AUSTRALIANS IN CRETE
WARRIORS OF TWO
CAMPAIGNS
ATTACKS ON PARACHUTISTS
LONDON, May 23
A large body of the A.l.F.—veterans of the Western Desert and Greek campaigns—are now fighting in Crete. They are under the command of MajorGeneral Freyberg, and are fighting as an Anzac force.
Large numbers of Germans have been killed accidentally as a result of planes crashing or by their falling into trees. The parachutes, opening instantly from a low altitude, swing violently like pendulums, and are most difficult to hit. It takes about ten minutes for the men to free themselves and pick up their pack guns and ammunition, and the British troops find this the best time to attack them. It is stated authoritatively that the Germans had made no sea-borne landings in Crete up to dusk on May 22.
The Germans, still hold Malemi aerodrome, which apparently is the only sizeable foothold they have gained for any length of time.
It is pointed out that British troopcarriers would be forced to land in the face of almost unopposed enemy bombing if the British attempted to land reinforcements by air.—U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 121, 24 May 1941, Page 9
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184AUSTRALIANS IN CRETE Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 121, 24 May 1941, Page 9
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