Americans' Strategic Move On Guadalcanal
(Rec. noon.) ' , _ RUGBY, February 7. An American navy communique says* that the American forces have established a strong 1 position at Tipi, half a mile west of Marovovo, and five miles west of Cape Esperance, on the north-west coast of Guadalcanal, and placed themselves in a position to turn the Japanese western flank. No enemy resistance is reported. Patrol operations are progressing satisfactorily. On the morning- of February 6 small groups of American planes bombed the enemy positions on Kolombangara Island, New Georgia. During the evening Dauntless dive-bombers, with a Wildcat escort, bombed.Munda, New. Georgia. All the American planes returned.—B.o,W. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1943, Page 5
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Americans' Strategic Move On Guadalcanal
Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1943, Page 5
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