GALLANT ASSAULT
MADE BY INDIAN TROOPS ON OIL PORT NO USE MADE OF ARTILLERY. LEST VITAL MACHINERY BE DAMAGED. (Received This Day, Noon.) LONDON, August 31. A special account of the capture of Abadan indicates that Indian troops carried out an almost impossible feat in landing on the waterfront from naval vessels, using only small arms. The difficulty of the task was increased by orders that heavy guns and mortars must not be used because of the possibility of damaging the vital oil plant. The waterfront was also ringed with very high iron fencing. The Indians
smashed down iron gateways while being sniped at. A very fierce battle then ensued. Three British members of the AngloIranian Oil Company were killed during the British entry. In addition, two were killed by tommy-gun fire in the main oil building. Several others were injured by stray bullets. The refining and production of the normal million gallons of oil daily was practically unhindered by the entry of the troops. The oil continues to flow northwards.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 September 1941, Page 6
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