KITCHENER'S "IRONSIDES"
o " . - SPIRITUAL CALL TO BREAK PRUS- . • SIAN MILITARISM. By Mesiaph— Press Association— Covrriekt "Sydney, October 31. Mr. J. R. Smith, a New Zealand journalist, has arrived from London. Referring to the type of Kitchener's recruits, he said he was told by an officer that one lot of 50,000 reminded him of Cromwell's' Ironsides. They were selected from Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists, and were filled with religious' fervour and prayed nightly to God to strengthen their hands to break Prussian militarism. This fervour was backed by splendid physical powers.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2296, 2 November 1914, Page 7
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90KITCHENER'S "IRONSIDES" Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2296, 2 November 1914, Page 7
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