FURTHER LOSSES?
SUFFERED BY JAPANESE NAVY AMERICAN OFFICIAL REPORT. CLARIFICATION OF POSITION AWAITED. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.15 p.m.) , u WASHINGTON, November 19. The text of a Navy Department communique reads: —“Reports just received from the South Pacific reveal that" United States battleships participated in the action on Saturday night and early on Sunday morning. RearAdmiral Lee commanded a task force which engaged a Japanese surface force in the Guadalcanal area during Saturday night and inflicted the following damage on the enemy: One battleship or heavy cruiser sunk, three large cruisers sunk, one destroyer sunk, one battleship damaged, one cruiser damaged and one destroyer damaged. It is possible that this report may include some of the damage already reported in a previous Navy Department communique. Clarification of this point must' await the receipt of a complete summary of the action from the commander of the naval forces in that area,”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1942, Page 4
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153FURTHER LOSSES? Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1942, Page 4
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