GNR A.S.STANLEY 12th CIT BATT. (as impressed)
Served with 12th Citizen Battery ( Natal Field Artillery ) in German South-West Africa - Click here
This small unit shelled Gibeon Station on 27th April 1915 & the Reuter correspondent Rayner wrote:
'The Germans, keeping a sharp eye on the prisoners, were in a hurry to move as they saw our troops advancing in open order. Only when the 12th Battery opened fire did things change. Our advance was like a hurricane, the Germans had the choice of fighting or surrendering. Most chose to fight and there were intense rear-guard actions. They had excellent machine gunners but nothing could stop McKenzie's advance. The 12th Citizen Battery fired excellently, moving from one position to the next. Their fire knocked out one and then another carriage. Advancing, they managed to capture a field gun and four machine guns that were abandoned due to the destroyed carriages'.
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Condition: GVF
