In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 72, 29 June 1916, Page 6

In the West.

’DRY OF TWO AWIA6 RAIDS.

INCIDENTS ,IN v,VNQ MAN’S LAND.”

rUNRBO Funs Association. ) London, June 27. Philip Gibbs, the Chronicle’s war describes two success- . Anzac raids, which occurred 5000 rds apart on Monday morning. In |er to ensure success, rties were nil six-footers, jcial training,' their comrades rubig them down after lint. The trench rht began cutting the '™ re e beanstalks. Simultaneously the ns barraged the inches, putting a fence of -shell fire ihd the positions to be- attacked, en the Anzacs went folMMw' mbs and truncheons. The 'German Ipine guns were soothing tr“No ,n» s Land,” but thd raiders escaped Ihnllets, and rushed on. One party countered Prussians and*' the - other Xbns. Then ensued a "terrible ten isates. The Germans vsfc(tisufcc-° £ sjjr dug-outs to see the Anzacs in Bit trenches. Some promptly suridered, whilst others id themselves with ling their own An ? bs wasted not a wplished a great deal/j^b9 ui s rfei rummaged the pers and hauled out mbcd along the trench^/Jif s3 usfd mahawks to break is of sandbags, which tstjj;©>vn. |h corpses as the result^- the preing bombardment. ~ • When the order to retire came an n>/.ni» escorting prisonerai Gib rapet shouted: “I woih 1 that -.five iqcs!” to an officer wba made a orting bet regarding the * number of isoners he could secure. Another eerily called attention to six bulls, one being in the arm. ; : He had k d remarkable duck. The raids deoralise the Germans,’ who-are .sufferg dreadfully from e driving the men Mad.^,;:^^ A burly New Zealander =B^ (fore strating that he ick a prisoner. As He iserable, terror-stricken victxtn over ie parapet of «sc«ff of •t, but apologiffl|pwpi|W >tler specimen|f^.^^/m Other ,ss night. The trench mortar., bomardmerit only lasted eight minutes, istead of the usual; B#h,G e «> tan trenches were heavily ■ rqanned. he defenders were unable to escape vv ihg to the b%Sge 6f fire’. It_is. beeyed every 6erthan was killed 01 ikea^ attackers advansd over “No Man’s Land” through lachine-gun fise; thu^^at^lly;;there as no casualties,- ,gh’ing to the Anca’ spiriting ‘ powers. The enemy (S so frustrated that njany yyere kilb*by their own bomb > l/''''’*With ’cqinrative ease’ the icons and Prussians. Many went on ieir knees and squealddA'v-The ‘diffi* ilty was to get flife captives put of ie trenches. Thhy ’ were so terrified their own artillery.