IN DIFFICULT REGION
OPERATIONS CONTINUED
Rec. 11 a.m.
RUGBY, May 1.
"At Kohima the British continued •their operations in difficult country against strong Japanese positions," states a South-east Asia communique. "In the Imphal area, just north of Kanglatongbi, our advancing troops encountered a stiff er resistance. "In the Ukrul area troops of the Sixteenth Punjab Regiment inflicted casualties on the enemy in a successful raid. Near Bishenpur enemy counter* attacks were repulsed and the block on the track west of Bishenpur was cleared. "In the Kaladan Valley our tr,oops captured an enemy position after hand-to-hand fighting. United States bombers, in daylight, dropped a large number of incendiaries on stores at Kalewa, starting several fires and causing explosions. Other planes attacked Karnaing, causing a very big explosion in the centre of the target. "R.A.F. and I.A.F. aircraft carried out extensive operations throughout the Burma front. One Allied aircraft is Missing."—B.O.W-
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 102, 2 May 1944, Page 5
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149IN DIFFICULT REGION Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 102, 2 May 1944, Page 5
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