| Show Jap Invaders Thrust at India Bastion British Defenders Hurl Back Initial Assaults on NEW DELHI April 7 UP UP- UP Japanese invasion forces driving westward through Indias India's state have reached the area area and are engaging the defenders defend defend- ers s rs of that British stronghold a disclosed Friday Admiral Lord Louis tens ten's southeast Asia headquarters reported that small enemy column column columns col col- col- col were attacking British positions positions around but asserted that all these initial thrusts had been repulsed Consolidate Road Block The attacks apparently were made by Japanese flying columns moving ng down the highway in the van of the main enemy force The also disclosed tha the Japanese had consolidated their mile 15 road block on the highway north norh of and pushed on across the road to the west in the direction of the Assam- Assam Bengal railway some 40 miles away Allied troops have made contact contact contact con con- tact with the enemy nemy forces west of the highway the said adding that the Japanese thus far have made only slight progress toward the railway Cutting of the Bengal Assam-Bengal r railroad which also is menaced by another enemy column colum moving westward above 60 miles north of would sever the main allied s supply line to Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant General Joseph W. W Stilwell's Chinese and American forces in north Burma Fight Out of Trap Meanwhile an allied announcement announce announcement announce announce- ment revealed that the veteran Indian division had fought its way out of a a. Japanese trap On on t the e highway and reached to aid in the defense of that hat city The Indians were disclosed to toha toha ha e broken through gh repeated repeat Jap Japanese Japanese j anese r road ad blocks along the mile stretch h of f highway inflicting heavy heay casualties on the nemy enemy ata at ata a cost st ra 10 per r r cent of l their strength British patrols were r reported ported attacking attacking attacking at at- tacking enemy communications lines in iri an an unidentified sector of the Indo Burma front west of the river presumably river river presumably five other spans spaM at unspecified points along the line Rail tracks were ripped nipped up at many places and four locomotives and a considerable con con- con number of railroad cars I w were re destroyed or damaged by direct di dl- die hits R H RAF A F fighters followed up with witha a strafing attack on the same targets targets targets tar tar- gets damaging four tour locomotives and a number of cars Two allied planes were lost in these and other operations Continued d on Pane Pace Two Column Five h s w t r. r 9 x 4 too a Hills N w 4 y ima fir r rINDIA INDIA TC M Tama i R a Chin Hilts I II I BURMA Associated Press Map Where Jungle Baffles Battles Rage Arrows indicate allied and Jap moves along the India-Burma India border where allies have repulsed several small Nip attacks The enemy has thrust westward across the road linking and Ko- Ko hima and its objectives are Kohlma and the rail and highway junction unction of wa I Japanese Launch I Thrust of ai British 1 India Continued from Page One bridges and i probably knocked out along the Tamu highway southeast of I Chinese forces continued their steady advance southward through the valley in iti r northern Burma and launched an an attack on the village of midway between and the enemy base at The also reported that British Imperial forces strongly supported by fighters and dive bombers bomber made further progress progress progress ress in their two-pronged two drive toward in western Burma Allied planes were en cu the attack against enemy columns along the Indian frontier bombing and machine machine ma mil chine gunning Japanese positions in the Naga hill hIlI the Chin hills hillsand hillsand hillsand and the valley sectors U. U S S. S heavy bombers Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day made their second attack in inless inless inless less than a month on the Burma- Burma Sl Slam Siam m railway line Bombing from froman an altitude of to feet the raiders destroyed three railway |
