TROOPS REACH CREST
AUSTRALIAN ADVANCE
IN PAPUA
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Special Australian Correspondent.) SYDNEY, October 22.
Both sides are employing larger forces in the struggle on the Owen Stanley Range. Heavier fighting has developed, and the Japanese have been forced from their defensive position near Eora Creek village.
War correspondents believe the enemy is now . being slowly driven from the last place which lends itself to a stand. Once their present posts are vacated the Japanese will find themselves on the steep slope to Kokoda, where attempts to halt an advancing force would be extremely difficult.
Belated news is given today of an Allied attack on Japanese shipping at Rabaul last Sunday. The raid was made by a small force of Flying Fortresses.
Flanking attacks by strong Allied forces were responsible for the latest Japanese reverse. It has been stated
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 99, 23 October 1942, Page 5
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