NIGHT OF ANXIETY
“Communications broke down and it was impossible to get clear reports of the situation. It was a night of anxiety for everybody. Could the guns be left out on the plain? Were the infantry supporting weapons getting forward? A report came in that the infantry were advancing yard by yard, and eventually we learnt that a small party from the Maori Battalion had scaled the cliff and gained a foothold in Takrouna village, while the 21st and 23rd Battalions were holding firm on either side of the feature. The 21st Battalion on the left had almost reached its objective, but was withdrawn before daylight because its position was untenable with Takrouna untaken.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 June 1943, Page 3
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115NIGHT OF ANXIETY Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 June 1943, Page 3
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