NO PRISONERS
CRETE CAMPAIGN Australian Officer Escapes Frojn Island United Press Association. —Copyright. Ree. 2.30 p.m. SYDNEY, this day. "When I left Crete neither side was taking prisoners. It was life or death for everyone." an Australian officer told the "Daily Telegraph" war correspondent. The officer, with 17 other Australians, reached Egypt in a British destroyer after a daring escape from Candia.
Their ammunition was exhausted and they were cut off from the main Australian body. They put to sea in four rowing boats and were picked up by a destroyer. "We were guarding a coast position. but the parachutists came down so fast that we soon ran out of ammunition. Not a shot was wasted. About 200 Germans* landed around us. We must have killed half of them.
"The Empire troops in Crete must have inflicted appalling casualties on the enemy," he said.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 123, 27 May 1941, Page 7
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