U.S. SUBMARINES
SUCCESS IN INDIES WATERS
LONDON, February 26,
A Batavia communique states that in the past few days American submarines operating in East Indies waters, have torpedoed two enemy transports, one Japanese naval auxiliary vessel, and one freighter.
An American submarine also attacked a Japanese squadron consisting of cruisers and destroyers, but was forced to dive, and the result could not be seen. It is presumed that one ship was hit by a torpedo.
- The island of Banka, off Sumatra, as well as other places in southern Sumatra, are presumed to ( have been occupied by the enemy, the communique adds.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1942, Page 5
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