The Burma Campaign continues

Record ID: 345840

  • Title: The Burma Campaign continues
  • Date: 21st May 1942
  • Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: The Far East Front, Burma, Action in Tharrawaddy BURMA: Myanmar: Tharrawaddy: EXT ALEXANDER, General W.Wavell at Chinese Burma frontier also Gen.Tu Lee Ming BURMA. Petrols in Tharrawaddy Sector..disperse Jap patrol w.light automatics & rifle fire.. camouflaged troops..passing Pagoda..murdered Indian refugees..Indian troops w.mountain battery..Gen
  • Embargoed: 5th June 1942 14:00
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  • Location: Burma
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  • Country: Burma (Myanmar)
  • Topics: War / Fighting,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA498SV13HR55P61EJQJWVXWJ9S
  • Story Text: British Army regiment (The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) fights rearguard action in the Myanmar (formerly Burma) campaign against the Imperial Japanese Army
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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