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...resorted to sea action. Three times he attempted to send the "Tokyo Express* to the aid of his embattled forces. The first was surprised, escaped in the night (TIME, July 12). The second, having possibly landed some reinforcements near Vila on the island of Kolombangara, was trapped in Kula Gulf by a U.S. task force and virtually wiped...
Nine Jap destroyers and light cruisers were sunk, possibly two more. U.S. losses: one ship-the valiant cruiser Helena, which, when sunk, had been firing for six minutes and was on her third and fourth victims. Early this week, another naval force was engaged in the Kula Gulf. In a night battle lasting into the next day, one Jap cruiser, three destroyers were sunk, two more destroyers hit so badly that they probably went down...
This description of the first Battle of Kula Gulf was cabled by TIME correspondent Duncan Norton-Taylor, who was aboard one of the U.S. warships...