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THE OCCUPATION OF POSITIONS IN THE GREEK MOUNTAINS CREATED TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES THAT HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY CONFRONTED THE BRITISH FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. TRANSPORT OFFICERS FOUND THEMSELVES DEALING IN DONKEYS AND MULES INSTEAD OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MEN WITH ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE STRANGE WAYS OF THESE ANIMALS FOUND THEMSELVES IN DEMAND. THESE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALANDS TROOPS GOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIGHT RELIEF FROM THE GENERAL LABOUR OF WAR WHILE INDUCING THE NEW TRANSPORT SYSTEM TO FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
GREECE - THE OCCUPATION OF POSITION IN GREEK MOUNTAINS CREATED TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES NOT PREVIOUSLY CONFRONTED IN THE MID. EAST. TRANSPORT OFFICERS FOUND THEMSELVES DEALING IN DONKEYS AND MULES INSTE
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-05-01. MULES CARRYING UP AMMUNITION AND MORTARS DURING THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE MANOEUVRES. THESE ANIMALS WERE THE BEST MEANS OF TRANSPORT IN THE MOUNTAINOUS LEBANESE
TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-05-01. MULES CARRYING UP AMMUNITION AND MORTARS DURING THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE MANOEUVRES. THESE ANIMALS WERE THE BEST MEANS OF TRANSPORT IN THE MOUNTAINOUS LEBANESE
SOUTH AFRICA, LOCATION UNKNOWN (PROBABLY KROONSTAD) C 1900. BRITISH INFANTRY AND TRANSPORT. NOTE THE MIXED TEAM OF MULES AND DONKEYS ON THE RIGHT. (PHOTOGRAPHERS: UNDERWOOD AND UNDERWOOD. ORIGINALS IN
SOUTH AFRICA, C 1900. LOCATION UNKNOWN. A TRANSPORT COLUMN ON THE MARCH. THE GROUP OF HORSES AND MULES IN THE CENTRE OF THE PICTURE ARE PROBABLY SPARE ANIMALS.(PHOTOGRAPHERS: UNDERWOOD AND UNDERWOOD.
WESTERN DESERT - WHEN THE ITIES (ITALIANS) FLED BEFORE THE ATTACK THEY VERY CONVENIENTLY LEFT THEIR OWN TRANSPORT BEHIND. IF THEY HAD OMITTED THIS FORMALITY THE COUNTLESS PRISONERS WHO APPARENTLY PREF
