sul supporto primario, verso: BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAF. (S.E. ASIA.)./ CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED./ (Picture issued Feb. 1945)/ BURMA: BRITISH TROOPS PURSUE RETREATING JAPS./ THE PATTERN OF THE WAR IN MUD BURMA FOLLOWS RATHER MORE/ CONVENTIONAL LINES AS THE JUNGLE WITH ITS UNIQUE/ FIGHTING TECHNIQUE IS LEFT./ BEHIND AND THE GREAT SHEWBO PLAIN OPENS OUT BEFORE OUR/ ADVANCE RIGHT TO THE GATES OF MANDALAY. JAPANESE STILL/ RESISTING ARE SHELLED OUT OF THEIR STRONGHOLD WHILE/ INFANTRY MOP UP. THE JAPANESE HELD ON TO THE VILLAGE/ OF BAYAN AND STOPPED BRITISH TROOPS AT THE NEIGHBOURING/ NYAUNBINGA UNTIL ARTILLERY WAS BROUGHT INTO THE ACTION/ AND PAYAN CLEARED. THE ADVANCE CONTINUED THROUGH PAYAN/ AND INTO THE NEXT BLOCK WHICH CAME MIDWAY TO THE VILLAGE/ OF ZIGON./ PICTURE SHOWS :_ A 55" GUN IN ACTION AGAINST JAPANESE/ POSITIONS AT PAYAN.