Cairo, June 1, The Battle of Crete is moving swiftly to a climax, As each hour passes, the Germans are throwing more and more men into the struggle, and the Imperial troops continue t6 contest every inch of the ground.
This is the picture emerging from the latest reports, which make it clear that bitter Mihting is still con tinuing, The situation is described here as very delicate and serious, 'Tu addition to the alr-borne reinforcements which the "German troops have been receiving, the Tmperiat Tine hag been subjected to non-stop dive-bombing. although the' British, New Zealand, Australian and Greek" troops have taken a severe {oll of the ever-increasing number of German raiders, 'A Young Scottish general who has just Teturned to Egypt from Crete says that it is quite clear that Hitler was prepared to sacrifice any number of men indefinitely in his efforts 10 prove that the full occupation of the Island was possible, At Any Cost The German orders were obviously to land troops at any cost, regardless of how many planes were'lost in the process. Military observers in. Cairo Agree that if it had been possible to employ the air arm effectively, the German invasion would have been smashed at the outset.
"All this occurred before the dectsion to. withdraw the British planes from Crete was taken, The aerodromes had been made untenable by continuous German bombing, and after the withdrawal the Germans secured the mastery of the air over the island, because the nearest British aerodrome was 400 miles away, spite of the lack of air support, and although t&e Germans were con trinally being reinforced, the Imperial troops, with their Greek allies, have never failed to Join combat, and the losses inflicted on the Nazi troops have been tremendous.—Reuter.
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