The fighting at "theBottleneck" started "at about 2pm" on 24 April. Two German tnks that started
across the swamp were knocked out by long-range field gun fire. Since that didn't work, they sent a force down the road. They sent motor cycle troops first. Next came four tanks.
The next move was sendind infantry "into the hills south of the road". The 25th Battalion then opened fire
on the German infantry. Soon, Germans then hit the left end of the 25th Battalion with "heavy fire".
That was enough to cause the 25th Battalion to have to pull back.
A larger German attack started by 3pm. A column started down the road with some tanks in front.
After that were infantry in trucks with more tanks following. In response, heavy, aimed artillery frre was called in. After an hour, German tanks were near the 25th Battalion.
An attack at 4pm was pushed back, but a larger tank attack followed. After that, tanks had reached the25th Battalion positions. The 5th Field Regiment had knocked out some of the tanks.
This is based on the account in Greece, Crete, and Syria" by Gavin Long.
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