ROWED INTO MORE TROUBLE
(Rec. 1.30 a.m.) CAIRO, May 21. Believed to be the Last British soldiers to leave Greece, a small party of New Zealand cavalrymen and Maoris reached Crete in a leaky rowing-boat shortly before the German parachutists attacked. Originally cut off near the Corinth Canal, thev sneaked about the mountains and olive groves for days, eluding the Germans. The villagers fed them and provided them with civilian clothes. They then found an 18-foot rowing-boat on the beach and made a passage of 140 miles to Crete with one pair of oars.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19410522.2.71.3
Bibliographic details
Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21969, 22 May 1941, Page 5
Word Count
94ROWED INTO MORE TROUBLE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21969, 22 May 1941, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Timaru Herald. 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