A thousand islands, no easy victory

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VOL. XLVI, NO. 566 GRAND ISLES EDITION 18 JUNE 1224

A THOUSAND ISLANDS, NO EASY VICTORY

The first Grand Isles campaign settles into a grueling struggle for ground and supply

SRDS 1) ‘THE SITUATION
“AT A GLANCE

continue fighting across

the opening island
battlefields as rain,
disease and disrupted

sibalmaanl the Nerava’s northern

jains on one stretch of H ct

ground ceate new hills remain

positions to defend and contested.

new routes to maintain. —— ———=/||
On Nerava, the %

Republic holds Coral Tavaru’s harbor

Cove, Rain Ridge and | remains Kelonese.

the airstrip, while |

Kelonese naval infantry f

retain positions in the | Supply and illness

northern hill. Air raids
and local attacks prevent
the captured field from
becoming a secure rear
area,

On Tavaru, Silvian
troops hold their coastal
lodgment and part of the
harbor road. Kelonese
forces retain the inland = 9 es >
junction and waterfront. Silvian marines keep watch from a rain-soaked foxhole on Tavaru, overlooking the island-studded strait. GNN PHOTO/T. MARSH
Neither side reports a . . ,
cisive break in the

strain both armies.

The Republic of Silvia

The thousand-island
citchipelago stretches
far beyond these first
footholds. Troops face
continuing close combat
while medics treat fever
and supply crews work
through mud and surf.
The surviving Silvian
marines are gaining hard
experience, but the
veteran Kelonese
Imperial Naval Infantry
continue to punish :
takes. The campaign Ne? nL
Temains open, and its _Kelonese naval infantry defend a postion inthe nother hils of Nerava, axvpon'stawes | A Silvian medic treats a fever patient near Coral Cov {GAN FHOTO/L. MORENO

next movements depend
ios NERAVA TAVAR BEYOND THE FIRST FOOTHOLDS

Silvia holds the landing beach, | The coastal lodgment survives The archipelago remains a vast theater
ridge and airstrip but faces while the harbor road remains with neither army assured an easy
continuing resistance. divided. advance.

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