MANDALAY AGAIN RAIDED

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23804, 25 November 1942, Page 5

MANDALAY AGAIN RAIDED

* RAILWAY REPAIR SHOPS BOMBED (N.Z, Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 1.30 a.m.) NEW DELHI, Nov. 23. A United States communique s~ s: “A strong force of heavy bombers in daylight on Sunday raided the Burmese railway repair centre at Mandalay. Crews reported that activity in the railway yards had been much reduced as a' result of Friday’s raids. “The aeroplanes directly hit big railway repair shops and caused several tons of bombs to burst on railway sidings and freight cars. All the aeroplanes returned.” Brigadier-General Bissel, commanding the 10th United States Air Force, revealed that United States Air Force aeroplanes were flying to India from the United States in 98 hours. One heavy bomber had taken 60 hours. R.A.F. ATTACKS IN BURMA AERODROMES AT MAGWE AND AKYAB (8.0. W.) RUGBY, Nov. 23. An Indian war communique says: “Yesterday and last night Royal Air Force bombers attacked Japanese aerodromes in Burma. Many bombs were dropped in both attacks. They were seen to burst on runways and dispersal areas. "The day bomber formation, which went to Akyab, was escorted by fighters No enemy aircraft were encountered. Enemy night fighters attempted to intercept our bombers raiding Magwe, but all our aircraft returned from both missions.” CANADIAN TROOPS FOR AUSTRALIA MAJOR-GENERAL ODLUM’S SUGGESTION. (Rec. 11..30 p.m.) TORONTO. Nov. 23, The sending of Canadian troops to aid General Mac Arthur was advocated by Major-General Victor Odium, the newly-appointed Canadian High Commissioner in Australia, in a speech at the Canadian Club in Toronto. "The best defence of Canada is not a group of divisions sitting passively in Canada, but some additional force, even-as little as one division, sent to General Mac Arthur, so that on the Japanese tender southern flank General Mag Arthur might pass from the defensive to a vigorous local offensive," he said One weakness of the United Nations was the spirit of criticism and complaint, which was found everywhere except In Britain, said Major-General Odium. He expressed the opinion that the turning point in the war had not yet come, -nd that they were looking the worst squarely in the face. ALLIED STRATEGY IN NORTH AFRICA MACARTHUR’S INFLUENCE SUGGESTED (Rcc, 11 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 23. "Much of the credit for the steel ring being forged round the Axis forces in Tunisia and Tripolitania is due to General Mac Arthur,” says Colonel Frederick Palmer, military correspondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance. "Months ago confidential word was received from Australia which intimated that the Allied Supreme Commander in the south-west Pacific (General Mac Arthur) favoured the Mediterranean for a second front, and the military logic of the combined staffs in London and , Washington agreed with his views. “The commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in North Africa (Lieuten-ant-General Dwight D. Eisenhower) is General MacArthur’s disciple. I have seen the two working together in the past. Now they work together in spirit, because General Eisenhower, when he has a tough problem, is prone to consider how General Mac Arthur would solve it. "General Mac Arthur has a little army in the steaming tropic jungle in New Guinea. He neatly nipped the Japanese when they tried to reach Port Moresby by their landing- at Milne Bay. He knows his Japanese, and how to wait for them with a noose when, in cocky over-confidence, they stick out their necks. Unpleasant notice has been served on the Japanese that General Mac Arthur is coming, and Admiral Halsey, too, when he has accumulated a sufficient force.”