LAST ROUND

Grey River Argus, 20 January 1943, Page 5

LAST ROUND

SANANANDA BATTLE. SYDNEY, Jan. 19. “The last round of the battle ror Cape Sanananda has begun with the Japa’ ese groggj' and nearly out, —a disillusioned and shattered army,” declares the Sydney “Morning Herald's” New Guinea war correspondent, Charles Buttrose. “The enemj' troops who tried to stop the Allied force which, on Sunday, cut through their defences, were in an appalling pnysical condition, and fought in tattered uniforms with their boots rotted from their feet. American infantrymei), backed by Australian artillery, made the latest important gains. A terrific creeping mortar barrage preceded the infantrj' assault against the enemy strong points. When lhe barrage lifted, the attacking Americans found that, few Japanese had remained alive.