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Taihape Daily Times, 19 August 1918, Page 2

ADVENTUROUS WARFARE.SUITS THE AUSTRALIANS^ LONDON, August 1* Mr Perry Robinson, correspondent of the Times, states that the Australians are good at mil kinds of fighting, but, they are peculiarly adapted to semi-’ guerrilla, adventurous warfare, which demands great individual initiative. The capture of Merris was the climax to a dashing series of exploits ■ extending over two months. The enemy showed his by heavily shellig the area after its capture, but no infantry action followed. Mr Beach Thomas, correspondent of the Daily Mail, says that 200 enemy dead were counted on Monday on one short sector at Sailly Laurettc. A gas attack elsewhere surprised and killed a whole garrison. Prisoners freely confess their depression, chiefly owing to the news from the Marne. Reuter’s correspondent at British hcadquarters telegraphs that two recent Australian enterprises proved more successful than it was originally believed they had been. Between Sailly Laurette and Morlancourt, on the Amiens front, six enemy battalions were so heavily punished that they were rendered unfit for ing. Our casualties were very light. The First Australian Division on Tuesday completed the capture of Merris, in which numerous trench mortars and machine-guns were found. The morale of the prisoners is distinctly indifferent. It is suggested though with reserve, that the German commanders are increasingly uneasy at the state of mind of their troops. “Health to the King, and Prosperity to the People.* W. STRACHAN & Co. * Brewed by Victoria Brewery, DUNEDIN.

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