LAND AT ISMALIA

Grey River Argus, 14 February 1940, Page 8

LAND AT ISMALIA

Mr A. Eden’s Welcome rAust & RZ. Cable A«snJ tAUS ISMALIA, February 12. The Austra ? an to-day (Monday). Force landed er Second ImThe Armada, with tne in perial Force, anchored the sand-bounded the Suez Timsah, off (Brit i S h SecreCanal. Mr A. was present, tary for- the Dorn by launch He bore a Ro > a ‘ “plated his rate the convoy. z P alanders . and Sn«y«° “neral Freyberg’s greet’"Sr Edon •>«»*»• the disembarkation, King’s mesSir M. Lampson lead tne iv & Mr Eden were Sir MliosLan-P--son, British AibbPssato at C , Major-Generals Bromley, the ilit Governor of S’’ m"Vbo C a”ed the lirsl trans-. Suez, iney’ gjr M Lam pson Standing on “he atter-haleh, read the expressed pride at XT He n recXd S his S TV under Lord Allenby, when he saw the Aus ,r ßriKdier°Ane n n. acting commander of the Australians, expressed thanks on behalf of the men. The troops chereed the news that their arrival was being broadcast to Austra lia, and called for cheers for Tony (Mr Eden). „ ~ “The men are keen and fit, saia Brigadier Allen. “They worked hard, even in the heat of the tropics. Ten per cent, had fathers in the last war, ten per cent, fought therein. The entire force are volunteers. They did not know their destination, and held sweepstakes thereon until last night. By the light of huge flares, the troops, whose veteran members recalled the well-remembered scene of one of the largest camps in the last war, landed at Mantara, singing and cheering. They entrained for the vast encampment, the site of which is not disclosable. Mr Eden went to Cairo, where King Farouk receives him to-day. SINGING AUSSIES. PASSAGE THROUGH THE CANAL. (Received February 13. 11.20 p.m.' LONDON, February 13. The Kantara correspondent of Reuter’s Agency says:— Songs of the last war echoed across the desert as the tranports carrying the Aussies crept through the darkness in the Suez Canal to Kantara. Although it was past mid-night, Kantara was alive with excited welcoming Arabs. Mr Eden is visiting the Australian encampment on Thursday. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST SYDNEY, Ferbuary 13. Australian newspapers this morning, feature photographs and articles dealing with the departure of the first part of the Second A.I.F.