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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 11, 1941

BRITISH LOSSES IN CRETE WERE THE HEAVIEST

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of

enemy who encourage the coursc seizes upon phrases of any gloomy allusion and repeats n hundredfold in its strident pro- paganda.

face of the enemy's overwhelming thraldom in which command of the air,

No Regrets

"We should not regrot

the

round Crete.

it was held

for

by

•

"Secondly, the scale of effort required of the Germans in the attack would have to be multi- plied many times over what was battle of Crete. The fighting necessary in Crete, and it might there attained a severity and be

this would be beyond the "It makes me feel very much

florceness which the Germans capacity of their resources whether members of Parliament

had not previously encountered their schemes. have not got to pick their words

in their walk through Europe. "We shall not be lulled very carefully. In this deadly **In killed, wounded, missing these two arguments into any war in which we are gripped with and prisoners we lost 15,000 men. undue

security. An dangers which are measureless as This takes no account of the losses attack by parachute troops and they are unprecedented, closing of the Greeks and Cretans who gliders may be likened to incen- upon us in so many quarters with fought with the utmost bravery diary bombs which, if not quickly so much to defend and such limit- and suffered so heavily.

extinguished one by one, may ed resources, so many changes

"On the other hand, from most lead not only to serious fires but which may turn ill against us careful and precise enquiries, we, it is a great

enormous conflagration. pity it

statements believe that about 5,000 Germans

10 an

sense

of

are made which add nothing to were drowned in trying to cross Nothing Will Be Stinted the informative criticism which the sea and they lost 12,000 killed is so valuable but can be taken or wounded on the island itself.

"We are making many improve- from their context and placarded "Ini addition, the air-borne

ments in the defence of our air all over the world as a sign that force which the Germans employ- Helds and in the mobility of our we are not united or that

oured sustained extraordinary losses. forces which will be employed case is much worse than it is.

about 180 fighters and bombers

upon that and on being destroyed as well as about Nothing will be stinted and not 250 troop-carrying 'planes. This, when our

a moment will be lost. air strength is over- taking the enemy's, is important.

Well Worth It

"One thing I regret very much is that the brunt of this fighting in the Middle East should have fallen so heavily on the splendi

Australian and New Zealand troops.

"I regret it for this reason

that among others,

German propaganda le always reproach." ing Da for fighting with I

they

taunt the

other people's blood and mock us with insulting that England will fight to last Australian or New Zea - lander.

"I was very glad to see Mr. Menzies in a noble speech on Sunday deal with this vile pro- paganda as it deserved.

me

other tasks.

"It is not true that GermansTM clothed their parachute troops who attacked Crete in New Zea- land uniforms. I gave that re- port to the House as it reached Middle from the C.-in-C. East, but he now informs that the mistake arose from the fact that parachute troops,

drove landing at one point, the

wounded before them and along number of New Zealand walking

"I am euro It will be found that this sombre and ferocious battle, which was lost upon no great margin, was well worth the fighting and will play an ex- treme'y important part in whole defence of the Nile Valley throughout the present year,

me

after

а

"It is asked, will the lessons consequently the cry arose that with them in their attacks and

in New

the,

in

of Crete be learned and will they affect the defence of this island?

they themselves were "Officers

Zealand uniform. who participated in

"There is no objection to the thickest of the fighting, includ- use of parachute troops in war, ing a New Zealand Brigadier, British Losses Heavier аге already

so long as they are dressed approaching this the distinctive uniforms of their country. Very full appreciations country. "There have been, in fact, since have been made by the Staff in however, bound to become very This kind of fighting is 1941 almost as many British as the Middle East

and are being fierce as it breaks out behind there were Australians and made in more lengthy form. New Zealand troops engaged in

the fronts and lines of the Army "This material will be examin- and the civil population is al- all operations in the Western ed by the staff here and will be most immediately involved." Desert, in Greece and in Cre'e. placed at the disposal of Sir Alan "Losses during this year com- Brooke, who commands the pared with the numbers engaged several millions of armed men in

slightly heavier for the this island, including the Home! Mr. Churchill then turned British than for Dominion troops. Guard. Every effort will be made Syria, when Mr. Hore-Belisha In Crete also the numbers were to profit thereby.

invited himn to say something almost exactly equal and the "THERE ARE TWO FACTS about the Air Arm cooperation. British losses again slightly TO BE BORNE IN MIND IN

I are

heavier,

"These figures include killed, wounded and missing and they include Indiar and non-British troops.

"In order to turn the edge of this German propaganda, I have asked the Secretary for War to endeavour to have mentioned more frequently the names of the British regiments when this can

be done operations.

without detriment

Heavy Marine Casualties

to

"The following British regi- ments and units, for instance

fought in Crete: Connaught Rangers, Black Watch. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Leices- tershire Regiment, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and a number of Royal Marines who formed the rearguard and suffered most heavily of all. ·

"IN FACT 2,000 ROYAL MAR- INES LANDED IN CRETE: 1,400 BECAME CASUALTIES OR FRI- SONERS.

"Naval losses in these opera- tions exceed 500 officers and men and while this was going on wel also lost 1,300 men in H.M.S. Hood,"

The Premier continued: "Of the 90,000 lives lost hitherto in this war at home and abroad at least 85,000 come from the Mother Country. Therefore I repel and repudiate" German taunts on be half of the Mother. Country and of the Dominions of Australia and New Zealand themselves.

Might Be Asked

"It might well be asked, Why, having to begin the Battle of Crete, did you not persist in the defence of the island? You cou'd bring 17,000 men safely to return) to Egypt. Why could not you have reinforced, with 17,000 men to carry on the battle?"

"The moment it was proved that we could not rush air-borne. landings before the Fleet losses became too heavy to hold off sca- borne landings. Crete was lost and Dit was necessary to save what

we poksible of the Army.

"It is one thing to take off 17,000 men with side arms and shother to land them in fighting. conditions with guns, and: mater- Halit sa wonderful thing that Tas many 'da 17,000 got away in the

COMPARING WHAT HAPPEN - ED IN CRETE AND WITH WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN HERE.

Two Facts

Hore-Belisha Again

to

Mr. Churchill declarod that In the last year, the great need

'and was to multiply fighters bombers. It became an спог- mously Important matter.

of Nevertheless a proportion Army Cooperation squadrons were "Firstly, we rely upon superior- associated with the military forces ily in the air, certainly upon but not on a scale which much greater air power, both desirable.

"It is of the utmost con- actually and relatively, than was. proved sufficient last

that Autumn, sequence

division, every This sustains not only land de- especially every armoured divi- fence but liberates again the sion, should have the chance to

of the Navy from the

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