Show Pacific V Pac fi Battle Rolls Nearer Hearer Australia W WASHINGTON AUg Alig 27 21 UP tIP tp- The furiously spreading battle of the th s west st st. Pacific r to the the Australian mainland Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- d day y as as T Japanese p nes l Invaders v d s paid p id heavily with ships troops troop and pl planes s I for a a s savagely v g 1 contested d landing on the southeastern tip of New Guinea While American Am air power put one enemy enemy invasion fleet to flight off Guadalcanal and inflicted mounting naval haval losses on oh another lin in the strategic Solomons SolomonS' allied ground troops and Pl miles to the west joined battle with a force torce of Japanese marines that landed from a small convoy at Milne bay O v The navy meantime meantie termed the continuing action in th the southeast southeastern southeast ern Solomons en encouraging with at least 13 Japanese ships d damaged maged in th the Vain effort thus tar far to recapture the bases held by U U. S. S marine rin The Th en enemy m landing in iii New Guinea circling around lh the mountains mountains moun moun- tain that h hid had d b barett an overland advance dv rice southward obviously siy increased ini in- in creased i sed tH threat at to the the Aus- Aus lf t d l less s than Miles S ai distant t ht In the Guadalcanal G adal ahat is island antl tone ri of th the h n. n 1 navy c Wednesday disclosed that the big sea battle was still raging with the outcome outcome me still in in- in definite |