No. 3381
 
                         From: CGAFFE, Fort Mills
               To:       War Department
               Time Filed At Source:  February 1, 1942
               T.O.R. - M.I.D. February 1, 1942
               T.O.R. - O.N.I. 011030 February 1942
 
     The situation still remains the same in Mindanao and in the Visayas.
 
          An uncounted number of Japanese bombers from Formosa landed at Nichols 
Field. They had navy crews and undoubtedly are headed further South.
 
          Concentrations of our heavy guns wiped out a Japanese force with small 
boats and launches at Ternate.*
 
          On our front we are more than holding our own against heavy shelling and 
intermittent infantry fights all along the lines.
 
                                                                             MacARTHUR
 
     *Ternate, at 120' 43' E X 140' 18' N, is a small town on S. W. shore of 
Manila Bay about lO miles across from Corregidor.
 
     THIS DESPATCH IS NOT TO BE DUPLICATED WITHOUT THE 
     PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
 
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