ON TARAKAN
FORCES OF THE ALLIES
INVASION ON TUESDAY
(By Teleflraph—• Press Association—Copyright.) Rec. 9 a.m. ' NEW YORK, May 2.
Tokio radio announced that 5000 Allied troops landed at Lingkas on Tarakan Island at 6.30 s.m. on May 1, Japanese time. Later- Tokio radio stated that the Japanese garrison forces on Tarakan were at present fiercely attacking the invaders.
The battleships Queen Elizabeth and Richelieu bombarded Nicobar Island on May 1 for the third consecutive day. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 103, 3 May 1945, Page 6
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