GENERAL'S ORDERS.
. Fight In Middle East Goes On. ' "EMPIRE NEVER DIES." (Received 2 p.m.) CAIRO, June 18. General Eugene Mittelhauser, Com-mander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in the Middle East, has issued a proclamation to the troops stating the fight is continuing on land and sea and in the air. A British Official Wireless message states that the following order of the day hae been issued to the troops by General Sir Alexander Wavell, Comman-der-in-Chief of the British forces in the Middle East: "Our gallant French Allies have been overwhelmed after a desperate struggle, and have been compelled to ask for , terms. The British Empire will,
■ot course, continue the struggle until victory is won. There ia no question of anything else. We shall again save Europe from tyranny, as we have done before. Difficult timee lie ahead, but they .will, I know, be faced with the calm spirit of confidence in which we faced such a crisis before. We stand firm whatever happens. The dictators will fade away, but the British Empire never dies."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1940, Page 9
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