"THEY STOOD"
Sir,-I received this cutting from London last week. It is such an eloquent and touching reference to our New Zealand men that I thought, if you have not already seen it, you would be interested,
LINA V.
BRUCE
(Russell),
{We thank our correspondent on behalf of the thousands of parents, other relatives and friends who will be grateful for this tribute, which is from the London Daily Express: Neither we nor the Germans had the necessary armour on the spot. The battle eased down to a temporary deadlock. Then, from all sides, Rommel called up reserves, and started to counter-attack. did not matter that there were many of his own men (our prisoners), under his own fire. Some of them pressed to the ground and eschped later. There was a group of New Zealanders out in front with anti-tank guns and machine-guns, They stood. They still stand, for all of them to-night are dead. They died firing, and it is a hateful -_- to record that these men, by common sent, the finest fighting men in the Middle East, are dead. They did not budge an inch. When the gunlayer died, the man who shoved the shell into place took his job, and s0 on. There are plenty more of these of — them last night-but after two knowing some of those gunners in the the Middle East, I find it an intense grief to say that they are dead.]
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 173, 16 October 1942, Page 3
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