TERRIBLE LOSSES
25,000 MEN PERISH,
LONDON, January 28
It is believed that at least 25,000 Japanese soldiers and sailors have perished during the Allied battering of the giant Japanese convoy in the Strait of Macassar, says an earlier dispatch. The enemy ships sunk or damaged total 34, including an aircraftcarrier and a battleship. American opinion is that the Japanese have suffered such a heavy defeat that they may have to revise their whole offensive strategy in the south-west Pacific. The hundred-ship convoy is understood to have included 30 troopships.
Breaking a five-day silence, Tokio official radio now mentions the battle for the first time with an admission that four Japanese transports were lost last Friday in landing operations at Balik Papan. The battle is believed in London to be still going on.
The Australian troops in New Britain are believed to be holding out in the wild, mountainous country on the island. The Australian Army Minister, Mr. F. M. Forde. said today that communication with the force was extremely difficult.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 24, 29 January 1942, Page 7
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