Late News SITUATION IN BURMA
REASSURING STATEMENT (Rec. 2.10 a.m.) LONDON, April 10. “The situation on the Burma front may be broadly described as good,” said the British spokesman, according to the British United Press New Delhi correspondent. “Our units which are still cut off are being supplied by air. We are repulsing the Japanese attacks and straddling their communications.” The correspondent adds that the Allies meanwhile are preparing for the decisive battle, which is believed to be imminent. The Japanese apparently hope to take the key towns of Imphal and Kohima before the monsoon rains prevent large-scale troop movements. They are concentrating their main effort on the central front against these two objectives, which control the roads from the Bengal-Assam railway into Burma. The whole of the operations in this area have become a battle for roads, tracks and trails. The Japanese are now 10 miles from Imphal, but a strong British force is defending the town.
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Southland Times, Issue 25335, 11 April 1944, Page 5
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