PORTUGUESE TROOPS
Nearing Timor (Rec. 1.30). LONDON, February 24. The Berlin radio has given out a message from Lisbon which stated that the-Portuguese transport “Joaobelo", with Portuguese troops, en route for Timor Island, was sighted on Monday night south of the Dutch East Indies. There was an exchange of the customary greetings With the warships of th e belligerents. JAPS. IN TIMOR. STRONGLY RESISTED. BATAVIA, February 23. Japanese troops, towards the end of last week, attacked Koepang. The enemy are meeting with strong resistance. TIMOR COMMUNICATIONS CUT. 8.0.W. RUGBY, February 23. No news is coming from Timor, as evidently communications have been cut.
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Grey River Argus, 25 February 1942, Page 4
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