GREAT ACTIVITY

Evening Star, Issue 24329, 19 October 1942, Page 3

GREAT ACTIVITY

ENEMY MASSING FOR ATTACK

HEAVY RAIDS DN AIRFIELD

(British Official Wireless.)

(Rec. 1.5 ip.ra.) RUGBY, Ocfc. 18. Great activity by both sides in the Guadalcanal area is reported in the United States Navy communique, ■which states: “The Japanese are continuing to bomb our airfield and shore positions on Guadalcanal, and it is believed that enemy troops and equipment are being disposed for a strong assault against the airfield. There have been no reports of enemy landings on Guadalcanal since October 15, but heavy concentrations of enemy ships are still reported off the Duin-Short-land area. On October 16 Flying Fortresses and Marine Corps aircraft repeatedly attacked enemy troops and equipment assembled in force in the north-west part of Guadalcanal. Early on the morning of October 17 14 enemy bombers, escorted by eight fighters, attacked our airfield and shore positions. Our fighters and bombers reported the destruction of all the bombers and two fighters. In the afternoon another group'of about 15 enemy bombers and a number of fighters carried out a second' raid on our positions. One enemy bomber was probably destroyed. One of our planes is missing.