The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-19
United States Forces
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there have been no reports, of more enemy landings on Guadalcanal since Thursday (Solomons time), but it said "heavy concentrations of enemy ships are still reported in the Buin- Shorthand area" = apparently the ones attacked by MacArthur'S bombers.
 There has been no mention of American naval vessels for several days, but it was encouraging to know that despite Il bombardments or shellings of American positions on Guadalcanal since last Tuesday, American planes are still able to use the airfield.
 With the known concentration of Japanese naval vessels in the vicin- ity 1t seemed inevitable that the land battle in the offing might be accompanied or followed by a large scale air naval battle between Americans Japanese forces, 6 battle comparable possibly to those in the Coral sea and at Midway. MacArthur Bombs SOlOmonS Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters Australia, Oct. 19 -(UP)-- Allied bombers of Gen. Douglas MacAr- thurs command, pounding Japa- nese shipping concentrations in the northern SolomonS, have scored probable hits on three enemy cruisers, cornmunique announced today.
 Flying fortresses made their most determined attempt to aid American forces facing the new Japanese threat on Guadalcanal island by raiding the enemy shipping of Buin, in southern Bougainville, fol several hours yesterday.
 The communique said three cruis. CTS were believed hit and large seaplane tender and several cargo vessels bombed. On freighter wa. strafted and set aflre and sever flying boats destroyed or damaged
 In the land fighting on New Guinea, meanwhile, allied jungle fighters, in Q sharp clash with thu enemy north of Templeton'S Cross. ing in the towering Owen Stanley mountains, forced the Japanese tt withdraw still farther toward Ko' koda.
 The enemy's retreat was so pre-. cipitous that he abandoned nortars machine guns and other equipmen besides a relatively large number o dead.
 MacArthur's communique did no claim any definite advance in thu Stanleys, however, and it was un. derstood that the Allies had no started the 5,0O0-foot descent to ward the enemy strong point a Kokoda.
 The Allied fighters were forcing the Japanese to withdraw dowr the north side of the Stanley rang by a combination of frontal pres sure and flanking maneuvers. { headquarters spokesman said yes terday that Templeton's Crossing gateway to the nine-mile descent t Kokoda now was in Allied hand after one to two mile advance. | MacArthur's bornbers were be- coming increasingly active in thu SolomonS as the opponents gath cred force there for the impending battle.
 Their heavy raids were calculated to disrupt the enemy's striking power. They aimed to make enemy held air fields useless and to destro. Japanese planes assembled to at tack American ground and maya forces. They also were hitting heav fly at enemy warshipS and trans ports which might be used in sup port of the recently reinforceI Japanese troops on Guadalcanal. | Although yesterdays main at tack was directed ct Buin, othe planes attacked Lsorengau harbo on ManuS Island, in the admiralt. group north of New Guinea, am the village of Pilelo, 75 miles yves doners were reminded of the Battll of Britain by three alarms within two hours.
 No bombs fell in the London area however.
 The East Anglian raids were car ried out by planes flying singly. A oen town a factory was hit, thre' persons were killed and four other injured. The raider then machine gunned nearby villages. Another raider machine-gunned train from low level and damageI several coaches. There were no cas ! tfnlkiaA.