Evening star., 1942-11-02
SoIomons
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miral William Halsey, who recently
took over command of that area.
Damage Detailed.

miral William Halsey, who recently
took over command of that area.
Damage Detailed.
In this report, the Navy announced
last night. the following damage to
the enemy was detailed:
-Four to six heavy bomb hits on an
aircraft carrier of the Zui Kaku
class.
Two medium bomb hits on an
other aircraft carrier of the same
class.
Two heavy bomb hits on Z battle
ship Of the Kongo class.
One heavy bomb hit on a second
battleship.
Five medium bomb hits on cruiser
of the Tikuma class (second class
cruiser.
Torpedo and bomb hits on one
heavy cruiser and two torpedo hits
on another heavy cruiser.
In addition reports indicated the
definite destruction OF more than
100 enemy aircraft and the probable
destruction OF so others"
A dispatch from Olen w. Glenn
ents, Associaed Press correspondent
in the South Pacific war zone,
quoted an American pilot returning
from the attack as saying the flight
deck Of one Of the big new enemy
carriers was completely smashed
and she appeared to be sinking.
The Navy said there were only
two carriers of the Zuikaku class,
the Syokaku (Crane) and the Zui-
kaku Lucky Stork), both COM
pleted last year. They are Of about
1900 tons and carry As planes each,
indicating the presence Of addi-
tionaio carriers if more than 100
enemy planes were destroyed in the
October 26 battle.
Ashore on Guadalcanal, the Navy
reported minor" ground operations
Thursday during which soldiers
and marines captured two enemy
75-mm. guns west of the Matanikau
River, the defenders Western De-
fense Line.
Mr.. Clements dispatch from
headquarters of the United States
South Pacific forces related that
the enemy forces suffered such
heavy losses during their recent
large-scale assault that the marines
described one action in this man
ner.
The Japs attacked us and we
suffered IS casualties. Two thou
sand Jap bodies present a disposal
problem"
80 Tons Of Bombs Unloaded.
The Allied flyers unloaded 80 tons
OF bombs on the Buin-Faisi area,
where the seven ships were believed
damaged, Gen. MacArthur's head
quarters reported.
In continued support of the
Solomons operation" commu-
nique said, "two heavy co-ordinated
night attacks were executed by
strong formations of our heavy and
medium units against enemy ship
ping Tin the Buin-Faisi area).
The attacks were delivered from
low altitude in the face Of intense
anti-aircraft opposition. Thirty
three tons of bombs were dropped
Accurate observation OF the re-
suits was difficult, but seven vessels
were believed to have been sunk
or seriously damaged. One of our
planes failed to return"
A war correspondent of the Mel
bourne Herald said the seven vessel.
included warships and merchant
men. He pointed out that the 3:
tons OF explosives dropped in the
raid represented the heaviest an.
nounced weight of bombs unloadeC
by planes under Gen. Macarthur,
command since their intensive at.
tacks in the Solomons area began.
Results Of Previous Raids.
Results of the previous raids on the
area 300-350 miles northwest Of
Guadalcanal, as announced in previ-
GUS cornmuniques, were:
Thursday-Direct hit on one vesse.
and four others were straddled by
bombs. None Of the vessels wal
Identified.
Friday-A wave OF heavy bomber.
scored two hits on = heavy cruiser Of
battleship and placed other bombs
very close to light cruiser and al
airplane carrier, probably causing