SLOWED DOWN
ENEMY PENETRATION
POSITION IN BALI AND SUMATRA
LONDON, February 22
Reports from Batavia indicate that in Sumatra and Bali the enemy has not penetrated as far as earlier reports indicated.
The Japanese have not yet reached Osthavcn, the chief port in Sumatra. Their advance has been considerably impeded by the Dutch blowing up bridges and railways between Falembang and the chief port.
In Bali the Den Passar airfield has not yet been captured, and the Japanese are having difficulty in making a foothold.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1942, Page 5
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