JAPANESE SHELL GUADALCANAL
More Troops Land SHARP RESISTANCE NOW IN PAPUA Japanese warships, it was reported from Washington yesterday, have carried out a night bombardment of installations on Guadalcanal Island. Later, under cover of darkness, just before dawn, troops were landed on the north coast to the west of the American positions. Fierce fighting has been taking place in the Owen Stanley Ranges. Yesterday’s communique from General MacArthur s headquarters reported that the Australian forces were still in the area of Templeton’s Crossing, about 12 miles from the enemy s forward base at Kokoda, and 70 mils from Buna, their supply base on the coast of northern Papua. It appears that the enemy have prepared positions in depth, and that they intend to make a stand in the heights of the ranges, comments the Press Association’s special Australian correspondent.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 18, 16 October 1942, Page 5
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139JAPANESE SHELL GUADALCANAL Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 18, 16 October 1942, Page 5
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