MORE OPTIMISTIC
{TONE IN WASHINGTON
NEW YORK, October 30. The Washington correspondent of the Associated Press says that a note of optimism is now distinctly noticeable in the Navy Department. "These men are in a position to know more of the facts than anyone else in Washington," the correspondent says.
A Navy Department communique states: "During Tuesday morning our aircraft from- Guadalcanal attacked enemy shore installations and aircraft moored at Rekata Bay. Fires were started, and four seaplanes were destroyed on the water; "During the day aircraft from Guadalcanal bombed enemy gun positions to the west of our airfield. An anti-aircraft battery and an ammunition dump were destroyed during the Jate afternoon. "An enemy assault on our positions succeeded in piercing our lines. Army and Marine Corps troops made a successful counter-attack and our original positions were regained. Two additional enemy thrusts were repulsed. "No report of any recent action on the sea or a landing of enemy troop reinforcements has been received."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 106, 31 October 1942, Page 7
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