BRITISH ARMOURED CARS IN ASIA
'.i.ie Jiritish Armoured Motor Car Sectic ■uring the fighting against the Senussi .nd Palestine. In the recent fightii correspondent with the British force; i rmoured cars against 5,000 infantry, i
on has done exceptionally valuable work ■i, and against the Turks in the Caucasus ng round Gaza, Mr. W. T. Massey, the ts, describes an amazing fight by eight with artillery. The cars pushed forward
over rough and trackless ground. The cars, which fought sometimes in line, soi Turks at ranges of from 25 to 300 yards fire for two hours, one man being kill the squadron killed and wounded at h
enemy tried every means to capture the >metimes in column, and mowed down the i. They ran the gauntlet of the Turkish led and four wounded. As against this, least 350 Turks.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 13
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