TANKS ENGAGED
ENEMY ATTACK REPULSED (N.P.E.F. Official War Correspondent.) WESTERN DESERT, July 15. After a day of comparative quiet, during which positions on Ruweisat ridge were consolidated while artili lery pounded the enemy, the New Zealand troops were attacked from | the north late this afternoon by lorl ried infantry. The attacking force experienced trouble manoeuvring in the soft sand and was repulsed without great difficulty. The enemy has been moving lorried infantry to the scene of major 1 operations facing the New Zealand positions, including part of the muchdepleted 90th Light Division, which , was in the south. Only part of this j division was able to negotiate the sof going, and to-night some still re mained to the south, apparently un willing to face the hazards of th< move. I Meanwhile Indians immediatel: i north of the New Zealanders havi advanced to form a connected lin with our right flank. A tank fore ; had approached to close quarters tc night and is being strongly engagec
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 169, 20 July 1942, Page 3
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