434 — General Freyberg to General Wavell

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434
General Freyberg to General Wavell

29 May 1941

Your No. 433. Layforce was the rearguard in the withdrawal from Suda. I have no definite information but believe that some posts were cut off. There are a number of stragglers in Sphakia. We were heavily bombed this evening.

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Title: Documents Relating to New Zealand’s Participation in the Second World War 1939―45: Volume 1

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1949, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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