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FINSCHHAFEN AIRFIELD TAKEN SYDNEY, Sept. 25 Australian forces in New Guinea hav> captured the Finschhafen airfield and are now advancing on the town from south and west, reports today’s communique from General MacArthur. In the Markham Valley attack bombers raided villages along the Yati River track from Bagerak to Marawasa. In low-level sweeps many tons of bombs and 41,000 rounds of ammunition were expended, resulting in Ifire3 in all the villages. Ammunition dumps were destroyed and anti-air-craft positions silenced. There was I no enemy air opposition and all the j planes returned. GERMAN SUBMARINE ATTACK LONDON. Sept. 24 The Beilin news agency claims that after a pause of some weeks German submarines made a surprise attack on shipping in the North Atlantic. The news agency says: “One U-boat pack for two days attacked an exceptionally heavily escorted convoy enroute to America and sank 12 escorting destroyers and torpedoed three which probably sank. Heavy fog impeded further operations but nine ships totalling 46.500 tons were sunk and two other were hit.” Mr Churchill on September 21 said a German attack against a convoy was progressing. Today’s German communique says that small type British submarines on Wednesday attempted to penetrate Norwegian Fiords but were destroyed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 132, Issue 22152, 25 September 1943, Page 4
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