LAND FIGHTING
FLARES UP AGAIN IN BURMA JAPANESE ATTACK HEIGHTS HELD BY ALLIES. ENEMY HEAVILY SHELLED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 1.15 p.m.) RUGBY, May 6. After four days of quiet, fighting in the Arakan area flared up again, the Japanese renewing their pressure against positions east of the Mayu Hills and south-west of Buthidaung, according to a Calcutta message. The main attack was against high ground between Sinoh and Sunchiang, seven miles from Buthidaung. Facing the enemy numerical superiority, Allied artillery heavily shelled the new Japanese positions. The R.A.F. continues its strafing activities.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 May 1943, Page 4
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