The British General Headquarters in Cairo announced that a number of the parachutists "already has been accounted for," indicating that the British believed that they had the situation in hand.
Military experts h dered Crete to be pregnable.
Mr. Winston Churchill Minister, in the House of Comm recently emphasized the vital importance of holding Crete. Hence it was believed here that there would be no withdrawal of British troops from Crete, but a fight to the last man Crete's importance became paramount since the war struck Asia Minor. The British vitally need the island to protect Palestine and the Suez Canal and prevent a back-door attack by the Axis on Libya
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