London, May 29, New Zealand, Australian and British troops are fighting side by side in Crete in a hand-to-hand struggle which grows daily more intense. according to the latest information from Crete.
More German troops are stated to be pouring into the nain battlefield around Maleme and ea, and it was announced from Cairo yesterday that the Allied troops had had to fall back in face of fierce attacks supported by heavy bombing.
An official spokesman in Ca night described the batt tensive, stand-up slogging match, and a New Zealand officer who has just returned to Cairo from Crete called it old-style fighting on the ground, with everything new in the air.
He added it was a type of fighting that appealed to the Dominion troops coming to grips with the enemy at close quarter, The latest messages indicate that fighting is at such close quarters that it is hard to get a clear picture of what is going on. Isola ions are being fought at Retimo and Heraklion, but the vital engagement is in the Canea area. British forces there hold a considerable line which is being incessantly attacked by the enemy by land and by air.
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