POSITIONS CAPTURED
KOHIMA-DIMAPUR ROAD ► RUGBY, Apl. 17. Patrol activity continued on the Arakan front on Sunday, states a South-east Asia communique. Patrolling continues in the Kaladan Valley. Contact was made yesterday with enemy elements north-east of Kaladan village, and our offensive patrols were active in the neighbourhood of the Tiddim road. North-east of Imphal Plain we improved 1 our positions in the surrounding hills. In high ridges near Paleltamu road there was a slight increase in enemy pressure. We have captured further important positions near the Kohima-Dimapur road, where enemy casualties have been very heavy. Contact has been made with a- small enemy party in the hills about 20 miles north-north-east of Kohima. In the Fort Hertz ’area our patrols ambushed 120 Japanese and killed 28. - West of Sumprabum the Myitkyina road was attacked and captured by levies. Our air forces during the week-end bombed bridges and other strategic targets and strafed enemy positions.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25514, 19 April 1944, Page 5
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