NO MAJOR CLASH YET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 68, 21 March 1942, Page 5

NO MAJOR CLASH YET

BRIDGES STILL DOWN London, March 19. To-day’s official news oi the lighting in Burma does not indicate any important change in the situation, and it is stated in London that there has been no big clash yet, though the Japanese are still feeling their way northwards A report by a pilot of the American volunteer group says that the bridges over the Bilin and Sittang Rivers, which were destroyed by our troops, have not yet been rebuilt. In yesterday’s Allied attack on Moulmein aerodrome and some nearby landing grounds about 25 enemy planes are believed to have been destroyed. Details of the raid by Allied troops over the week-end. wnen three villages were recaptured, show that alter achieving tneir objective our forces laced a sudden enemy attack, but it was beaten off and the withdrawal proceeded according to plan. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED AT MOULMEIN (Recd. 11.50 p.m.) Rugby, March 20. A New Delhi message states that a communique announces that Allied, planes are believed to have destroyed 25 enemy aircraft on Wednesday in the Moulmein area. American Volunteer Group planes accounted for 15. These included nine fighters, four bombers, and two troop-carrying planes.—B.O.W.