NEW GUINEA DRIVE
ENEMY SIXTY MILES
INLAND
LONDON, July 31; A There is no fresh news of the > Japanese forces now making for, the interior of New Guinea. An, Australian broadcasting reporter says they have advanced about 60 miles, mostly unopposed, and are , now trying to take an aerodrome. A
reporter
After making a quick start in easy, country and breaking through Austra-: lian patrols, they are now facing the mountain ridge. If they try to cross New Guinea to Port Moresby they will have only one steep track. Meanwhile Allied aircraft are harassing their transport on land and sea.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 28, 1 August 1942, Page 5
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