A NEW ZEALANDER’S STORY.

Taihape Daily Times, 20 June 1918, Page 7

A NEW ZEALANDER’S STORY.

A Wellington boy, writing to his father from France, says:—“Things, as you are no doubt aware, have been very lively of late. The cTefman die not get much of a reception from the ■ New Zealanders. We drove him b*ck several miles in one attack. He counter attacked, but did not win any territory. The fighting, for the most part, was in fhe open, and, owing to the fact that the rifle and bomb were the chief weapons, and also to the absence of artillery fire, most of the fellows thought it good fun, Tne living was rough, and sometimes a week elapsed without our having removed our boots or having a shave. We sometimes slept beneath hedges, and j more often lhan not the weather was cold and showery. The'food was of a pleasing variety, and only once were we reduced to the necessity of going without. This was when Fritz had directed a well-aimed shot into the cook-house, and though nobody was hurt, all were disappointed.”