CAPTURE OF MAWLU
THIRTY-SIXTH DIVISION'S NOTABLE VICTORY a.m.) RUGBY, .Nov. S. When Scots troops of the Thirty-sixth Division, led by their divisional commander, Major-general Festing, dashed into Mawlu the - division scored the greatest victory to date in its sensational 110-mile advance, 6ays a correspondent at South-east Asia Command. The Japanese had been expected to make a determined stand here, yet they abandoned well-prepared positions after desultory firing.
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Evening Star, Issue 25324, 4 November 1944, Page 7
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