LED ATTACK
N.Z.E.F. SPEARHEAD CAPTURE VITAL RIDGE (N.Z.E.F. Official Correspondent.) CAIRO, July 17. Once again the New Zealanders were the spearhead of an Eighth Army attack. Once again, with bayonet, Tommy gun, Bren and grenade, they launched a large scale assault against an objective in the central sector, where the enemy were heavily armed and had superior numbers.
That was last Thursday night. On grounds of security it has not been possible, till now, to tell the story of the gallant manner in which the New Zealanders took a vital ridge in one of the largest and most fiercely launched infantry attacks of the desert war.
Information about the New Zealanders' action is, so far, scrappy. A New Zealand dispatch rider, who returned to Cairo in the early hours of this morning, said it was believed the New Zealanders had captured a substantial number of prisoners.
Brigades which had already fought brilliant actions when the New Zealanders first rejoined the Eighth Army to assist in the Battle for Egypt, were again in this week's action. •
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 168, 18 July 1942, Page 6
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