heavy jap losses
FIGHTING IN SALAMAUA (Special Australian Correspondent—N.Z.P.A.) Recd. 6.15 p.m. Sydney, Aug. 30. The Japanese have suffered heavy casualties in the fighting before Salamaua. On Saturday they launched several costly counter-attacks to preserve their 'hard pressed positions west and south-west of the Salamaua airstrip, and at some points along the line Australian troops were forced to give ground slightly. Fighting is taking place in difficult mountain' and jungle country within four miles of Salamaua township, with the Japanese trying desperately to regain commanding ridges which the Australians stormed and occupied last week. There is no later news of the American force in the coastal sector whose artillery was recently reported to be shelling the Salamaua airfield.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 206, 1 September 1943, Page 5
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