The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-02
Chronology

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away, bombed for second time;
japanese land attack slackens.
Dec. 18-Manila has first air
raid alarm in three days but
only light damage caused at
Nichols and Fabian air fields:
more than 81 planes bomb port
of Iloilo on Panay Island; Pres
ident Manuel Quezon tells
people to have confidence in
government and people or Uni
ted States.
Dec. 10 - Philippine Army
indicted into US. armed forces
of the Far East; two waves of
bombers raid naval base at
Cavite.
Dec. 2O-Four transports land
troops in Davao. Mindanao Is
land. heavy fighting RACES:
bombs fall wide of Nichols
Field.
Dec. 2I-Manila has an houi
raid alarm; Japanese step up
activity around Vigan.
Dec. 22-Battle for Manila
begins. Japanese land troops
from 80 transports in Lingayen
Gulf; Americans and Filipinos
more than hold their own in
first fighting; fighting especial
ly heavy between Santo Tomas
and Damortis on gulf coast.
Dec. % - Lingayen fighting
very heavy: Dutch planes help
Americans at Davao; blowing
up one tanker; Japanese planes
damage steel bridge at Villasis,
80 miles inland from Lingayen
Gulf: bridge is longest in Phil
ippines.
Dec. 25-Japanese landing at
Atimonan, rs miles southwest
of Manila. announced; 40 trans
ports in flotilla; Japanese planes
drop heavy bombs in first raid
on Manila Port area; U. S. head
quarters considers declaring
Manila open city to escape raw
ages of bombing; General Doug
las Macarthur and staff take
field in personal command; Man.
liza has four air raid alarms but
crowds complete Christmas
shopping.
Dec. 25-Japancse pour more
men into Luzon battle; tank
units reach area near summer
capital of Baguio, another spear
head advancing 25 miles from
coast reached Bir.alOan, only ITO
miles from Manila.
Dec. 26-General Macarthur
declared Manila open city in
proclamation dated Dec. "a; air
alarms sound almost constantly
in Manila as japanese strike at
nearby detectives; tank battle
RACES on southern front, artillery
duel on northern; anti-aircraft
guns in Manila dismounted but
Sayre declared 1--WE will fight to
the last man."
Dec. 27-JapaneSe reported
within 83 miles north of Manila
at Moncada; japanese bombers
disregard declaration of capital
as open city and bomb it for
three hours and IL minutes,
many dead an huge fires start
ed in ancient walled city.
Dec. 28-Japanese bomb Man.
liza again in utter disregard OF its
undefended status; raid lasts two
hours and four minutes, spreads
fires and ruin: japanese advance
on southern front, little change
! on the north.
Dec. 29-"Suicidc squads OF
young Filipino: hold japanese
at least 40 hours, enabling army
to reorganize Gefenses; Manila
! has air alram but no raiders;
Japanese instead raid island for.
tress of Corregidor for two
hours; japanese land new forces
in Southern Luzon.
Dec. 3O-Japanesc fight to
Luisana and Dolores, each about
As airline miles southeast Of
Manila; northern battle line
runs east and west through lara
GOA, IS miles above Manila, as
defenders leav: Lingayen area,
President Quezon inauguratcd
lor second term.
Dec. 31-General Macarthur
acknowledges Americans and
Filipinos ARE being pushed
back" on northern and southern
fronts by japanese tanks, arm
ored units, infantry and dive
bombers; southern battle line on
ly 80 minutes from capital by
automobile.
Jan. 1-Japancsc claim adj
vance so near Manila that gun
fire from battlefront can be
! heard in capital streets; u. 5.
War Department communique
says General MacArthur's fore IS
have been regrouped into. de.
Tense arc close around Manila.
JAN, WAR DEPARTMENT