ATTACK THAT FAILED.
KAISER'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
LONDON, May 17. Writing from British headquarters, Renter's correspondent says a German non-com missioned officer who was recently captured throws light on the disappointment the Germans sustained in the unsuccessful attack on the Belgian front on April 17.
He says the operation was designed to develop into a great turning movement. So certain was the High ('
mar.d of its sue that the- Kaiser came to the Yser to witness the battle, having in hifl pocket the " Oak Leaf," th-» next highest Herman decoration to the "Order of Merit," which he had designed to bestow upon the general directing the attack. When tho Kaiser left the Y.ser the " Oak Leaf" was still in his pocket.
Leave has been opened in the German Fourth Army to farmers and agricultural labourers. It is remarkable how popular the cry " back to the soil" has become. Every member of the Fourth Army 3eems to be a farmer or farm worker.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 10867, 4 June 1918, Page 6
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