JAPANESE CLAIMS
FORCES LAND IN PALAUS u.s. convoy" attacked (11 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 1. The Tokio official radio, quoting an Imperial communique, says that Japanese assault troops landed on the north coast of Peleliu Island at dawn on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a special torpedo assault unit attacked an American convoy eastwards of Peleliu and sank four United States transports and heavily damaged two. Subsequent Tokio broadcasts said that the landing on Peleliu was carried out on October 28 by "deathdefying corps from Babelthuap.” It added that the landing parties are steadily driving south while Japanese defence units in central Peleliu were strengthening their counter-attacks.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21551, 2 November 1944, Page 5
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