DASHING AND STEADY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1915, Page 6

DASHING AND STEADY.

CANADIANS IN TRENCHES. EQUAL TO REGULARS. SYDSfEY ; March! 22. Mr. Henry GuHett, the Australian Press representative with the British headquarters in France, has cabled that he visited the Canadian trenches. The Canadians axe very proud to be the first of the Dominions' troops to fight for England. The reputation of the overseas troops is quite safe in the Canadians' keeping. They have shown dash and steadiness not surpassed by any regular troops.The British hold the most low-lying and the wettest portion of the..whole" western tbCJadaptable, pioneering. Canadians; afcustOTded to making the' best of harsh winter conditions, proved themselves masters in contriving subterranean comforts. In the Cauadian trenches, the correspondent frequently heard the happy soldiers snoring loudly, unconscious of the crack of rifles, while their mates kept watch. The enemy's line was only 200 yards away. When the Australians come to Europe, the correspondent says, they will find that the Canadians have "set the standard high. The careless, holiday spirit which was too much in evidence while the force was in England disappeared completely when the men came face to face with the uncompromising realities of the campaign.