Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-28 | Page 4 | Allies in New Guinea Open Drive for Japanese Base at Madang

Allies in New Guinea Open Drive Drivel For Japanese Base at Mada A ALL ALLIED L L I lED E D HEADQUARTERS Southwest Pacific Sept 28 UP p- p General D Do Douglas o u go g l 1 a s MacArthur whose New Guinea troops have won virtually complete control of ot 80 0 important miles mlles of ot coastline from rom to since ince September 12 now have opened a thrust toward ladang 70 more shoreline miles to the northwest This movement while Australians Australians Australians Austra Austra- lians are battering at the last Japanese defenses before tottering is an overland one developing in the broad Markham valley at a a. point 68 miles northwest northwest northwest north north- west of ot Lae Tuesdays Tuesday's disclosed the capture of a village approximately 70 miles south and slightly east of It was the first hint of a land drive In that direction is eight miles northwest of a valley village where September 18 two days after the fall tall of Lae big transport planes landed on a grassy field and unloaded unloaded unloaded un un- loaded Australian soldiers who clashed with an enemy force of killing and routing the others Whether capture was achieved by the airborne force which took or meant a consolidated allied line for all the 68 miles from to Lae was not made clear Since Laes Lae's fall MacArthurs MacArthur's forces definitely controlled controlled con con- trolled the valley vaHey for 20 miles from that air base back to the airstrip of seized by paratroopers September 5 Recently Mitchell m medium e d diu i u m mI I bombers swung low over the valley 85 miles northwest of Lae to bomb and strafe enemy troops seeking a backdoor exit from the debacle at Lae and There are enemy air bases I around and Astrolabe bay provides a harbor