THE WESTERN THEATRE.
COLONIALS DOING VALUABLE
PATROL WORK.
LONDON, Oct. •10
Mr Gilmour reports:—There h«.s been, fine weather for tho past two days.. There is great air activity, but little liveliness' elsewhere 1, though all along the Australian and New Zealand ' front the Germans are dropping many gas shells, which, however, cause little trouble to the experienced troops.
The Anzacs are doing some daring night patrol work, securing valuable information about the enemy's dispositions. .Our sharpshooters are keeping the enemy's snipprs ; weU ; down,; •" and also make a sorry mess of his ammunition carriers and wiring parties.
Mr Gilmour instances the case of an Australian padre, who, after several hours of extremely heavy work dressing wounded at a regimental aid post, stepped outside for a breath of air, and was blown.'to pieces by a shell. >,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9125, 22 October 1917, Page 6
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