POSITIONS IMPROVED
NEW ZEALAND ...TROOPS
(Official War Correspondent, NiZ.E.F.)
ALAMEIN FRONT, Oct.. 29
In the face of; strong resistance,. elements of our troops on j?art of their sector in the Alamein • front last night improved .their; positions ,by an advance, in places, of-nearly half a mile. They captured many prisoners and had a good haul of mortars and guns, including two '. of the 88-millimetre type. A section' pTthe~advance was covered by heavy artillery fire, despite which the enemy retaliated, using artillery as well as mortars and machine-guns. Our . men fought their way through to strongly defended positions in which they quickly established themselves.
An Italian headquarters was taken, together with its officers. As "they emerged from the weapon pits, many of those Italians who had survived the artillery barrage fell to machine-gun fire. This morning our forward positions were being shelled and there was considerable mortar fire, but the troops are well dug in.
There have been several dive-bomb-ing attacks, but the from these are light.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 106, 31 October 1942, Page 7
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