SALAMAUA GARRISON
DETERIORATING JAPANESE POSITION Reed. 6.15 p.m. • Sydney, Aug. 27. ■ The positions of the Japanese garrison defending Salamaua. the southernmost of the enemy’s New Guinea strongholds, is deteriorating. New advances have been made by Australian troops driving towards the Salamaua air strip, on the banks of the Francisco River. Although strong resistance is being encountered at isolated centres, the Japanese outposts generally are withdrawing towards the perimeter defences of Salamaua township and the isthmus area. War correspondents suggest that the resistance may be delaying actions designed to permit th-e enemy's main
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 203, 28 August 1943, Page 5
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