GALLANT ACTIONS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 44, 2 December 1941, Page 3

GALLANT ACTIONS.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN BRIGADE.

ATTACKED FROM THREE SIDES. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, Nov. 28. The celebrated American war correspondent, Mr Quentin Reynolds, in <i message from Cairo, describes the joining up of the New Zealand forces with the Tobruk garrison. He . states that as the forces drew together a grimy New Zealander greeted an eually grimy British Tommy . 3 hey clasped hands, one saying: “How’s things?” and the other replying: “AH right. How are you?” Mr Reynolds also describes the gallantry of a British south-east regiment, which engaged the enemy in the earliest fighting and lias retained the offensive ever since. Even when the Germans were pouring in tanks and infantry against this regiment, the commander gave the order to attack and pursue. The heroism of the sth South African Brigade is, also described by this correspondent. Ho states that this unit, after the initial capture of Sidi Rozegh on Saturday, held the full weight of the German tank and armoured counter-attack, which was launched against the position from three sides, until the following day, when the South Africans wore compelled to withdraw. They hung, on at their new positions until tanks and artillery were brought up to relieve the situation and restore Sidi Rozegh to Allied control.

The Minister for Information (Mr Brendan Bracken) said to-day that <0 per cent, of the troops engaged in the Libyan battle were from the United Kingdom. He said that he had asked the Middle Elast Command to put journalists from the United Kingdom into the forefront of the battle so that they could tell the people at home the true story.

Every day the Empire was growing stronger and the Germans weaker. The German army that marched out of the snows round Moscow would he a very different one from the army that overran France.