Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-06-07 | Page 3 | South Burma British Gain

South Burma British G Gain ih CALCUTTA June u e 7 W Brit W-Brit- British Brit ish tanks and artillery have si sl silenced silenced si- si strong strong- enemy positions north norin of Kalaw in in south Burma 95 95 miles lel southeast t of Mandalay after being checked temporarily in their advance along the Kalaw road by heavy Japanese rearguard fire a a. southeast Asia Alia que announced Thursday Indian troops advancing g along the goad toward Thailand have reached milestone 18 where they encountered opposition the the o said Id Sharp patrol actions have hav been f fought ought In th the area areal of ot Pego which is is' 43 miles mUes northeast of Rang on n. n One British patrol eight miles northeast north of ot fought a two-hour two action with a strong ng enemy enemy en enemy en- en emy group forcing them to withdraw withdraw withdraw with with- draw leaving 25 dead behind and other ther patrols p probed obed positions about 10 miles mUes west of the railway town where Japanese have medi u um machine gun emplacements I