EXPECTED IN NEW GUINEA
Sil" Thomas Blarney’s Forecast TRIBUTES TO THE ALLIED AIR FORCE SOLOMONS ACTION PART OF BIG PROGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN LONDON, August 28. The commander of the Allied land forces in the South-West Pacific, General Sir T. Blarney, said he believed the new Japanese forces in Milne Bay could be stopped before they joined up with the Japanese already at Kokoda, though fierce hand-to-hand and bayonet fighting could be expected. He paid a tribute to the Allied air force for its attacks on the enemy. The action in the Solomons was not an isolated battle, he said, but part of the big progressive campaign that would have to be fought to a finish. It is stated in Washington that the withdrawal of the Japanese warships from the Solomons should not be regarded as a smashing victory. The operation by the Japanese was really a reconnaissance in force and the ships withdrew when some had been hit. :
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1942, Page 3
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157EXPECTED IN NEW GUINEA Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1942, Page 3
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