THE BELINGHAM HEARALD
Saturday April 11, 1942
JAPS INVADE ISLAND OF CEBU
Hungry, Fever Ridden Bataan Force Yielded After 98 days of Torture
THE DAILY TIMES-NEWS
BURLINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1942
JAPS SWARMING INTO ISLAND OF CEBU
PIanes Blast Corregidor to Knock Out Last Bastion
BY ROGER D. GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
Japanese invaders swarmed
into the Island of Cebu in a
new phase of the Philippine
campaign today while their
warships and planes blasted
at Corregidor in an attempt
to knock out the last bastion
of resistance in Luzon-----
Oakland Tribune
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1942
Japs Invade Cebu, Fight In Streets;
India Parley Ends As Offer Rejected
Heavy Loss Inflicted On Invading Nipponese
Defenders Stubbornly Resist Enemy Force of 12,000;
Corregidor Battles Raids; Bataan Surrender Claimed
WASHINGTON, April 11.—(A.P.)—The War Department reported today that a
small American-Filpino force defending Cebu, in the Philippine: had inflicted heavy causalities on a Japanese invasion force estimated at 12,000 which was able nevertheless
to effect a landing.
A communique said that the defenders continued to resist stubbornly.
The invaders, supported by a fleet of four w a r s h i p s and 10 transports, by dive
bombers and tanks, were said to have been able to advance only a few miles. The island fortress of Corregidor and nearby Fort Hughes in Manila
Bay meanwhile were subjected to intensive air attacks and intermittent artillery
cross-fire, but the War Department
said casualties were few
and the damage slight.
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