NEW GUINEA ADVANCE
JAPS. SLOWLY GIVE GROUND DEEP DEFENCES OVEECOME,
P.A. Special.
SYDNEY, Oct, 22.
Both sides are employing larger forces in the Owen Stanley Range struggle. Heaviei* fighting has developed, and the Japanese have been forced from a defensive position near Eora Creek village. War cofrespondents believe that the enemy is now being slowly driven from the last geographical feature lending itself to a stand in the high ground of the mountains. Once their present. posts are vacated the Japanese will find themselves on the steep slope to Avckoda, and there attempts to halt the advancing force would be extremely diffieult. Flanking attacks by strong Allied forces were responsible for the latest Japanese reverse. It has been stated officially that the Allied drive continues to be successful, and that the enemy defences in depth are being steadily overcome. The Japanese are now "on the edge of the range" beyond Eora Creek. The descent is rapid, and in one section the trail drops 2400 feet in little more than two miles.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 250, 23 October 1942, Page 5
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171NEW GUINEA ADVANCE Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 250, 23 October 1942, Page 5
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