PUSHING EAST
AMERICANS IN NEW BRITAIN EXTENSION OF INVASION AREA. RIVERS TO BE CROSSED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.5 p.m.) (Special Australian Correspondent.) SYDNEY, This Day. American invasion troops have extended their beachhead at Arawe, in New Britain and are again in contact with Japanese troops. The main American drive is eastwards, towards Didmop, on the east bank of the Pulie River, eight miles north-east of the Lupin airstrip, which was captured during the weekend. The Pulie is one of the biggest rivers in New Britain. To reach Didmop, the Americans will also have to cross the Sigul River, between Lupin and the Pulie River. On the north-western flank of the beachhead, the Americans, early in the week, were fired on by machine-guns from Awang Island, three miles from the Arawe Peninsula. The latest reports say contact has been made with the Japanese at this point.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 December 1943, Page 4
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