DISCIPLINE ON SINKING TRANSPORT
SOLDIERS AND NAVAL RATINGS [ British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY, Aug. 12. , The discipline observed by soldiers and naval ratings who stood shoulder to shoulder at their boat stations in perfect parade order awaiting their turns at rescue as the transport Mohamed All El-Kebir (7290 tons) went down after being torpedoed in the Atlantic is warmly praised by the officers included among the 740 survivors of the 860 soldiers, naval men, and the crew on board the vessel With some boats smashed by the explosion a few were left behind, but it was pot until they were ordered to do so that they broke their ranks and jumped into the sea. tudes was a feature of Sunday’s daylight raids by medium bombers, when, for the third day in succession, Lebourg aerodrome, in Guernsey, was bombed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 190, 14 August 1940, Page 5
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