Second Edition In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 46, 21 September 1916, Page 6

Second Edition In the West

WINTER WEATHER ACAIrL

THE FtGHTINC SPIRIT OF YOUNG BRITISH TROOPS.

Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z.. Cable Association. (Received 1.15 a.m.) . London, September 20. Mr Gibbs, correspondent, writes: "There lias been such foul weather. Ave seem to bo back to winter, with mud, rain, and mist making it impossible for the aeroplanes to see the gunners shoot and the infantry signal of their whereabouts, but it is a .great sight to watch the troops marching ■ with glistening waterproofs and steel helmets into the'firing lino, utterly refusing to surrender their good spirits. "I have been .spending four days among the men who had broken the Flers line". A most striking discovery was the great deed done by the newest troops. Some of Lord Derby's recruits were engaged and the older hands wondered how they, would stick to it, but the newcomers leapt into the German trenches with the spirit of the oldest fighters. The Londoners did gloriously, having one of the hardest points to attack. Young civil servants and city clerks fought sternly and endured all with stoicism."'