IN AKYAB AREA
British Advance In Burma LONDON, Jan. 6. Since the British moved down to Akyab territory supplies have been steadily pouring in by steamers and sampans. The operations arc in difficult country, interspersed with waterways, but the British have been cffrelbely trained in jungle warfare and can nice* the-Japanese at their own game. The local population is doing every* hing to assist the patrols. Considerable Japanese shipping activity arou*-’ Akyab is reported.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22474, 8 January 1943, Page 5
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74IN AKYAB AREA Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22474, 8 January 1943, Page 5
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