OUR BOYS AT THE FRONT
STILL IN A QUIET PART
(Special from fcbo N.Z- Official War \ Correspondent.) January, 1. j The Now l'ear finds us still in a quiets'"! part of the line, %vith nothing speoial; doing beyond the usual rather monoton-' ous round of trench warfare. While ar; good deal of work and training is being; done, time is also found for football, lectures and'entertainment. ... General Russell, in response- to sg> request for a message to Zealand, said he would like, above all things, on the ovo of the New Year, to lettho Dominion know how largely thai success of the division in the Sordino; battle waa duo to the efforts of the men themselves. His officers agreed with him that the Somme was a battla in . which individual qualities of the men and leadership of subordinate officers, from company commanders downwards, wero tho chief factors of success. Their relatives in New Zealand should bo proud to know that theso: splendid fellows, from first to last, had; played their parts like men.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2969, 5 January 1917, Page 4
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173OUR BOYS AT THE FRONT Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2969, 5 January 1917, Page 4
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