... the Japanese forces will have to resume attacks until then. Will you say yes or no? Lieut.-General Percival made no reply. Yamashita.—l want to hear a decisive answer and I insist an unconditional surrender. What do you say?—Yes. All right then, the order ...

... Japanese territory, according to the corespondent at Singapore of the newspaper Nicht \ichi’ Lieut. - Generali Tomoyukj Yamashita, commande of the Japanese forces in Malaya, will be head of the new military administrtion of the whole peninsui. GEN. WAVELL ...

... GUN DUEL IN THE PHILIPPINES ENEMY SURRENDER CALL IGNORED General Yamashita, the Japanese commander in the Philippines, yesterday demanded that the American and Filipino forces should surrender by noon, local time, says a War Department communique issued ...

... MALAYA The Japanese Expeditionary Forces in Malaya arc commanded by -Lieut.- General Tomoyuki Yamashita. He went to China on the outbreak of the Japancse war. and was later appointed Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Forces in China. , . In December ...

... , Coramander-in-Chief of the U.S.-Filipino forces in the Bataan Peninsula, this morning asked for an armistice. General Yamashita, the newspaper says, has requested the American commander proceed to Ramao on the Eastern shore of the Bataan Peninsula to ...

... unfit or elderly.—Reuter. NEW ENEMY C.-IN-C. IN PHILIPPINES 4 GENERAL WHO CAPTURED SINGAPORE Washington. Monday. General Yamashita, who led the Japanese drive through Malaya and captured Singapore, has been appointed the new Commandcriu-Chief in the P ...

... themselves against bombs and shells. The British and Japanese Commanders-in-Chief, Lieut.-General Percival and Lieut.-General Yamashita, met in the Ford Motor plant at the foot of Bukit Timah hill,” he adds, and signed the surrender documents.” Thus ” the last ...

... British G.0.C., and Lieutenant-General Yamashita, Japanese Commander-in-Chief, when the of Singapore was agreed, lasted forty-nhie minutes, says Domei. The agency gives the* following account: : Lieut.-Gencral Yamashita.—l want your replies to be brief and ...

... behind by infiltration and stealthy Hank approach. He outpointed General Homma at this game, and caused his supersession by Yamashita. His second-in-command is likely to be Major-General Bennett, the rearguard Lion of Malaya. ARRIVAL U.S. TROOPS A United ...

... radio that “Japan is about to take an important step in co-operation with the European war.” Tokio radio hinted that General Yamashita, conqueror of Malaya, had been' shifted to a new post. Two Japanese . admirals normally stationed m Berlin have been reported ...

... committed Kiri because of his failure, to overcome the defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, and it was stated that General Yamashita, who captured Singapore, had succeeded him.—Eeutcr. FLYING-BOATS AS DIVE-BOMBERS ——♦ JAPANESE OUTWITTED BY R.A.A.F. From ...

... details are not available, but this situation indicates the probability that the defences Bataan have been overcome.” General Yamashita, the Japanese Comraander-in-Cbief—following a predecessor, General Homma, who was reported to have committed suicide because ...