RIVER AND RAIN DELAYS IV CORPS' RANGOON DRIVE [Allocated Title]

After a sharp rain shower washes away a temporary diversion on the Sittang River south of Toungoo, Burma, engineers of IV Indian Corps build a replacement and bulldozers tow vehicles across the river.

Stationary motor transport attempting to cross the Sittang. A wrecker lorry with crane and a jeep. Indian Engineers constructing a new temporary structure with wooden planks. Chevrolet CMP lorries drive across the temporary structure. A jeep is hauled across the river by men of the 7th Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment (123 Indian Infantry Brigade, 5th Indian Division). A casualty on a stretcher is carried across the temporary bridge. Indian Engineers at work. A Valentine Bridgelayer crosses the river. A bogged Stuart ('Honey') light tank is towed out. Indian Engineers carry a prefabricated Bailey bridge section with others at work in the background. Vehicles cross the temporary structure. A winch retracts a thick metal cable. Indian Engineers at work. A bulldozer tows three jeeps across the river. A bulldozer tries to pull a bogged Sherman medium tank out of the mud. Troops standing in the river carry a Bailey section.

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