KEPT INTACT
N.Z. DIVISION
DIFFICULT ROLE
HIGH OPINION OF MEN
The following is the text of MajorGeneral Freyberg's cablegram:—
"After a most difficult month's fighting have just arrived at Crete from evacuating last of the New Zealand Division from southern extremity of Greece. Except for stragglers, which were inevitable in such a campaign, I can assure the Government that the division has been kept intact and our losses have not been excessive. It is impossible to get full figures until a great deal of sorting out has been done. I estimate our losses at between 100 and 200 killed, 500 to 600 wounded, and approximately 800 missing, but at the moment these can only be taken as a very rough estimate.
"The Division has carried out a very difficult role and has done excellently. The readiness and fortitude of all ranks under very trying times has been commended by everyone, and fully justifies the high opinion formed of the quality of our forces. I am not in a position to send any detailed account, which will follow. We are alt in good heart. Full allowances must be made for lack of communications during operations as I was cut off from all cable communications."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1941, Page 8
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203KEPT INTACT Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1941, Page 8
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