Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXI, Number 32, 9 December 1936 — Tank Battle Described [ARTICLE]

Tank Battle Described

Uiulcr a hiu!strom of and-sholl-fire that sn)<)kcxt out of sight •\\ hitc ? ro<i}sfougfht thoH - w;i.V forwnn.J iuu?, accor<iing to the o'lleial rei>ort, some got aeross the Mtinziinarc<river into Univer,sit,v City. As in ]irevious instanees, ;i sniall groni> of \Vhites foree<l their passage aeross the ri v(M', perhnps not to hold their groun(l but to feel out>the ene:ny positions. _ Twenty-six j»l:mes visit;'il the eisemy lines, droi)ping bombs whieh cletonate<l like prolonged thunder and raising clov!<ls of smoke and earth and „ol)Scurinjf the sky. k appearing in increasi*7g played % dramatic role. One of the most sensational incidents of the war occurred at Villaverde when a Russian tank audacionsly trundled into the town occnpied by the White eavalr.v who, naturally no mateh foi a tank, had to',flee. In Villaverde the AVhites had only one"small whippet tank, Hkowise out 110 match for the big Rassian, but the whippet had a flame throvver. j So while the, Russian careened . through«the'village, certain idared«vil cavalrymeii from behind fencesjithrew, cans of gasoline upon it. The little whippet waited up an alley until the big Russian eame by. The the whippet rushed out and pourcd its flame thrower fire into the gaint. The Russian tank began to blaze, butJbefore it incinerated its occupants, the gun-pointer still had life and time enough to turn the anti-tank gun on the Whippet and hlow it out of existcnce. Then the Russian went up iii smoke.