DO NOT LIKE BAYONET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1942, Page 4

DO NOT LIKE BAYONET

FLIGHT OF JAPANESE BEFORE CHARGE OF BRITISH INFANTRY. OPERATIONS IN BURMA AREA. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) RANGOON, February 12. A communique states: After heavy fighting an enemy attack on our positions in the Paan area was successfully defeated. The situation is now much quieter and the enemy appears to have temporarily abandoned his operations in that area. 'Our casualties were not heavy. During the fighting in the Mataban area 1 a company of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry got to close quarters with the enemy and charged them at the point of the bayonet. The enemy fled, throwing away ther weapons and suffering considerable casualties. No air raids over Burma have been reported during the past night. Yesterday morning enemy aircraft attacked our troops in the Martaban sector. In support of our land forces our bombers, escorted by Allied fighters, attacked enemy positions in the forward sectors during yesterday morning. In the afternoon our bombers carried out an attack on Japanese forces at Moulmein and on the river Salween. All our aircraft returned safely. Reconnaissances over enemy territory were carried out during the day.