The Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, Saturday Morning, October 31, 1942.
Japanese Fleet Has Retired
From Scene,' Knox Discloses
U. S. Victorious
In First Round
At Guadalcanal
American Soldiers There
Occupy Every Inch
They Ever Held,
Says Navy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—(AP)---
With pride in his voice. Navy,
Secretary Knox declared today
that the Japanese fleet has "retired
from the scene" of the
Solomons battle and that of the
first round of the struggle has
ended with American forces on
Guadalcanal "occupying every
Inch of the ground we ever controlled."
Some of the Japanese warships
which have been supporting the
foe's all-out drive to wrest the
vital airfield on Guadalcanal from
American marines and army troops,
have gone back to their base,
Knox said. He did not divulge
where the others have gone.
Yanks Strike
Constant Air
Blows at Axis
British Fighters Continue
Cautious Land Advance
Under Protection
Of 'Umbrella'
CAIRO, Oct. 30.—(INS)—American
fighters and bombers are
pounding enemy positions in the
Egyptian desert without pause, a
U. S. headquarters communique
revealed tonight.
On the ground, hardened British
desert fighters continued their
cautious, methodical advance under
this protective umbrella of high flying
warplanes as the Allied offensive
roared through its eighth
day.
Stalingrad's Army
Grimly Repels Foe
Only in Area of Nalchik
Do Nazis Register
Slight Gain
MOSCOW, Oct. 31.—(Saturday)
—(INS)—Stalingrad's grim defend
ers repulsed countless Nazi as-
saults Friday and at the end of the
day still held firmly their positions
in shell-pocked streets, the
Soviet high command announced
today.
Further Russian gains were reported
near the Black sea port of
Tuapse, last large base available
to the Soviet Black sea fleet, where
a Nazi drive aimed at seizing
that city was checked, then thrown
into reverse.
Foe Gains In Caucasus
Only in the area of Nalchik, gateway
to the Georgian military road
in the Caucasus, were the Nazis
able to register a slight gain yesterday.
No comments:
Post a Comment