The Fiery Fighers.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 7 May 1918, Page 3

The Fiery Fighers.

AALL'riiNG GkiUlA.s RUOI'AGAXIDA io wiSAJKiSiN ovjatfcuLv Tiioorw. lteccivwli 8.-15 a.m. thjs day. London, Alay"(i. The ikrl'iier Tagblatt, having failed to set the British against tlie .French, lias commenced, a campaign to se)i the overseas troops against the British. It «iys:*"fhe Australians are disheartened and sl.'ck of the whole war because what they gained by months of effort the Jirii.i.sh have lost in a few horn's. The Australians now 1 admit that an English victory i's 1:111 possible. Boasting of Uritish invincibility is now a. thing of the past. The French (regiments had t'x> stiffen the British front like the bones of a corset. As the English sacrificed their colonial troops »)■ they sacrificed the Portuguese." Other papers, discussing the Incoming of America, admit that more iroops are. moving than they expected and one says, "America is a tough enemy, but will he too late." A lending Australian authority points out the significance of the German propaganda. The effort to take i':lic sting out of the Australian and the other Dominion forces only shows the enemy's strong dislike to tlhese fiery ■fisrhtors. It. is noteworthy that they avoided the- Australian, New Zeailand nnrl Canadian sectors 'for their great offensive. The Australians entirely cli.srogard.ed the propagandist newspapers sent over by small balloons from the German lim«. They will likewise disregard Ulie latest malignant newspaper campaign. The Australians hadi an inspiring part in the recent defensive operations and never before had such an opportunity for killing Germans. The whole force has been trained to welcome such masked attacks wherein the enemy's looses were stupendous. So far from admitting tlirt'j victory v= impossible, the Australians real'lse that the futile German thmste 'have already brought the end nearer, heralding the. comoverthrow of the German armies. Although a certain sentiment attached to the lost ground the Australians ban'o no regrets knowing it dines not mrl' ter where tiho final battle fs fought the opponents of democratic liberty are robbed of their greedy powers for nil time. 1