BROKEN INTO THREE
JAPANESE POSITION
SYDNEY, January 18. The Japanese defences at Sanananda have now been divided into three sections. Important gains were made by Allied forces, who cut the main track in two places. More than 120 enemy dead were counted by our troops, who received direct air support- ™. , ■ The tactics of cutting off and isolating Japanese strong points were employed with marked success in the Buna mission area, and the newest Allied gains should hasten the final collapse of enemy resistance in Papua.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 15, 19 January 1943, Page 5
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85BROKEN INTO THREE Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 15, 19 January 1943, Page 5
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