VILLAGE OF NO VALUE
ALLIES CONTROL WHOLE ROAD (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, xMay 7. The Allies' withdrawal from Buthidaung was not made under Japanese pressure, says the British United Press correspondent at South-east Asia Headquarters, quoting an official statement. The control and defence of the vital road through the Mayu Range are not affected, and it is doubtful whether the Japanese will occupy the village, as it is open to both Allied and Japanese shellfire. | Reuter's correspondent says_ that is no longer of tactical or strategic value, since we have now captured all the hills commanding the Maungdaw-Biithidaung road.
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Evening Star, Issue 25169, 8 May 1944, Page 3
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