BATTLE IN CEBU

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 171, 16 April 1942, Page 5

BATTLE IN CEBU

Defence Against Big Odds Continues WASHINGTON, April 14. The 10 a.m. communique says: "In the Philippine theatre Corregidor was raided four times today by flights of heavy Japanese bombers. Our troops sustained some casualties, but only slight damage was inflicted on military installations. Enemy batteries shelled Corregidor and Fort Frank from both sides of Manila Bay. Our guns returned the fire. "Communication with Cebu has been re-established. Heavy lighting is reported on that island, where our troops are greatly outnumbered, but are stubbornly resisting the enemy advance. In the Digos area in Mindanao sharp skirmishes are in progress.’’ The afternoon communique states: “In the Manila Bay zone intermittent artillery duels between our forts and enemy batteries continue. Reports from northern Luzon advise of successful raids by small bodies of our troops against lightly-held enemy positions in the mountains. In Mindanao one of our raiding parties ambushed an enemy truck column, inflicting heavy casualties. Our troops suffered no losses. “Additional details have been received of the sinking of an enemy light cruiser of the Kuma class near the southern tip of Cebu Island several days ago. Our light torpedo noat, after sinking the hostile vessel, managed to escape after repeated salvoes had been fired by an enemy destroyer, which attempted to come to the rescue of the cruiser.”