THE AUSTRALIANS.

Taihape Daily Times, 22 April 1918, Page 7

THE AUSTRALIANS.

HOW THEY MET THE HUN. LONDON, April 9. ’ A New South Wales lieutenant gives this narrative. Our principal losses were caused by hidden machine-guns. The ground was wet. As we went forward, bullets pattered around( splashing us with mud and water. I never saw a man falter in the excitement of the battle. The sight of the stampeding Germans banished all thoughts of danger. A private of my company saw a movement in a haystack, and not Iwaiting for an order, dashed out. Others followed him. Tjhey found German machine-gunners and snipers hidden in the straw, and they bayonetted them all. A New South .Wales Captain said: “My boys a r e as happy as little kings When w first met the B'oches an Eng-lish-speaking officer advanced and said “Come on, lads, surrender-” The answer was given with the rifle, and none of that Germany company will fight again." ,

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