IN HIGH HEART

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 July 1941, Page 6

IN HIGH HEART

AFTER THOUSAND ENEMY BOMBINGS VALIANT TOBRUK GARRISON MANY PLANES SHOT DOWN. ITALIANS DEMORALISED BY RAIDS. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) CAIRO, July 30. “Tobruk has been bombed more than a thousand times since the siege began, but the morale of the garrison is first-rate. Supplies arrive regularly by sea,” said a rnajoi from the fortress. “On an average,” he added, “we are bombed, every two hours, either fiom a high level or by Stukas, or by “Sutcliffe’ bombs. Sutcliffe bombing derives its name from the cricketer’s wellknown sneaked runs. Jerry flies in with the sun 'behind hirn. drops bombs and then runs for home like fifty hares. Stukas used to come down to 50 feet, but accurate small-arms fire has now forced them to keep to a healthier height. One machine-gunner has shot down six planes. Our constant raids from Tobruk particularly demoralise the Italians, who run like the Dickens, screaming through the night, when oui chaps get into them with their bayonets. One of the interesting features of the defence is the’ Australian bush artillery,’ comprising outmoded guns captured from the Italians. Australians in the fortress have manufactured shells for them and constantly blaze away at the besiegers.” ______