PINWE OCCUPIED

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 133, 2 December 1944, Page 8

PINWE OCCUPIED

NEW ADVANCE IN BURMA

.■■ : KANDY, December 1. _The British Thirty-sixth Division in Northern Burma occupied Pinwe, seven miles north of Naba Junction, without opposition, yesterday, reports a Southeast Asia communique. Many enemy dead-were found. In the Bhamo area Chinese units crossed the BhamoMomauk road midway between the airstrip and the iown. On the Chindwin ifront East African:troops driving southward along the west bank of the Chindwin towards Kalewa made further .advances against Japanese resistance. ■;■.'.'

The occupation of Pinwe by British troops follows a hold-up of nearly three weeks,in their advance down the railway corridor, says a correspondent of the • Australian Associated Press. The hold-up was due to the strong defensive positions occupied by the Japanese and to the difficult terrain. • ■ • .'

It now appears, however, that the Japanese made a hasty retreat, for they have left, behind equipment and ammunition.