Capture Buthidaung As Move Across N. Burma

Northern Advocate, 14 March 1944, Page 3

Capture Buthidaung As Move Across N. Burma

(Received 1.45 p.m.) (8.0. W.) RUGBY, March 13

Buthidaung has been captured and the advance across Northern Burma continues Further successful waterborne raids were made on Saturday night on Japanese positions on the coastal plain south of Maungdaw, states South-east Asia headquarters. East of the Mayu Range we forced the enemy out of the Htindaw Hill positions. The Japanese are being driven from another group of hills a little east. For the past three days, other Allied troops have been making local attacks in the Buthidaung sector and after occupying Buthidaung' on March 11 they strengthened their positions by clearing the enemy from In the Kaladan Valley we captured high ground south and south-west, an enemy position north-west of Kyauktaw. Enemy columns operating on our left and right flanks in the Chin Hills made a further slight northward movement yesterday. In the Kabaw Valley the Japanese northward movement continued. In North Burma, the Chinese and Americans have advanced two miles south along the road from Walawbum. Leading Chinese elements five miles south of Chanmoi are astride a road flanking it, west of the Hukawng Valley. United States medium and fighterbombers are very active in Northern Burma supporting land forces. Fighters, dive-bombers and fighter-bomb-ers night and day attacked targets in the Arakan, Mayu, Kaladan, Chin Hills and Chindwin areas. Long-range fighters attacked communications and other targets in Central and Southern Burma. No Allied aircraft was lost in all these operations.