na, *!°»n March 6 up to yes«H?CL; rshal Koniev's troops **dtost than HB,OOO Germans «*. UK more than 27,000 prison-

Vest AIR WAR Ntt£Jj y aft «™oon Canadian On offensive patrol

ovpv eastern France destroyed four °Sm aircraft and damaged several others on the ground. AH the Canadian Mosquitoes returned.