No Prisoners
“When I left Crete neither side was taking prisoners. It was life or death for everyone,” an Australian officer told the “Daily Telegraph,” Sydney, war correspondent. The officer with about 17 other Australians reached Egypt in a British destroyer after a daring escape from Candia after being cut off from the main Australian body. The Empire troops in Crete have inflicted appalling casualties on the enemy, he added.
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Northern Advocate, 27 May 1941, Page 4
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70No Prisoners Northern Advocate, 27 May 1941, Page 4
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