NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN

Grey River Argus, 3 May 1944, Page 5

NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN

hollandia fighting Japs go up Sepik River iQnecial to N.Z. Press Assn) (Rec 1040) SYDNEY, May 2. The American evasion troops at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea have so far counted 677 Japanese ueau. Isolated enemy positions are being reduced in the hills north of Lake qentani. Portion of the Japanese farrison fled to these hills after- the American landings at Humbolt and Tanehmerah Bays. General MacArthur’s bombers attacked Manokwari, and destroyed a coastal vessel, ana damaged three small craft west of Cape Waios. In British New Guinea, Allied fighters set fire to buildings at Marienburg, in the Sepik Valley. Fight-er-bombers also, attacked targets along the Hansa-Ma'dang coast. It is believed that Japanese troops in this coastal sector may be dispersing among villages on the Sepik River, which is navigable for a considerable distance. Allied patrol torpedo-boats, operating at night, have shelled coastal targets. Allied aircraft from S'olomons have made further attacks on Kavieng (New Ireland) and Rabaul (New Britain), where Rapopo airfield was the main objective.