FRESH GAINS

Grey River Argus, 30 October 1942, Page 5

FRESH GAINS

In New Guinea Ranges BY ALLIED FORCES. (Special to N.Z. Press Assn.) (Rec. 10.15.) SYDNEY, Oct, 29. The Allied forces in the Owen Stanley Ranges in Central Papua have again made a slight advance towards Alola village. They had been at a standstill for several days. Torrential rain had aided a stubborn Japanese resistance. Fighting continues near Alola. .The spokesman at General MacArthur's Headquarters said that the present position in the ranges could not be described as a deadlock. The initiative was with our men. JAPAN’S LOSSES 67 U.S WARSHIPS SUNK OR DAMAGED OVER 400 PLANES LOST IN SOLOMONS. (Special to N.Z. Press Assn.) (Rec. 10.50) SYDNEY. Oct. 29. According to American sources Japan has now had one-fourth of her warships either sunk or damaged since the Pearl Harbour attack, while the United States has had sixty-three warships sunk or damaged. In addition one hundred and thirtythree Japanese transports, tankers and cargo ships have been either sunk or damaged. These figures are taken from United States communiques, and do not include losses inflicted on the Japanese by the British or Dutch naval or air forces. , r . The total of Japanese planes destroyed in the Solomons since August 7 is now given as 404. The comparative sea losses foi the Solomons fighting are:— Japanese: 67 ships sunk or damagUnited States: 14 ships sunk It is not known what number of United States ships have been damaged.

U.S.A. ESTIMATE. LONDON. October 28. An American Naval spokesman here said that since and including Pearl Harbour, the Japanese had lost moi'e than twice as many warships sunk and damaged as the United States. The figures are 129 Japanese and oo American, and with ships probably damaged by near miss, the Japanese figure reaches 159. Details as compiled from Navy communiques are:— United States: Battleships, one sunk and one damaged. Aircraft carriers, three sunk, one damaged. Cruisers, five sunk, four damaged. Destroyers, twelve sunk, six damaged. Submarines, two sunk, one damaged. Others, six sunk, two damaged. In addition, the United States Navy has sunk nine ships, destroyers, auxiliaries, motortorpedo boats and a gunboat, to keep them from enemy hands. Japanese losses are: Battleships, five damaged, and one probably. Aircraft carriers, six sunk and eight damaged, three probably. Cruisers, twenty-five either sunk or damaged. Destroyers, twenty-six sunk, thirteen damaged. Eight probably. Submarines, six sunk, five damaged Others, thirteen sunk, seven damaged, three probably. The Japanese in addition have lost 133 transports, fleet tankers, fleet cargo ships, sunk or damaged.