Both Sides Suffer Losses In Java

Chronicle (Levin), 29 July 1947, Page 5

Both Sides Suffer Losses In Java

Press Assn.

By Telegraph

-Cojjytight

Received Tuesday, 11 a.m. BaTAVIA, July 28. Latest reports indicate that the Dutcfi casuaities in Ine Indonesian mass attack on Mbdjokerto, East Java, last Wednesday night were 403 kilied and wounded, says an Antara news agency repoft broadcast by Jogjakarua radio. Cliinese civilians who fired on the Indonesian troops when the Dutch forces attackea Salatiga last luesaay nad w be protected from tne vengeance of the locai population when the Indonesian troops repulsed an attack after five hours oi streer fighting, reports Reuter's correspondent from Jogjakarta by radio-. Benior ofiicers piaced an Chinese in the area in a special camp for iheir own safety. As a consequence of the "unhappy" event at balatiga the Indonesian poiice at Purwodadi, 30 miles east of Semarang, have coricenirated 500 unmese m aiiouner protection camp. Eye-wimesses state that Chinese agents, during the fighting for Cneribon, macnine-gunned the Indonesians, wno sunered heavy losses, at least 500 being kilied or wounded. Reucer's correspondent reports that the Repubhcans have halted tne Dutch arive on PoerwoerKerto at Bumiaja, 20 miles nortll-west of the town. Bumiaja is on the main road from Poerwoerkerto, linking up the northern coastat road between Cheribon and Tegal.