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MANOEUVRES FINISH

CONCLUDING MOVEMENTS IN RAIN. OPERATIONS NEAR PLIMMERTON.

After standing to cover overnight in • steady, soaking rain, thousands of ini fantry and mounted rifles moved for- ! ward at dawn today to battle positions under the cover of a heavy artillery ' barrage, the roar of which reverberated I through the hills and valleys in the neighbourhood of Titahi Bay and Plimmerton. This was the concluding phase of the week's manoeuvres, the weekend battle Concluding at 11 a.m. yesterday. The exercises have been under active service conditions and the weather for the concluding phase made operations a real test for all participating. Conditions on Saturday night and yesterday morning were bad, but the Territorial troops stuck it out like veterans. Returned men experienced again the field discomforts of 1914-18. The week just concluded has seen military operations on a modern scale and of a size not previously attempted in New Zealand. Some of the roads and tracks used in the back country had been constructed or improved by army engineers and works companies. Territorial infantry, artillery, a mechanised regiment, mounted rifles, and all supporting divisional units as well as National Military Reserve and Home Guard units were engaged. I

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1941, Page 7

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MANOEUVRES FINISH Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1941, Page 7

MANOEUVRES FINISH Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1941, Page 7

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