NEW ZEALAND TROOPS.
"IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT THEM." PRAISE FROM GENERAL BIRDWOOD. FINEST EMPIRE FIGHTERS. By Telegraph.—Presn Association, Wellington, Last Night. His Excellency the Governor desires to publish the following extracts from a private letter to himself from General Sir William Bird wood, dated October 29, 1915, which the Governor thinks may be of interest to the people of New Zealand. Sir William Birdwood says: "I do not think I am in any way exaggerating when I say that I imagine this army corps contains some of the finest men who are now serving the Empire. It would be impossible to beat the men sent out from New Zealand and Australia, who have so -willingly and splendidly responded to every call which has ever been made on them, from the moment they effected their magnificent landing on this peninsula in April. lam glad to say that we have been able to obtain much needed rest for most of those who originally landed with us, though it has nofe yet been possible to get them all away. lam glad to say, however, that both the New Zealand Infantry Brigade and the Mounted Rifles have had their turn and have been in a rest camp at Mudros for the last month, where, 1 hear, they have much benefited from the change atid rest. They have been joined, too. since their arrival there by reinforcements, and I am sure that the ears of the people of New Zealand would tingle with pleasure had they heard an account of these men which was given me by an independent officer, who came up with them from Egypt. He told me that he thought they were some of the finest men he had ever come across (I may mention that lie had been with us since we landed), and not only that, but he wa s immensely struck by their excellent behaviour and bearing on board ship. This all augurs wonderfully well for the future and New Zealand may indeed be proud of what she has been'able to do in the way of sending men, and what she is still doing in the procuring and the training of further reinforcements."
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1915, Page 6
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363NEW ZEALAND TROOPS. Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1915, Page 6
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