ENEMY COLUMN
ATTACKED FROM THE AIR IN BURMA FIGHTING IN EAST INDIES. NO NEWS COMING FROM TIMOR. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) RUGBY, February 23. Information received in London shows that the British forces have withdrawn from their Bilin River position, and are between that river and the Sittang River. A longish column of Japanese troops advancing from Bilin to Kyaikto, at the head of the Gulf of Martaban, have been successfully bombed and machine-gunned from the air. This demonstration of air activity is reported by the British commander, General Hutton, to be having a good effect on the spirits of the troops, who, though naturally tired, are fighting with more confidence because of the evidence of increased air support. Reports from the East Indies are of Japanese air attacks on Javanese aerodromes, and ground fighting in Bali and Sumatra. No news is coming from Timor, as evidently communications have been cut.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1942, Page 3
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155ENEMY COLUMN Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1942, Page 3
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