CLEARING CHINDWIN RIVER
(Rec. noon.) RUGBY, Nov. 30. The Japanese appear to be making their last stand west of the Chindwin says a Colombo correspondent. Bitter fighting at close quarters has been reported in the last few clays as Askaris of the 11th East African Division, supported by tanks of an Indian Cavalry Regiment and fighter bombers, move slowly forward through the Mvittha Gorge. All routes along both sides of the Mvittha River have been lined by the enemy with a succession of strongpoints which they are fighting grimly' to hold. This column of East Africans is now five miles west of Kalewa. " Another column coming down from the north is four miles away. .... Meanwhile across the Chindwin other troops of the 14th Army have entered Pyaungby, a river station on the east bank, without opposition and cleared a village ]3 miles east of that station.—-Official Wireless.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 3, 1 December 1944, Page 2
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