FEELERS IN BURMA

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 292, 9 November 1942, Page 2

FEELERS IN BURMA

RUGBY, Nov. 7,

British and Japanese patrol activity is increasing within the vast mountain jungle No-Man’s Land on the frontier north-west of Burma, says the Delhi correspondent of the London Times. These operations are probably no more than a natural inclination by both sides to feel their feet after months of foul weather. Military authorities in Delhi are confident of the strength of the eastern defences, and are inclined to withhold comment till the enemy’s intentions are clarified. There have been minor clashes, but actual contact has been rare. “It is clear that General 'Wavell s move against Burma will come,” states another correspondent. “No one can s'av when, hut all commanders are striving to bring their men to concert pitch for fighting in the most -'difficult terrain imaginable.”