RAMU VALLEY
JAPANESE RESIST DESPERATELY CONFRONTED BY CERTAIN ANNIHILATION (Rec. 1.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 2. Desperate attempts by the trapped Japanese in the Ramu Valley (New Guinea) to hold off Australian infantry, who have been surrounding them for the past four days, are proving of little avail in the latest series of encounters. Thirty-four Japanese were killed, and the number of trapped enemy "suicide " troops has been estimated! at 100. Actions are being fought about a mile north-east of Kankiryo, which was occupied by the Australians on January 23. The Japanese, surrounded on three sides, cannot escape annihilation. Their supply route from the north has been Further north, in the Ramu Valley, Australians have found indications of the quidk withdrawal of the main enemy force from the village of Kisa. Large quantities of fresh food, stores, and ammunition had been abandoned. Enemy defensive positions had been carefully constructed and were 6till in good order. No contact has been reported with the Japanese in this area.
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Evening Star, Issue 25089, 2 February 1944, Page 5
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165RAMU VALLEY Evening Star, Issue 25089, 2 February 1944, Page 5
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