THE EMPORIA GAZETTE
EMPORIA, KANSAS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1942
Defense of Java Is Collapsing;
Japs Break the Bandoeng Line
Loss of Bandoeng, Arsenal Point of ¡he United Nations;
Defense, Hay Doom the East Indies; More Hints
Of An Allied Counter Drive.
ROGER D. GREENE.
(Associated Press War Editor)
Japanese troops storming at the gate» of Bandoeng.
Allied military headquarters, were reported to have broken
through the city's northern defenses today and a Tokyo
radio broadcast asserted that collapse of the entire defense
of Java was regarded "as a matter of a few day."
Fourth Month of War Opens on Bataan Miracle
A "Death or
Victory" Struggle
Becoming Legend
In War's History
Washington, March 7 (AP)—Military
quarters here today were
talking about the battle of Bataan
as a "death or victory" struggle for
Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the
valiant fighting men, the odds for
death or possibly capture being
heavily against those for ultimate
victory.-yet the fact that there was even
a slight chance for triumphant survival
of the Philippines force, as
the fourth month of Pacific war
opened, was regarded as little short
of a military miracle in view of
what has happened to the defenders
of Hongkong, Singapore and
the Dutch East Indies.---
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