JAPANESE CRUISERS DAMAGED
(Rec. 1.15 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. The Navy announced that two Japanese cruisers and a destroyer were damaged, one cruiser probably damaged and one possibly damaged. Marines repulsed four attempts to break through the land defences on Guadalcanar and 20 attacking Japanese planes were shot down in a single raid.
the defenders on the second day of the offensive. The South African Division suffered heavy losses from Axis heavy weapons while attempting to leave the extensive minefield.
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Southland Times, Issue 24885, 27 October 1942, Page 5
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80JAPANESE CRUISERS DAMAGED Southland Times, Issue 24885, 27 October 1942, Page 5
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