FURTHER ADVANCES REPORTED
(Rec. 10.10 a.m.) RUGBY, Marcn 4. A Burma communique states- that Fourteenth Army troops who advanced down the Gangan Valley niarte progress south-west of Saw, 44 miles west-north-west of Seikpyu. On the south bank of the Irrawaddy west of Mandalay operations to extend our bridgehead continue against stubborn opposition. The Nineteenth Indian Division occupied a village 10 miles south of Singu, 40 miles north of Mandalay. On all sectors the enemy is sustaining severe casualties. Chinese First. Army troops east of the Burma Rostd made further progress towards Laslro A correspondent says an It.A.F. group, which has been lsading the Eastern Air Command's assault against Mandalay, in February flew the largest number of sorties in its history, surpassing the record established last year during the Imphal campaign The total sorties in February was 7,300.
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Evening Star, Issue 25425, 5 March 1945, Page 5
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