WITH FISTS AND FEET.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 218, 12 September 1916, Page 5

WITH FISTS AND FEET.

HOW THE ANZACS FIGHT. TRIBUTES PROM THE SOMME. LONDON, September 2. Here are some little stories from the Anzac front:— Lieutenant "K.," of the Australian Machine Gun Section, describes a fight of 30 Anzacs against 100 of the enemy in the open. "The Boches," he states, rt 'wcre out off and then they attempted to force our boy 6 towards the German i trenches. But we hustled them in the 1 opposite direction with our fists and feet, and the help of a Lewis gun. Despite the fact that 12 of the Anzacs were knocked out by an enemy machinegun, the rest of us managed to bring ia the bulk' of the enemy." . Lieutenant M.. an Australian infantryman, states: "The Hune started an attack from the right towards tie centre, covered by a barrage of artillery fire. Our artillery made a counter barrage. Threo Lewis gunners crossed both barrages, enfiladed the enemy, and drove them to the left. Here the Germans surprised sonic of our men, making .'SO prisoners. The Germans attempted to take tho prisoners back to their trenches, but our Lewie gunners drove the whole bag into our trench." A lieutenant-colonel, tvounded at the Somme. pays a tribute to the Australians. "They do not need commendation," he eaye ''and they have become jolly good soldiers. Their intelligence has shown them the vital necessity of discipline in really big fighting. You do not hear clap-trap from them, and they ' do not regard discipline as only 'being red-tape and pipeclay. , ''