Show New Guinea Japs Fade Before Allied Onslaught I ALL ALLIED lED HEADQUARTERS I Southwest Pacific Sept 8 INS I-A I American and Australian ground forces In northeast New Guinea Wednesday advanced on all sectors of the Lae front driving within five miles of airdrome airdrome airdrome air air- drome main Jap airfield at Lae as they crumbled the outer def defenses defenses de de- de- de f of the twin Jap bases baseE where an estimated enemy troops are trapped Allied aircraft supported th the ground forces tightening their ring of encirclement with heavy bombardments bombardments bombardments bom bom- of key Jap defense positions positions positions po po- In the heart of the Lae Lae- area American p paratroops a. a rat r 0 0 p s who wh dropped from an armada of transport transport transport trans trans- port planes into inte the Markham valley valley valley val val- ley west of Lae were in full control control con con- of the air strip 2 20 miles from Lae and reinforcements reinforce reinforce- reinforcements ments were being sent in by py air The Australian landing parties partie which put ashore above Lae before the Yank parachutists dropped from the sky behind the Jap positions positions positions pushed rapidly forward to reach the Busu river a few miles mile east of Lae The advance to the Busu river was achieved after a Jap force near near plantation was defeated by the Australians This was one of the two contacts contacts contacts con con- made with the enemy since landing operations began The Australians defeated a a. force of Japs and American paratroopers paratroop paratroop- ers in the other contact routed a a. force of 30 Japs |