GLORIOUS EPISODE
DOMINION TROOPS GRAND FIGHT IN CRETE (Reed. June 3. 9 a.m.) CAIRO, June 2, The dramatic announcement of the evacuation of Crete bv the Imperial forces under Major-General B. C. Freyberg wfis made at 7 p.m. in Cairf The’ story of the great fight put up by • the New" Zealand and other Imporia. troops in face of terrible air attacks t. cahnot yet be fully told, but the fact that they stood up to dive-bombinj attacks for long periods of nearly fortnight and had to fight at night as well shows what they had to overcome in resistance to the Nazi airborne troops. It was a glorious episode in the history of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force studded with epics e personal bravery and courage. There can be none more disappointed tha:. the Nev Zeaianders at tne fact tha they had to withdraw in face of th> pressure the enemy brought to tear.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20571, 3 June 1941, Page 5
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