AUSTRALASIAN TROOPS
THE EFFECT OF SUCCESS, MEN ARE MORE CONTENT. (TIMES 4ND BTDNEI SUN lEWCM.) (Received June 26, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 24th June. Mr. Ashmead Bartlett says : "Tho effect of success has been great upon the Australians, who hitherto had been fighting under most difficult conditions against great odds, and with heavy losses. After an attack, General Birdwood took me round to the front lines. It was evident that the troops were more content than for a long time past. The Australasians were resting after their fierce exertions.' They were lying in bomb-proof shelters, consuming large quantities of tinned meat, biscuits, tea, and jam, of which they are extremely fond. I asked an Australian 'How many did you kill?' He replied, 'I cannot say ; but look here, there are eight acres of them lying round.' Another happy warrior remarked : 'Put them up for us, and we will shoot all you want.' "There are many signs that the moral effect of the repulse upon the Turks is great- They are continually asking for armistices."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 149, 25 June 1915, Page 7
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