ANZACS IN FRANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1916, Page 4

ANZACS IN FRANCE.

:BETi:.ING DOWX FOE THE WIXTEI!

I- . T.<»:d™, N*»v. 11. I A T ; mes .correspondent at tli» RrHi-i I headquarters says.: "The Aiu-tiv.hisimvi i this jcur are better arclimaiised to Hip. I" farcpcin weather. T -t-1 year (h«v. s»f- ---| icred greatly from (lie rains :ir<! cold £ Wind* of the northern winter, especially {,- the fresh arrivals from Australia or [ XgSVt- Xow th«v have l»ar:it to h ! llec r, themselves com'-rtably. I saw a ri;;:iL ft* cf them billeted' in a l;nlf rui^rd I farm building. There was ii roarij!.' ''■ wood fire. Clothes and uniforms wero i J*gged out even-where drying i:i iiie .• toasting heat. The Australians wen' i grouped round the fire nlaying cards, j. cmoking, and yarning. All were happv '• and cheerful. It was difi'erejil list yt-sr, L "when they were accustomed only to ihe i ■warm Australian elini'.te. Thcy'thiiHit '-- that the European precautions against the cold were mere faddishness. But ;; frequent colds and chills and influenza lwoiight discretion.

?, ' "The Germans recognised that Poziere« t: frnd the adjoining ground were the mos* f important points, and the key to their t jfoaition. This resulted in the stenwl k Mid the Btubbornest contest, lasting fr-r %.~ ; reeks. The .Australians accomplished :*u, what would have been impossible to any j£, troops not possessing perfect courage rr" land determination and magnificent phy- !* j»iqn*. Bat the Australians' reputation fy does not rest on any such achievement,. (■" • They have done much more than hold

r jground in their place in the battle line: % ito-day. The Hew Zealanders fought as |-i finely throughout as am- of the foremost J*' fighting regiments, and any list is not r.' 'complete which does not include them. W Magnificent was their share in the caps', tote of Flers. and the fighting north | r JWe.st of it, when they were a tower of £. 'strength to the British troops on each |h • One effect of the war on the Kmnire |j" ,*rijl be the fighting men's bond to broB therhood. Oversea troops, since the j/ fattle of the Somme began, have held jj: honorable place in the fighting line t. 'ieontii'.ualiy (sharing in operations involve" fag the whole front, and invariably justie 1 confidences placed' in them. % 'Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians. f •>■ ,tod Newfoundlanders have all distinjj guished themselves. The Australia.) J" an on the Somme will always be assng," idited with Pozieres. No matter what \ later laurels are won, none could be f j more eternally evergreen than those J_ ' "earned when they fought yard by yard t- through the shellswept village on a:i gy m*n ridge."