THE ANZACS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 May 1916, Page 5

THE ANZACS.

WILL "PLAY THE DICKfcNS." JRBtDEWED BY GENERAL JOFFRE. ' ; Times and Sydney Sun Services. ' <■■■ • London, May 10. A Highland officer says: "The consensus of. opinion is that the Austral- < asiana are the finest troops ever jeen on the west front, and the best clothed and equipped men found anywhere. Big (trapping fellows with no surplus fat, they • Will play the dickens with the ' Hons. They are well disciplined, though their,discipline is not on quite the same - lines as ours, being more elastic and better suiting the Anaac spirit* of freedom.", I A photograph shows endless lines of • Australasians marching past General fcffre during his inspection. BETTER THAN GALLIPOLI. A. young Australian who has arrived' in London tells a typical tale. He (pent a period in the front line of a •alient, a :.good part of which is now held by the Australians, with the New Zealanders to the south and the Can- .. adiafts to the north. His unit relieved a Scottish regiment, who told him that Friti' was nof'sb bad—"if left alone lie does not worry you." Only bombing and •helling had occurred to "date. 'iVre was a gas attack to the north, but he had heard that only one or two were gassed. He said the Huns were a different class-of adversary from the Turk. 'The artillery firing was far worse, but the sniping was much less. The line .»'jwas reputed to be fairly quiet, but heavy / shelling was commencing. Part of the front had sand bag trenches, because the'water was so near the surface. Flanders was more comfortable than Gallipoli. He was struck by the continuous singing of the Germans at night tim#. They were a cheery lot and he thought they had a plentiful supply of liquor. An untalkative Australian, when asked ' if Flander* was better than Gallipoli, replied: "Bettert Why von get beer." Orders were given to Australasians in France not to write home for five weeks; hence 'a long delay in letters is to be expected. i THE CENSORSHIP FAD. A QUESTION OF KNOWING. ~ Sydney, May 11 The Telegraph comments that the arrival of the Australians in France has been made the occasion for one of the best jokes of the war. The censor has allowed the fact to be cabled that ' the' Germans opposite our men's trenches welcomed them, which they could hardly have done if they did not know where they were," and yet conceals their wherenbouts from the public. That is, though it lets us know that the Germans know where our men are, it will not let us know where they are for fear of letting the Germans know that we know that they know. How on earth would it help the enemy if they were to make • the important discovery that we know they know where our men are? Only the censorship knows. , FRENCH WELCOME. Paris, May 10. Newspapers, commenting on the arrival of the Anzacs, pay a warm tribute to the bravery displayed by them fcitherto.