THE "ENZEDS."

Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1918, Page 7

THE "ENZEDS."

AFFECTION FOR THE "AUSSIES." i (Sydney Sun Correspondent), Flanders, Dee. 17. I found the New Zealanders yesterday with their skiSs tingling from the 9evere frost- They were working solidly and cheerily as ever. They have not had much fighting since they took the Polderhoek trenches, but their aggressive temperament anil their scorn of the Roche keep the sector lively. Special difficulties due to the. miles of duck-boards over which supplies must, be carried make the New ZerSanders' winter arduous, like the Australians' work on the Somme last winter. Despite corduroy roads and light railways and the utmost osc of horse and motor transport, larsre miniibeva of the reserve units become at such times mere pack animals, bearing food and clothes and trench material. Others are principally occupied in trench tuiidI

The "Fcrnleaves" are known as equally courageous in battle and industrious in trench making. They improve and develop the defences and trench systems in every sector in which they are put. The New Zealanders' quietness furnishes a remarkable contrast to the Australians. They always seem stolidly though intelligently occupied. They talk little about Passchendaele, which was their hardest fighting' since Gallipoli. Their reciprocal friendship with the Australians is now most noticeable. The forces call each other respectively "Aussies" and "Enzeds," and there is undoubtedly a strong mutual confidence while fighting, each liking the otlu;r alongside, whilst a genuine feeling of comradeship and close" cousinship ig rapidly increasing. General Kussell anys that the men at tlie clMe ut tin- year are in the best spirits. The* only health trouble is trench-feet \vltM, is worse than i„ wig. Ther« is timple warm clothing and comforts. T», e loll „. iing. for home is intense, but'everyone is determined to finish the >,>b