"SILENT SERVICE"
BRITISH PRISONERS Captured Documents Tell Glowing Story N.Z. Press Association. —Copyright Rec. noon. LONDON, Dec. 28. British prisoners are described as the "silent service" according to a document taken from a German officer captured in the Middle East. The document says: "They are proud, cautious and absolutely secure. As a prisoner the Englishman counts on German justness and correctness and usually behaves towards his own prisoners in a correct and fair manner. Experiences to the contrary should perhaps be counted as exceptions."
A captured Order of the Day issued by General Navarrini, commander of the Italian 21st Corps in Libya, stated: "When subjected to questioning, all enemy prisoners firmly and categorically refused to give any military information of any kind. I wish these facts to brought to the notice of all units."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 307, 29 December 1942, Page 5
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