THIRTY PRISONERS

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 233, 29 June 1944, Page 5

THIRTY PRISONERS

Brigadier Hargest’s Bag (.By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Special Correspondent.) (Received June 28, 9.25 p.m.) . LONDON, June. 28. Brigadier Hargest, who is acting as an observer with the 21st Army Group headquarters in Normandy, recently took 30 Germans prisoner when be “ran slap into them.” Writing to the New Zealand High Commissioner in London, Mr. Jordan, he said: “There was much amusement when we handed them in.” Brigadier llargcst continued: “The fighting is fierce, and it goes on all the time. The landing went off surprisingly well, with very small losses indeed. The country here is rich in crops, woods, and hidden villages, where the enemy can hide till our tanks pass and then tight from the rear, and he has to be cleaned out of these places yard by yard. His tanks are troublesome, but he cannot keep up the pace for long. ' * “The French are pleased to see us and are very helpful. They are a very prosperous people just here, and live quite well. We can buy butter, eggs and cheese, which otherwise they cannot transport. Cattle and horses are everywhere. It is strange to see cows grazing close by a battle. Recently in the midst of a tank battle I opened a shed door to find three young calves quietly lying in straw. There was a dead" German lying just outside.”