FIRST RAID ON SUNDAY NIGHT
New Zealanders In Action (80.W.) RUGBY, September 3. An outline of events to date was given to the Press by LieutenantGeneral B. L. Montgomery, commander of the Sth Army, at his h^dq^^ e a y yesterday. He said that night the enemy carried out two raids before midnight. They were unsuccessful. The Australians stopped them flat in the north, while against the West Yorkshires they gained little ground on our position, which was shord y wards restored by the Essex Regime t. We ourselves launched raids in the moonlight and in one raid the South Africans did well, taking 51 Italian prisoners. The New Zealanders did equally well and captured 30. . About 2 a.m. on Monday a German column moved forward to the northern end of the southern sector and their armoured and mobile forces were use to get through into our minefield. 10 do so the entire Africa Corps was used. By 10 a.m. it was evident that the enemy was aiming north-east and by a p.m. they were probing our positions, but did not press the attack, and during the night our air forces were most active on the enemy’s concentrations. NEW ZEALANDERS USE BAYONETS For its part the Bth Army made three successful raids in the, north and central sectors. The Australians took 100 prisoners, the South Africans 12 and the New Zealanders, although not capturing any prisoners, wrought havoc in the enemy’s lines with their favourite weapon—the bayonet. On Tuesday the enemy contented himself . with probing our southern positions with his Africa Corps. It was a good day in the air with the Royal Air Force bombing everything in sight. The enemy reacted by carrying out heavy raids. The same day at 5.30 p.m. the enemy launched an attack on three points. We took them up and they withdrew without pressing their attack against our armoured forces and artillery, which were ready to meet them. During the night air forces alone were active. Up to 3 p.m. on Wednesday it had been quiet with no armoured clashes. In the southern sector there was some shelling and bombing.
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Southland Times, Issue 24840, 4 September 1942, Page 5
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356FIRST RAID ON SUNDAY NIGHT Southland Times, Issue 24840, 4 September 1942, Page 5
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