HOLDING A PIECE OF THE WESTERN LINE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2767, 10 May 1916, Page 5

HOLDING A PIECE OF THE WESTERN LINE

VOYAGE FROM IGYPX GENERAL -BIRDWOOD'S APPEAL TO THE MEN - i FIERCE FIGHTING AT YERDUN V TERRIBLE/ CARNAGE AT DEAD MAN'S HILL ■.■' ' ' s . /What has been rumoirred in all quarters of New Zealand during the past few Weeks^has'now received'the imprimatur of official publicity—the men of.Anzac have realised their ambition'at last, and are -now holding a portion of the Western line in Erance, facing' the German trenches.. The story vf their voyage from Egypt to their new arena is told to-day, to- • gether with a report of a 6tirring appeal to the manhood of New Zealand and Australia to reniemher the honour of their name in the country of our Ally. They are in' North, Trance. Away towajds the other end ft frightful conflict is raging'for the much-coveted Hill 304, and Mort Homme Hill. The fiercest artillery tempest of the war has been let loose by the Germans, Wasting everything to unrecognisable shape, but in vain.' The infantry emerged, came out ever the open ground, and was literally with- . ered. and swept off the face of tho earth by the French machine-guns'. -From the British line successful trench rs.iL are reported. The American reply to the German Noter is 6tated to amount to the acceptance of the concessions, coupled with a flat refusal to interfere with the methods of other belligerents with whom no ground of quarrel exists. Four mors of the Irish rebels have been tried and executed.