TRANSPORTS SUNK
FULLY LADEN WITH JAPANESE • Retd 9.5 p.m.» Singapore. Dec. 13. Submarines of the Xetheriands East Indies Navy. which tank four full)-laden Japanese troopship*, were operating under the orders of the British Natal Command. The transport* were steaming southwards about 70 miles south of the Thai border. Recd. 8.3 d p.m * Rugby. Dec 13. A Singapore rninmuniqur state* that during last night four enemy troopship* were sunk oft Patani h> Netherlands submarine*. The tran*port» were steaming south fully loaded. According to a BataUa wireless lOiiO Japanese soldiers w»re drowned a* a result of the sinking of the four troopships.—B.O.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 295, 15 December 1941, Page 5
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