N.Z. TROOPS HAVE QUIET DAY
OCCASIONAL RAIDS BY STUKAS (Official War Correspondent, N.Z.E.F.) WESTERN DESERT, July 24. The last 24 hours have been fairly quiet for the New Zealanders, except for occasional dive-bombing and intermittent shelling. The dive-bombing technique now appears to be two raids in quick succession over the same area, but the troops are wary and the ack-ack gun crews are always alert for such moves. Sometimes the dust and smoke of a raid are not cleared before more bombs are dropped. The troops are in consolidated positions, ready for the next move by either side. ENGINEERS CLEAR AWAY MINES (Special War Correspondent, N.Z.E.F.) WESTERN DESERT, July 24. Although working under continuous fire, New Zealand engineers succeeded in clearing the ground of mines for the advance of infantry and armoured forces during the night of July 21. Finding themselves in the midst of a cross-fire from machine-guns and mortars on one side and tanks on'the other when clearing a broad lane through which the armoured forces could pass, they moved round the tanks to tackle the job from the opposite direction, and through patrols were able to establish the whereabouts of minefields in more areas.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23701, 28 July 1942, Page 4
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N.Z. TROOPS HAVE QUIET DAY
Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23701, 28 July 1942, Page 4
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