ARMY BESIEGE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, CAPTURE EIGHT HUNDRED. In three hour battle Lancashire troops enforce surrender of eight hundred auxiliary police who attempt to hold out in their barracks.

Record ID: 567152

  • Title: ARMY BESIEGE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, CAPTURE EIGHT HUNDRED. In three hour battle Lancashire troops enforce surrender of eight hundred auxiliary police who attempt to hold out in their barracks.
  • Date: 25th January 1952
  • Summary: Ismailia, Egypt. GV Tanks & Infantry in street outside Egyptian Police H.Q. SV Lancashire Fusiliers waiting to go in. SV British Officer directing tanks & troops to attack. LV Tanks open fire. Closer V Tank firing. GV Police H.Q. being blasted. SCU Tank firing. GV Police H.Q. being blasted. SCU Tank pushing thru gateway. SV Another tank moving thru wall. LV Tanks followed by Lancashire Fusiliers going in. SCU Infantry following tank into grounds of H.Q. SV H.Q. under fire. SV Soldier on tank firing from grounds. Angle V Infantry climbing over wall. SV British soldiers shooting from building. CU Soldier with bren gun. SV Wounded Major being placed on stretcher. SV Pan Another stretcher case being carried out. SV Smoke pouring from H.Q. SV Soldier with machine gun firing SV Dead Egyptian amongst ruins. SCU Soldiers searching prisoners. LV Egyptian Police having surrendered walking towards. SV Wounded Egyptian policeman being carried by comrades. FV Prisoners under armed escort move away from H.Q. TV Prisoners sitting against wall. SCU Egyptian wounded being attended to. CU Egyptian Officer under interrogation. LV Line of killed Egyptians. SV Ditto. SV Captured rifles. SV Soldiers examining ammunition boxes. SV Egyptian Police officials under arrest in compound. SV Egyptian Officers Ditto. CU Egyptian Police, hands on head, being searched. GV Prisoners with Infantry on Guard. SV Pan British Officer talking to Egyptian Officers, who walk away. GV Tank & scene of battle etc. Egypt; Independence Movements; British Empire; Military - Active; Crime, Justice and Law Enforcement Initials G.B. Ismailia BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWS SPECIAL Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 9th February 1952 12:00
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  • Location: Ismailia, Egypt.
  • Country: Egypt
  • Reuters ID: LVAB5ARMC38JX7JUEXPPCHMU9883
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  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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