PHILIP GIBBS’ ACCOUNT.
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fAUSTRALIAN N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATIONJ
(Received Tbi, D.n at 10 15 a mA LONDON, October 23.
Mr: Phillip Gibbs writes that the troops are fighting in the foulest weather anti boggy ground in front of Tournai and Valenciennes and have reached a stage where the Germans will undoubtedly make a stand. Lotween tlie Ist and 20th October, the Fourth Army have taken eighteen thousand prisoners and the Third Army ten thousands. The Germans cannot afford this drain. The year is waning and the weather breaking. Our men are slogging through the water pools with mud splashing them to their necks. The horses are plastered to their ears. This makes war difficult and slow. The speed with which we are following up np the German retreat is amazing. They are bringing heavy guns, aerodromes, hospitals and telegraphs across the battlefield which resembles the craters of the moon.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 October 1918, Page 3
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151PHILIP GIBBS’ ACCOUNT. Hokitika Guardian, 24 October 1918, Page 3
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