WARY OF DIVE-BOMBERS
NEW ZEALAND UNITS
(N.Z. Press Association— Copyright.) (Official War Correspondent.) (10.0) WESTERN DESERT, July 24. Tho past 24 hours have been fairly quiet for the New Zealanders with the exception of occasional divebombing and intermittent shelling. The dive-bombing technique now appears to be two raids in quick succession over tho samo area, but tho troops aro wary and the anti-aircraft gun crews are always alert for such moves. Sometimes tho dust and smoke of one raid have not cleared before more bombs aro dropped. The troops in the consolidated positions aro ready for tho next move by either side. Although working under continuous fire, the New Zealand engineers succeeded in clearing the ground of mines for the advance of the infantry and for the armoured forces during tho night of July 21. Finding themselves in the midst of 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 flanks to tackle the job from the opposite direction, and through patrols were able to establish the whereabouts of minefields in more areas.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19420728.2.56
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 203, 28 July 1942, Page 5
Word Count
193WARY OF DIVE-BOMBERS Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 203, 28 July 1942, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in