Another Donbaik assault is repulsed
On 18 March another major attempt was made against the Donbaik positions. The attacking brigade again met concentrated fire from bunkers that had survived artillery preparation and were supported by the ground around them. The attack cost roughly 300 casualties in the secondary accounts used for the campaign and failed to open the coastal route. By then the first Arakan offensive had spent months against a narrow defensive front without achieving the breakthrough expected in December. The failure mattered because Japanese reinforcements were arriving and Allied formations east of the…
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