NAVAL NIGHT RAID
POWERFUL BLOW BY ALLIES
<Rec 11.30 a.m.) BATAVIA, Feb. 22. Allied naval forces under ViceAdmiral Helfrich struck a powerful blow in a night attack against the Japanese invasion fleet off Bali. Dutch and United States warships sank one enemy cruiser and damaged two cruisers and two destroyers. In addition, Allied bombers sank a large transport and set a cruiser on fire, and scored
direct hits on two cruisers and a. ' destroyer.
They also hit four enemy ships engaged in landing operations near Den Passar in Bali,
These operations will certainly delay the Japanese advance. The Dutch, forces in Bali are reported to be holding their own.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1942, Page 5
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