WITH THE ANZACS IN FRANCE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 14 June 1916, Page 5

WITH THE ANZACS IN FRANCE

, \\ ' fJIEWS OF THE NAVAL BATTLE t GERMAN LIE POSTERS (Spuria! from tho Now Zealand War ; Correspondent.) A n Dtablo incident showing the eageriess oif the German, authorities to. disiemmt ifce tho news, of their alleged victory i n the North Sea occurred on a section.of the British front. With undue ha tete and before the actual facts • wore lctown, their soldiers in the firing lino displayed a small hoarding above a •parapet: with the following notice: "English defL'at at sea. Seven oruisers sunk, ono dan "paged, eloven other crafts Bunk. !Hip,_Hi Hurrah!" , , This o he-sided story was'rather mora ■than our men could stand,' so they promptly l , rut several bullets through the Itoard. Uur soldiers are not supposed to reply to \suchv.bulletins, but next day, •Vhen they received the news of the real happening, they could not resist hoisting details, gitving the actual losses on each pide. Their communique ended with: "Hoch, Itocli, hoch!" After a few minutes owr board was taken down. The 'GermaJis,' laving apparently failed to ferasp its <tnie significance, hoisted another, inscribed: "Once more would you Jet us, see 'file message?" No notice being taken, the Germans iigain anxicrosly,signalled: "We beg of . you. to shoty- again the table of the fleet." Thij eagerness of the enemy to learn the actual facts clearly indicated their suspicion that they had been misled by theit'own authorities, and their '. 'disposition. ixj place more reliance on the Estimate, of Hie British Admiralty. Australians In Action, The Australians made a successful ■raid on the German trenches after heavy bombardment VJby our guns. With great dashi ©By golj. through tho German wire, 1 Eorambled intcj the trenches, and returned with soverkl prisoners. Meantime the German had come into action, 'and when beiK taken across No_ Man's CLanil to our trenches, tho prisoners, (hearing their chrn shrapnel, lay down land screamed. Tho bombardrftent, while it lasted, was [Very fierce. The New Zealand Artillery, todiich took part, made excellent, shootving The Germans shelled and bombed tho New Zealand trenches ineffectively. The Australian'casualties were slight.