ROUT OF ITALIANS
THRILLING TANK BATTLE BRITISH HUSSARS SUCCESSFUL HELP FROM AUSTRALIANS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Nov. 26, 3.15 p.m.) CAIRO, Nov. 25 The captain of a famous Hussar regiment who was an eye-witness of the tank battle at Hilliquat. fifteen miles from Sidi Barrani. on November 21 said: “While one tank squadron bore round the enemy’s left to cut off his retreat and catch the tanks at a vulnerable point in their armour, another squadron closed in from the right under heavy fire. “Concentration was the main task —the destruction of the Italian tanks seemed not yet possible, due to danger from the air and then enemy flank movements. The dangers increased when seventeen Italian bombers appeared. “Four Australian-manned planes immediately appeared and attacked the Italians and sliot down three, losing one machine. “Thus relieved from the danger the Hussars completed the Italian rout.”
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19401126.2.57
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21280, 26 November 1940, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
147ROUT OF ITALIANS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21280, 26 November 1940, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in