SWIFT & VIGOROUS
,— THE NEW BRITISH -LANDING IN MADAGASCAR QUICK SUCCESS GAINED AT MAJUNGA. FRENCH COMMANDER TAKEN PRISONER. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 12.30 n.m.) RUGBY, September 13. The British disembarkation in Madagascar was put through' at high speed and with a tremendous drive, state agency reports from Nairobi. The capture of Majunga is said to have been accomplished in three hours. The Vichy forces put up a stubborn resistance in some sectors,' but were outnumbered and casualties on both sides were light. The British forces disembarked just after midnight, some miles from the port, and converged on it from three sides. Fighting began at daybreak and was over before lunch. The French commander, Colonel Maroin, was slightly wounded and was taken prisoner early in the fight.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 September 1942, Page 4
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127SWIFT & VIGOROUS Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 September 1942, Page 4
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