Show Pursuing Fleeing Jap Battle Fleet Navy Gives Lie to Tokyo Claims Of Heavy American Losses 1 il MacArthur Says United Nations j i Will Continue Attacking f 1 1 II 11 1 Nip Vessels Sunk 6 Damaged WASHINGTON May lay 9 UP The UP-The The navy naY Saturday om dally denied Japanese claims that any American aircraft carrier carrier car car- rier or battleships have been lost in the smashing victory in the Coral sea The navy said in a that reports received here hereto hereto hereto to date failed to substantiate the loss of a single carrier or battleship in that action Japanese propaganda broadcasts have claimed specifically that a a. battleship of the Cal California class a carrier of the Saratoga Saratoga Sara- Sara toga class and one of the Yorktown class had been sunk By C. C Yi TES lcD J McDANIEL NIEL ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Australia May 9 GP jp-Ari- jp An Announcing flouncing categorically the basic outline of a cut clear-cut naval victory in the greatest sea fight of the war General Douglas MacArthur declared Saturday that American losses in r repulsing pulsing the the proud invasion armada Japan sent into the Coral sea had been relatively light and branded Tokyo's claims of damage flatly as false and fantastic S In successive MacArthur declared ONE ONE tIThe The great naval and air battle off the th-e northeast coast of Australia has temporarily ceased TWO TWO Our Our naval forces fought with admirable courage courage courage cour- cour age and tenacity and the enemy has been repulsed THREE Our THREE Our attacks will continue FOUR The FOUR The enemy version of the battling ls is entirely fi fic fictional and has no semblance to a true of fact FIVE His FIVE His claims of damage inflicted on on our naval forces are fantastic SIX SIX Our Our losses losse comp r d with his his' hison own own are relatively light The only reason they have have- published at the present th present time time time- is because they would reveal to him information of value f With United States warships and bombers hot on the heels of the shell-marked shell Japanese sea force this was the score already anno announced officially Japanese ships sunk 11 An ll-An An aircraft carrier a heavy cruiser a light cruiser two destroyers four gunboats and two cargo or transport ships Japanese ships damaged 6 An 6 An aircraft carrier a a. he heavy vy cruiser a light cruiser a ton seaplane tender and two transport transport transport trans trans- port or supply ships The second aircraft carrier also may have been s sunk S on the basis of unofficial reports The only announced American losses have been three planes The Japanese imperial headquarters claim which MacArthur declared must be regarded in the light of propaganda was ed 1 i in Tokyo e earlier Saturday to seven even ships sunk or damaged and andl l' l 9 IJ planes Shot snot down The Japanese claimed they had sunk a U. U S. S aircraft carrier of Yorktown type a U. U S. S aircraft carrier of the Saratoga type a U. U S. S battleship of the California class and a destroyer Tokyo reported repotted as damaged a British battleship battleship battleship bat bat- of the class a claim denied flatly Friday by the British admiralty an Australian The Jap Came Saw and Scrammed and Scrammed ii NEW t i LW il CItIES Is fi ill I I i GUINEA NI P PAC A C I F Fie IC PORT LAE iP L Strail ibi 4 4 j I- I S 1 3 I r LIR i y V j TOWNSVILLE i TOWNSVILLE NEW r U I AUSTRALIA BRISBANE SYDNEY cN S I I AUCKLAND Tasman Sea WELLINGTON I J i SOUTH S ISLAND ISLAND- as TASMANIA ff I NEW l lC C ZEALAND 0 ZEALAND MILLS t. t 1 0 South Cape AssocIated Press Map WHERE ALLIES WON BATTLE OF CORAL SEA Arrows indicate possible goals of dispersed Jap armada armada- either Port Moresby or U. U S. Australia lines cruiser of the Canberra class and andone andone andone one other cruiser The imperial command also made its first statement of its own losses reporting a small sized aircraft carrier converted i from a tanker sunk and 31 planes I lost MacArthurs MacArthur's account of the first two phases of the fight eased the tension which has Jias held Australians Australians Aus Aus- virtually all we week k as the II fate of their their continent continent and perhaps I the future strategy o of the Pacific i war hung in iJ the the balance The fact that the Japanese fleet had broken off the engagement at least temporarily was taken as clear evidence that Australia's sea ramparts entrusted in part to American warships and American planes had been tested hard and had held firm It was obvious from the com com- I on P Page PaJe s Two iv Column Six i S Allies Pursue Fleeing Jap Fleet After Terrific Day 6 Battle Continued from Page One that the Australian man manIn manin I in the street had been right in his conviction that this was no isolated isolated iso iso- task force skirmish but a major operation I Blunt Jap Spearhead I The Australians regarded the fight as a determined and bitterly bitterly bitterly bitter bitter- ly pressed fight by allied planes and ships to blunt if not entirely smash the spearhead of the first major Japanese attempt since the conquest of Malaya and the Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Neth Neth- erlands Indies to resume the southward southward southward south south- ward drive Especially heartening were the words that our attacks attacks attacks at at- tacks will continue The press and public echoed Prime Minister John Curtins Curtin's statement that this great battle which temporarily has ceased had to be fought as a a. part of the war warto warto warto to save this theater from falling within axis control Aware of the fateful future they agreed too with his words that I have no doubt other battIes battles battles bat bat- tIes have yet to be fought as a apart apart apart part of a struggle which must continue continue continue con con- until the enemy is defeated or we are conquered Cites Great Sacrifices The prime minister commented that great sacrifices have been made by our fellow men wearing the uniforms of our forces and exhorted the people of Australia to take as their pattern the heroic heroic he he- role personnel which this week stood between Australia and stark tragedy Evidence of confidence came also alsofrom alsofrom alsofrom from New Zealand where it was disclosed that despite the Imminent imminent imminent nent threat of Japanese invasion the dominions dominion troops would re remain remain remain re- re main at their stations on distant land sea and air fronts Despite the advantage of having having hayIng hav hay ing New Zealand's own battle- battle hardened men defending their native native native na na- na- na tive soil the war cabinet has de decided decided de- de I de-I to rely on the manpower now available there rather than tax allied shipping by calling home its' its youngest fittest men already fighting the axis in England and Africa Blocked Jap Advance General MacArthur emphasized in his that the bat bat- tIe lIe of the Coral sea actually was wasa a culmination for culmination for the moment at least of least of long and vast scale of offensive offensive preparations by the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese and of work clock-work aerial counterattacks by the united nations nations' nations nations' nations nations' na na- na- na forces He said the Japanese preparation preparation preparation tion for resumption of the southward southward southward south south- ward tide of conquest began with the massing of troops transports and warships and attempts to strengthen bases on New Britain and the Solomon islands From them the Japanese planned to start off their armada and give it land-based land air support Six weeks of relentless pounding poundIng pounding pound pound- ing by allied bombers however dislocated that scheme by wrecking wrecking wrecking wreck wreck- ing ground installations and planes Although this prevented the Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese from obtaining air superiority superior superior- ity which played its great part partin in their conquests heretofore the Japanese sent their armada of troopships and its escort of warships warships warships war war- ships into the Coral sea Monday Under Constant Attack Almost immediately it received the resounding blows of American American Ameri Amen can sea and air forces and from then until early Saturday when the thc naval action was broken off by the Japanese their ships had been under long day-long attack by American warships and allied air air- craft The test of how heavily the Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese have been hit however it was pointed out depends on whether er they have strength and will left to reorganize and reinforce their armada and try again This was not yet clear because it still was not disclosed what original strength the Japanese sent into the fateful struggle In the sea northeast of Australia or what blows they had dealt the allies |