DOMINATING RIDGE
CAPTt RE WITHIN I'Ot K HOUKS OI LANDING. (Special Co’.:?s;;onflen’. N.Z.P.AJ Recd. 10 p.m. Sydney, May 2S. Within lour noirs o.' their !ar on on the south-east coast of Biak Island American invasion forces had a deminaiin? rid;,? overlookin Bosnok, largest village on the island. Bosnok has now been captured and the Americans a«e extending their perimeter around it and continuing their drive towards t he cluster of three airfiekL which form a strategic prize
on Biak Island. They are meeting enemy mortar and artillery fire. American and Australian warships escorted th? Invasion convoy. They were tired by Japanese shore batteries. Destroyers were hit, damage and some casualties being caused. Liberators pounded shore targets before th? landings. In a special statement to war correspon lents at his headquarters to-dav G; nerrl MaeA thur said that the success of Ih? Allied offensive In New Giu.nca had more than fulfilled |his most optimistk* hopes and expectations. He v.as particularly thankful for th? light losses which had marked these rat ions.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 126, 29 May 1944, Page 5
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