The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-13
WARSHIPS SHELL
JAVANESE TROOPS
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disposed to surrender or end the
battle. Instead, they said the Ma
tonalists were charging their lines
in fanatical attacks.
Haugland said the British esti-
mated they were opposed by TO-
600 trained Indonesian soldiers and
100. 900 other armed natives.
The intense fighting was exact
ing a heavy toll of lives both
among the Indonesian Nationalist
and the civilians who remained in
the city.
The Dutch news agency Aneta
said some women and children
were killed when they were caught
in the crossfire as Indian and Ma
tionaoist forces battled in the rub
ble-strewn streets.
The agency also reported that
houses and shops throughout the
city were being looted and smash
ed as the Indonesians retreated.
Furniture, crockery, clothing and
rolls of cloth Uttered the street.
Hundreds of pairs of silk stockings
from one warehouse were ripped
and scattered.
The Dutch reported the British
had gained control of most OF the
city. The latest British statement
now hours old, said their forces
had won nearly half of the great
Java port.
Many Indonesians were killed
when they hurled themselves at
British tanks.
The British command said the
type of Indonesian attacks and the
use of weapons at the Naval base
indicate most strongly that the
Japanese are guiding and helping
the extremist Indonesians, al
though proof of the fact has not
yet Been established.
Three Japanese generals were
placed under arrest by British au-
thorities on charges of violating
Allied surrender orders by turning
tanks. armored cars, guns and am
munition over to the Indonesians.
The three-identified as 1t. Gen.
Nagano, commander of the Japa-
nese 18th Army: Maj. Gen. va
mamoto, his chief of staff, and
Mai. Gen. Nakimura, commander
of japanese forces in central Java
l will be removed to Singapore
Wednesday for trial as war Grim
ina1s.
The British command reported
that Indonesian forces in Soeraba-
ia made small scale harrassing at
tacks against British lines through
out last night and fired three field
gun rounds into the airfield area.
During these attacks, the British
said, the Nationalist employed gre
nades and rifle fire in style
which suggested japanese influ-
ence.
One Raj Thunderbolt strafed a
suspected anti aircraft gun posi-
ton this morning, and two Thun-
derbo1ts later strafed government
houses in the center of the city.
Pilots said they observed a con-
siderable number of "pedestrians''
in the streets.
Another Raj pilot reported his
plane was fired on by what ap-
peared to be a Bofors anti-aircraft
gun. One gun of this type was
captured yesterday during the
British advance into Soerabaja.
Late yesterday the Indonesians
sent an organized attack by force
of 200 men against the British
lines. Later a second attack, sup
ported by armored vehicles, was
attempted. The British said their
forces had silenced Indonesian
tanks in the city.
An Aneta dispatch said the In
donesian-controlled radio at Seer
abaja, which had been melting the
Nationalist to a Holy war" all
day, began fading last night and
late in the night its broadcasts
were barely audible.
During the day. the radio called
upon the United States, China and
Russia to intervene in the Neither
lands East Indies. and Immediate
ly afterward demanded that reli-
gious leaders in Java assist in
poisoning the water supply of the
Allied forces, Aneta said.
"Show no mercy to war prison
ers taken,'' Aneta quoted the
broadcast as saying.
Later a woman's voice. shouting
in English, said ttmany women
and children are being killed-the
British cause is uniust-let them
stop now" Still later, Aneta said,
the same voice repeated the de-
mand for intervention bv the U. S..
China and Russia. and declared
"the Indonesians have no planes
or air raid shelters, they have not
declared war. they only want fire.
dom and will continue to fight
for it,
Today Foreign Minister Soebard-
10 of the "Indonesian Republic"
sent radio appeal to Soviet For
zion Coy,oroiceor " M NEoJo+o,