MONSOON GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 225, 20 June 1944, Page 5

MONSOON GENERAL

Week’s Hard Fighting In Burma (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 18. The week ended on Friday, J une 16. has been one of continuous and fierce fighting on all sectors on the Burma front. The monsoon conditions are now general, and air operations have, of necessity, lieen restricted to some extent. There has been no slackening in the laud effort. General Stilwell's Chinese-American forces iu north Burma have been slowly pressing the enemy 'back, despite his stiff resistance in both the Mounting Valley and the Myitkyina areas. ' The ground gained jtlst south of Mogaung has been consolidated.

Inhabited places, including Ohakrao, six miles west of Kamaing. Kadow. east of Tumbonghka. and Zigyum. cast of the river and a mile from north Kamaing. have been occupied by our troops. On the Manipur front, in a week of hard fighting, there has 'been no major change. The enemy has continued his withdrawal under pressure south and east of Kohima on the road to Imphal. On the Imphal-Ukhrul road there has been heavy fighting. In the Bishenpur area there has been further fighting in the village of Ningthoukhonga. The Arakan front has been quiet, with some patrolling. Our troops have moved south from Mowdok and taken up new positions in the Sangu Valley. Over the whole Burma front the air ferrying of men and supplies has been maintained. There has been no enemy interference