GREATEST OF WAR
MASSACRE !N BURMA
Rec. 1 p.m. RUGBY. July 23. The anticipation that the escape of the Japanese to Siam from the Pegu Yomas would provide the greatest single massacre of this theatre of war has been justified, writes a Rangoon correspondent. The latest count of dead Japanese since the attempted breakthrough began 36 hours ago shows 1843 bodies, with 93 of 'the enemy taken prisoner.
The killed are casualties by our small arms fire, and do not include those killed from air or by artillery fire. The fighting which continues east and west of the Mandalay-Rangoon road is target practice for our troops. There is evidence that the enemy, who had hoped to break through in a matter of hours, is tiring. A fair number of Japanese are reported to have crossed the Rangoon-Mandalay road south of Toungoo.
The villages inland on either side of the road are a constant target for the R.A.F. The Japanese are seen running in and' out of the villages and bombing and strafing is going on-. East of the corridor, our forces are trapping parties of Japanese as they sneak towards the Sittang River. — 8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 20, 24 July 1945, Page 6
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