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AMBUSHES AND
STRAFING
Daily Routine
in Bnrinn
COLOMBO, July 2, (A.A.P.).
Land and air activity in Burma,
which nas been restricted by the
monsoon, is now focussed' on the
130-mile-long stretch of. the River
Sittang, from Pyinmana, south
ward to Nyaunglebin.
Several thousands of Japanese,
including some "pistol-packing
geishas," who are isolated west
of the river, are trying to get
away to the east, and the Sit
tang forms their main obstacle.
It now appears that the Japan
ese do not. intend -to stage' a
major, action and fight their way
through, but rather slip across the'
frequently rain-misted , v river in
smRll parties, mostly by night. It
is a daily tale of patrol encoun
ters, ambushes and ..strafing by
patrolling aircraft, with . an in
creasing ' --number of Japanese
corpses drifting down the swollen
river— an- ominous sight , to the
Japanese, who still hold , the river
mouth on the Gulf of. Martban.
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