THE RAFA SUCCESS.
A Brilliant Exploit. Fight Against Time. [kEOTER’S SERVICE —COPYRIGHT. I. London, Jan 15
Details of the British success at Rafo, disclose a brilliant victory, attributable'to the dogged perieverauc9 of the Australian Light Horse, and New Zealand Mounted Rifles, supported by British Yeomanry Brigade, Cancel Corps and Territorial Horse Artillery.
The action listed frera lan in the morning til! rlnslr. The AnstreTans and New Zealanders vtoo the trenches at sunset, just as 3000 to 4000 Turkish reinforcements nppearad three miles to the eostwprd of R-.fa, They were upheld meat gallantly by the Wellington Regiment which was detaohad for the purpose.
It may truthfully be s:id that the attackers fought at the finish with only seconds to spare, nnd they carried an exceedingly elaborate system of six lines of entrenchments.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1917, Page 2
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