APPEAL BY GERMANS
BRITISH SOLDIERS HIDING IN CRETE (Special) AUCKLAND, Juna 18. One of the pamphlets dropped by the Germans to British and Anzac soldiers hiding in the mountains of Crete has been received by Mrs H. Duncan, of Remuera, from her son, Private J. A. Duncan, now serving in the Middle East. He was captured and interned for some time in a German prison camp at Crete. With some other soldiers he escaped, and it was while they were taking refuge in the mountains that the pamphlets were dropped. The text reads: " Soldiers of the Royal British Army, Navy, and Air Force. There are many of you still hiding in the mountains, valleys, and villages. You have to present yourself at once to the German troops. Every opposition will be completely useless. Every attempt to flee will be in vain. The coming winter will force you to leave the mountains. Only soldiers who present themselves at once will be sure of an honourable and soldierlike captivity of war. On the contrary, any one who is met in civilian clothes will be treated as a spy." It is signed, " The Commander of Kreta."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24946, 19 June 1942, Page 4
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193APPEAL BY GERMANS Otago Daily Times, Issue 24946, 19 June 1942, Page 4
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