WEST NEW BRITAIN

Grey River Argus, 25 February 1944, Page 5

WEST NEW BRITAIN

ALL IN U.S.A. HANDS. Feb. 24. . The western Portion of New Britain is entirely m Al lied hands The Marines who seized th e .aerodrome at Cape Gloucester have joined Ameii can Army Units operating from Ara we. Inland area's and coastal stretel es from Rottock Bay to Arawe have b eca cleared of all organised enemy xe sistance. The Japanese have Miffeied heavily, their casualties bcii „ (R e a c e | s s? PPr ° SYDNEY, Feb. 24. General MacArthur’s to-day stated: Western New Britain Island is completely in _, hands. American forces from P Gloucester and Arawe have 1 I Japanese losses in the area w mated at seven thousand. In ern New Britain, only fu / lt,v % J 4? ese remain in the area from r nants Bay to Arawe, and enemy remnants are being steadily wiped out AU The ganised resistance has cea.• estimate of seven thousand J P casualties is highly . conservat ive oe mg based on the number of en. y killed actually counted. Mai v dreds more have been buried 01 • undiscovered in the jungle.