ENEMY LOSSES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 January 1942, Page 3

ENEMY LOSSES

In Air Raids on Singapore The Japanese are substituting' night and early morning* raids for daylight bombing of Singapore. Two raids were made on the city this morning. It is understood that a few bombs were dropped on the outskirts of the city. x In yesterday’s heavy raids on Singapore 125 enemy planes came over in three formations. Six were destroyed for certain and four more were probably destroyed. A British official who has reached Burma states that before the Japanese landed on the island of Penang the city’s power plant was destroyed. British officials state also that the oil installations were completely 'destroyed, the wells being blown up. If the Japanese wish to obtain oil they will have to bore new wells, and no machinery or equipment have been left available for this purpose. The enemy is paying some attention to Rangoon, through which supplies pass for China via the Burma Road. An aerodrome to the north of the city was raided by enemy planes but no damage was done to personnel or property. An enemy plane was shot down by one of our fighter patrols. Our bombers attacked objectives in Thailand and severely damaged two enemy aircraft and blew up the engine pf a train.