London, June 12. crossing of the River Litani north of ' which was one Vichy forces offered considerable resistance. it was in London yesterday. with the Allied that most of the party consisted of Scottish troops from a special unit, trained to of weapon. lobbed in hand grenades.
Three of the crew of the nearest gun were killed and a fourth opened fire with a revolver. One of the Scottish party waited until the re-Volver was empty, then leapt in and seized the man who had been using it Then the party.of five took over the gun and turned it on the rest of the battery. They blew three guns to pieces from a range of about 20 yards and destroyed a fourth as its crew was bringing it round to fire on them.
Snipers then closed in and the five were finally taken prisoner, but were released shortly, afterwards by Australian reinforcements—Reuter.
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