VILLAGE OCCUPIED
ADVANCE IN BURMA
RUGBY, Jan. 19. A joint' India communique reports: "Our troops are continuing offensive patrolling on the Assam front. Volunteer units comprised of various nationalities have contacted the enemy in the Chin Hills area and there have been occasional encounters in the past few days. < Kyauktau village, about 30 miles north-east of Rathedaung, was occupied by our troops on Sunday with only slight opposition. "Enemy resistance in this area continues. Pressure is being maintained against the enemy on the Mayu Peninsula. ■■'~_.' "Yesterday Blenheims continued to bomb enemy targets and occupied villages on the. Mayu River area. Other planes attacked watercraft on the Chindwin and Irrawaddy Rivers and down the coast' south of Akyab. No enemy aircraft were encountered. AIRFIELDS RAIDED. "Medium and heavy bombers attacked enemy aerodromes near Toungoo and Meiktila on Sunday night. Bombs were also dropped on Akyab. None of our aircraft is missing." A delayed report indicates that three or four enemy aircraft dropped bombs in forward areas in south-eastern Bengal on Sunday night. There was some minor material damage but no casualties.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 17, 21 January 1943, Page 3
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