TRENCH RAID BY NEW ZEALANDERS
GLIMPSE OF THE ENEMY'S METHODS (From Captain Malcolm Boss, Official War, Correspondent with the New Zealand Forces.) Northern France, August 17. Tho latest raid carried out by the New Zealanders against\the Germans was eminently successful.' Shortly after midnight a number of Aucklanders from one of our - brigades left their trenclres after a bombardment that puzzled the enemy a good deal, and succeeded' in raiding the enemy's trenohes, capturing a machine-gun and' a prisoner. A second prisoner was captured in No Man's Land. It was found that excellent work had been dono by .our artillery and trench mortars, quite a broad pathway having been out through the enemy's wire. Our men gained a favourable position, and tho moment our barrage burst behind the enemy's trench they rushed over tho parapet and entered the trench. Within the first few minutes one German was shot and another taken prisoner. . _ A New Zealand lieutenant commanding the centre party noticed a machine-gun dug-out just as the signal for Tecall was given, but he managed to reach tho gun, and, tearing it from its emplacement, he, with one of his party, carried it right into our trenches. It was a gun of the 1916 pattern. The main feature of the German trench was the depth of tho dug-outs. The revetting of the trenches was dono with wicker work, and tho parapet was about 14ft. thiok. Tho raiders suffered only two slight casuallies. The captain commanding the raid was complimented upon its success, and upon the coolness and bravery of his officers and men. How a D.S.O. was Won, It is now possible to mention the circumstances under which SergeantMajor Edward Frost was awarded the D.S.O. (? D.C.M.) for gallant conduct during a raid early in July. When a party was withdrawing through No Man's Land under enfilading fire from machine-guns • and grenades from the enemy's support line, Frost, who comes from Wellington, twice returned through the German wire to their lines, and under heavy fire rescued and brought back two wounded men. It was largely owing to his courage, energy, and example that during a retirement lasting an hour and a half some thirty wounded men were brought safely back to our lines.. The other evening when the Germans wero indiscriminately shelling a town tho horse of a passing team was hit, and a lieutenant killed. Frost jumped through a, window on to the street, and dashed i>& to the assistance' of the driver, sud was himself wounded by a second shell. Ho is now in hospital making satisfactory progress. On the following day he was to go south to receive a further distinction from tho hand of the French Commander-in-Chief.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2901, 13 October 1916, Page 5
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449TRENCH RAID BY NEW ZEALANDERS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2901, 13 October 1916, Page 5
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