GREATEST IN WAR

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 119, 22 May 1941, Page 7

GREATEST IN WAR

BATTLE FOR CRETE ?wt Sea Lord Optimistic Of Result 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, May 21. <Wm£?^ f *t he greatest battles in the of th wa , r «" is how the First AlSanri ei . the Admiralty, Mr - A - v - y describes the in support of War "w2£ y eek ' Mr - Alexander said: demonstrating that where '^neSS? 6 ? meet Germans in battle abbir? «• .terms there is no doubt *fomX h i? h is the ri s ht man on to pur ones money. them , ? 1 , , more sjiwps and I wantj KJ*l!ly," said Mr. Alexander. Want m£ a tribut -e to the navy. "I '«M foS? re guns and more Planes, '3Si, l^jer T ones for the Fleet Air .tnyjjj™ , ! want ( more short range is participating in the H teJSBZ T * tlons - "There, once more, ieSane vf what il c 3- To-day is 'i a, most crucial of the war," AJexander. jn the House of Commons be <££?♦ in Br itish uniforms would with in accordance with jwrnational law. Mr. Churchill said Uu>"a not sufliciontlv informed of «iaet circuni-iciii'.es. -, I think

we must leave a certain amount of discretion to those on the spot," he said. Fairly Strenuous Fighting Military circles in Cairo late tonight said that fairly strenuous fighting was still going on in Crete. It is- learned in London that the Germans attempted landings from small boats. The places where such landings are possible are well known to the British, who have been there for months, and to the Greek Command. Making successful landing on any large scale is most hazardous. German reports suggest that strong British naval forces are active in the East Mediterranean. The German radio claimed that bombers directly hit a battleship, five cruisers , and a destroyer west of Crete.