Dutch Have Halted Their Forces
Recd. 10 p.m. Batavia. Aug. 5 Netherlands troops brought their advance to a standstill at midnight in compliance with orders of General S. H. Spoor, states a Dutch communique. Good progress had been made until the cease fire with "protective measures" and “clearing actions” on Madura, an island off the north-east
coast of Java. A Dutch navy fighter was shot down by ground fire over Madura Island. In east Java Netherlands troops occupied Grisse, ten miles north-west of Sourabaya. Mapping up operations were also carried out in an area west of Sourabaya.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 6 August 1947, Page 5
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