NEAR ENEMY LINES
NINE HOURS IX SHELL HOLE
N.Z.E.F. Official War Correspondent,
WESTERN DESERT, July 19.
For nine hours yesterday two New Zealanders lay in a shell hole SO yards from the enemy Spandaus with the desert sun glaring down. A Gisborne medical student, a platoon commander who won the Military Cross at Sidi Rezegh. and a sergeant saw a tank of a famous Scottish regiment co-operating with the New Zealanders knocked out 2000 yards in front. Yesterday morning they set out to see if anj* of the crew were alive. At noon they reached the tank. Enemy Spandaus fired and they dived into shell holes and lay there while the enemy fired occasional bursts all round.
Three hours later a party of Germans came out and fired at the tank, passing within 25 yards of the Xcw Zealanders. At sunset, about 5.30. the New Zealanders left and leached the lines safely.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 172, 23 July 1942, Page 6
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152NEAR ENEMY LINES Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 172, 23 July 1942, Page 6
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