Bombed from the Air

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13240, 16 January 1941, Page 8

Bombed from the Air

Next morning the New Zealand transport drivers delivered their loads of stores, reformed, and then commenced to load prisoners during j a terrific dust-storm. During the ! afternoon they saw several air battles, and the Hamilton liemrenant speaks of being dive-bombed and machine-gunned from the air during the next morning. All the boys came through safely. j Describing the scene which con--1 fronted him in Sidi Barrani when he ! secured a chance to look around, the officer writes that the disorder within the fbrtress-town was amazing. Italian arms, equipment and stores were lying all over the place, and there were dozens of vehicles abandoned. Later the New Zealand transport section had orders to move the infantry battalion again, but after proI ceeding a few miles they received word that the enemy troops they were pursuing had fled. Upon receiving instructions, not to proceed, the troops slept the night where their column had stopped. Next morning they moved back to the fort, and the New Zealand transport drivers began taking prisoners back behind the lines and back-load-ing with additional stores. 1