STORY OF A DUGOUT.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 4 January 1917, Page 6

STORY OF A DUGOUT.

AN2ACS' REPLY TO THE HUNS. The Australians in their area, northwest of Pozicres, had a busy time in the fighting which took place in and about Thicpval, says Ructer's special correspondent. In splendid style they advanced, not only getting into Mouquet Farm, a mere mould of rubble,j but carrying their lines some hundereds pf yards behind it, and establishing themselves along the plateau, notwithstanding the furious efforts of the enemy to dislodge them. What irrepressible fellows these Anzacs are! They discovered two deep dug-outs near the ruins of the farmhousf, and parties of bombers entered to clear these out. These, however, were empty save for an abundance of cigars and drink.

Whilst they were lighting up and commenting upon the quality of the smokes, a big batch of Germans came crowding into the entrances, and called upon the Wallabies to surrender. The answer was more characteristic than polite: "Surrender be ; surrender yourselves!''

*■ On this one of the Bodies, very injuliciously, threw a bomb. In a moment the Anzacs were pelting the Huns with grenades so viciously that they could not recover themselves sufficiently to reply effectively.

The uproar attracted more Anzacs, and what remained of the enemy—who turned out to belong to the Ist (Ersatz) Prussian Guards—were round- | ed up, and marched away to await the V end of the war.