AMERICAN SUCCESSES IN THE SOLOMONS
UPSETTING JAPAN’S WAR PLANS
Chungking, Aug. 27. The American success in the Solomons and the Chinese victories in Chekiang and Kiangsi may be expected to force Japan to revise her war plans radically, says the Central News. Quoting official sources, it declares that both are capital victories, and adds that since the Solomons battle is apparently following along the lines anticipated by the Allies, the outcome is in very little doubt in view of the United States’ victories in the Coral Sea and at Midway Island. The Japanese, it reports, have set fire to Chuhsien, indicating that a collapse in their defence is imminent.
It is revealed that the American air raid on Yochow on 11th August lasted for 12 hours. It killed nearly 500 Japanese and caused fires in an enemy barracks. The enemy is constructing airraid shelters in many parts of Hunan Province. —P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 August 1942, Page 2
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