WAR IN EAST ASIA
Ceylon As Important Base (By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright.) (Received September 19, 10.40 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 19. Preparations are accelerating in Ceylon for the day of Lord Louis Mountbatten’s counter-attack, says the “New York Times” Colombo correspondent. Evidence is plentiful that the purely defensive phase of the war in this theatre is over. Considerable numbers of East African troops are now receiving special jungle training. Supplies from Britain and Australia are accumulating. Bases are being developed, aerodromes are being enlarged, and new aerodromes are being hacked out of the jungle. New planes have arrived and more are coming. Ceylon will play an important part in the forthcoming offensive. It is a natural base from which to exercise air and naval control in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. Trincomalee is one of the best anchorages in the Far East. Colombo has facilities to handle a large amount of supplies and shipping.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 305, 20 September 1943, Page 4
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