"GOLDEN OPINIONS."

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15773, 14 December 1916, Page 5

"GOLDEN OPINIONS."

GENERAL SIR A. GODLEY ON

NEW ZEALAND TROOFS

General Sir Alexander Godlcy,Officer Commanding the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, in a letter to Colonel G. F. C. Campbell, Coast Defencc Commander, says: ''Our artillery has been doing excellent work on the Somme. The "casualties have been heavy, and young Davies is a great loss. He was a capital fellow. I should bo glad if you will make public, in your capacity as commander of the "Wellington Garrison how very much we all regret and deplore not only the loss of Davies, but also Fleming Ross, formerly of the otn Regiment, and Dr. Martin, of Palmerston North. They were all three men excellent officers, and 1 have the highest opinion of their capacity and the services they have rendered. 1 think that the public of the Dominion should know about their citizen army and their Expeditionary Force at the front and the more they know about them'the better. I only wish I could find time to write more frequently. The New Zealand Dominion has earned "•olden opinions on the Somme, and 1 hear from the army and several corps commanders most excellent accounts of their work and fighting. Iheir casualties have been heavy, but I am glad to say that all of the brigadiers and commanding officers are all rign this time." . The letter emphasises the very great, importance in the present system of warfare of ample means of communication and the necessity for them in real operations.