NO REASON FOR GLOOM
Nazi Balkan Victory Was Costly
(Rec. 6.30 pan.) RUGBY, May 9. Surveying the war in the Middle East, the joint Parliamentary Secretaiy to the War Office (Lord Croft) in a speech at Bournemouth took the line of reasoned optimism. “You have great reason to be proud of the armies of your Empire which inflicted 400,000 casualties on their enemies at an extremely small loss in comparison, and which stand now. as veterans ready to meet the greater menace in the Middle East,” he deReferring to the Greek campaign, Lord Croft said that there was more than a sporting chance that the vital line in the Balkans could be held. The occupation of Greece and Serbia had been a most expensive victory, and time, which was always Britains greatest need, had been given to strengthen the defences of Egypt. “I have no use for fair weather patriots and rejoice that you are sending a message of gratitude and support to that great man Mr Churchill, who expresses all the finest qualities of our race and is himself the embodiment of that martial valour, which is the true character of this ancient people when roused and standing with their backs to the wall.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21960, 12 May 1941, Page 5
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205NO REASON FOR GLOOM Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21960, 12 May 1941, Page 5
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