NAVAL BOMBARDMENT
FIRES ON SHORTLAND ISLAND (Received Jan. 12. 11.30 a.m.) GUADALCANAR, Jon. 11 A task force ol United States cruisers and destroyers bombarded Japanese positions on Shortland Island last Saturday night, speedily silencing light fire from .several shore batteries, says the American Press. Several fires, including one in a fuel dump, were seen several hours later. Installations on Faisi Island were also bombed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22243, 12 January 1944, Page 3
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