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JAPANESE ARMY

LANDED IN PHILIPPINES ' ESTIMATED AT 300,000 ME;N. DECISION MAY BE REACHED SPEEDILY. LONDON, December 26. The outcome of the battle of the Philippines may be written in the next few hours. The invading forces are estimated at 300,000. It was announced in Manila today that the city had been declared an open town and the Government and administrative offices have been removed. The Japanese attack has developed into a spearhead drive toward the capital. The Manila correspondent of the United Press of America reported this morning that new Japanese transports were sighted off the west coast of Luzon, 50 miles from Manila. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS EAGER TO MEET ENEMY IN MALAYA. SINGAPORE, December 25. Wiping about the Australian troops in Malaya and their eagerness to come face to face with the enemy, the Australian war correspondent says the men work like tigers all day getting ready for the big job ahead. “One sees earth flying, small trees crashing all round, and men’s backs glistening with sweat. There is no loafing on this job. If the enemy comes, these men have a huge task in front of them, and all know there is no withdrawal. The defence of ‘boomtown’ will be the Australian epic.” Their commander, Major-General Gordon Bennett, said the morale of the Australians was never higher. “I am proud to command a force that has inspired hundreds of messages of goodwill and expressions of confidence which I have received from all over Malaya, from British and native leaders alike.”

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 December 1941, Page 3

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Tapeke kupu
251

JAPANESE ARMY Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 December 1941, Page 3

JAPANESE ARMY Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 December 1941, Page 3

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