OUTER PROVINCES
DUTCH HOLDING OUT
(Rec. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 26
A Batavia communique says that fighting in south Celebes continues with unabated fierceness. Sinkang, in West Borneo, has been occupied by superior enemy forces which advanced from Pontianak.
The Netherlands ' commander ignored the Japanese order to surrender or. be killed and has reported that, he will continue to fight in West Borneo.
Although no certainty exists, it can be assumed that the island of Banka has been occupied by the enemy, also part of the residencies of Benkoelen and Pandjong Karang in South Sumatra.
Japanese headquarters state that the conquest of Amboina Island was completed by February 22. Irrespective of the truth of this—it is quite possible that our troops continue to fight—the Japanese report shows that the battle lasted at least three weeks.
An enemy fighter, which attacked a naval patrol vessel, was shot down by the vessel's guns.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1942, Page 5
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