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JAPANESE NAVAL FORCE ACTION OFF SOLOMONS ' (N.Z.P.A. Special Aust. Correspondent) (Rec. 7.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 8. A Japanese naval force of four warships has been wiped out in the Central Solomons.
In an hour’s torpedo and gunfire action with Allied surface units in the Vella Straits shortly -before midnight
on Friday, an enemy cruiser and two large destroyers were sunk and another destroyer was probably sunk. No Allied ships were lost. Genera] MacArthur’s communique to-day says that the enemy force was surprised when it was apparently attempting to run supplies to Vila, on Kolombangara Island. War correspondents in this area have suggested that Kolombangara will be the next objective in the Allied advance up the Solomons ladder. Details of the naval action are not yet available.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25299, 9 August 1943, Page 2
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