FAR EAST OF THE SOLOMONS
Battle Extending ENEMY NORTH OF FIJI (By Telegraph.—Tress Assn.—Copyright.) (Special Australian Correspondent.) (Received October 30, 12.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, October 29. The latest reports from the Solomon Islands theatre suggest that the sea and air battle is moving eastward toward the New Hebrides and Fiji groups. This view is strengthened by a statement from Washington that Japanese naval vessels have been attacked by Allied planes “north of the Fijis.” The Australian Broadcasting Commission quotes its Washington correspondent as saying that the Solomons battle stretches over hundreds of miles to the east and that United States aircraft are in action 400 miles north-east of Guadalcanal and north of the New Hebrides and Fiji: Strong Japanese forces have been attacked. According to American sources, Japan has now had onc-fourtli of her warships sunk or damaged since Pearl Harbour, while the United States has had 03 warships sunk or damaged.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 30, 30 October 1942, Page 6
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151FAR EAST OF THE SOLOMONS Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 30, 30 October 1942, Page 6
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