Show U. U S. S Troops Force Japan Japanese se To Standstill on B Bataan W WASHINGTON April 2 INS INS With With J Japanese land troops again forced to a virtual standstill on the guns guns- of Corregidor Cor Cox regidor Thursday fought off intermittent en enemy enemy my aerial attacks for the consecutive consecutive day while artillery batteries duel duel- with Nipponese siege guns on the Manila bay shore The war department in a com corn comm m reported that the l last s 24 hours on Bataan had seen only local patrol activity in contrast to the fierce to hand-to-hand bayonet fighting which Wednesday thwarted thwart thwart- ed d a major enemy assault Enemy artillery and dive ive bombers bomb bomb- ers however continued their shelling shelling shelling shell shell- ing and bombing of American positions positions po po- on the peninsula indicating indicating indicating ing that the Japanese intend to continue the offensive launched early l last lit week The reported that the newest newet day and night bombIng bombIng bomb- bomb Ing raids on Corregidor idor caused little damage because Jap planes J were forced by our antiaircraft fire to fly at extreme altitudes aria ana consequently the bombing yas' yas was ya Inaccurate Inaccurate inaccurate in In- accurate and ineffective Concerning the artillery bombardment bombardment bom born the comm had this to say Hostile batteries on the south shore of Manila Marlia bay shelled Cor Cor- regidor damage was inflicted inflict inflict- ed by either th the bombing or the shelling Our forts returned the fire of the enemy batteries Disclosure that fresh Nipponese nav naval l units have steamed into the Continued on Pa Pass Page Three fierce Column One BATAAN TROOPS STOP JAPANESE Continued from Page One China hina sea to shell Gen Wainwright's Bataan positions ind indicates in- in d cates that the enemy may be pl planning banning nning a synchronized land sea seand and nd air assault against the defend- defend ers s. s But latest advices from the Philippines philIppines Phil- Phil emphasize that Wainwright's Wainwright's Wainright's Wain- Wain wrights wright's troops are holding their own wn against Gen Tomoyuki Yama- Yama shita's ita's powerful units after nearly four ur months of almost constant fighting H While Wainwright's position in inthe inthe inthe the Manila area remains in peril due to t tl- tl f cal l superiority and the fact that the japs cul coji l lanes nes it still is not considered hopeless IOn f On Bataan Filipino American-Filipino ground forces cling to their main positions after being forced out of advance posts by a fierce Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese anese ese attack which was checked after savage bayonet fighting E Just off the peninsula powerful powerful power power- f ful l Corregidor island with its 1 heavy eaVy artillery and antiaircraft batteries b still sUIl defies the enemy after after after af af- ter repeated shelling by Jap siege g guns ns and more than bombing r raids ids i Far to the sos sou th th Wainwright's troops again have proved that the J Japanese still do not control strat strategic strategic stra stra- t gic Mindanao island following devastating raids on Nipponese supply depots and military install l lations |