ON ANGAUR ISLAND
MILITARY GOVERNMENT
Rec. 1.30 p.m, WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. A Military Government was proclaimed on Angaur Island on September 30 as the mopping up operations proceeded on Angaur and Peleliu, in the Palau Group, says a Pacific Fleet communique. A few fanatical enemy troops holed up in caves- continued to resist with small arms fire.
American' planes bombed Babelthaup on the - same day.- Altogether 9076 enemy troops were killed on Peleliu and 1075 on Angaur, while > 187 prisoners were captured on the two islands.
The communique reports air attacks on Moen and Eten Islands ■ on Truk Atoll, where 37 tons of bombs were dropped. Iwojima and Jaluit Islands were also bombed. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 81, 3 October 1944, Page 6
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113ON ANGAUR ISLAND Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 81, 3 October 1944, Page 6
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