BURMA RAILWAY CUT
INTENSIVE U.S. RAIDS VITAL BRIDGE WRECKED (11 a.m.) LONDON, July 19. The strategic purpose behind the perisstent Allied air attacks- against communications in Burma emerged from a talk which Major-General Bissell, the commander of the Tenth United Stales Army Air Force, had with pressmen. Reporting the talk, The Times’ cori espondent in New Delhi says that Major-General Bissell reported that another span had been knocked out of the Mytinge railway bridge which, accordingly, should be useless for a long time. That means that the Burma railway system has been broken up into two parts. The span has been blown 30ft. from its position. The river is flowing fast at this time of the vear and repairs will be difficult. The'United States Army Air Force is keeping the approaches under frequent bombardment to discourage the Japanese from moving up to repair machinery. The Japanese attempt at railway construction to link up Burma with Siam has also received attention. Photographs reveal substantial damage to the track, material and buildings.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21151, 20 July 1943, Page 3
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