KEEPING THE ENEMY MISERABLE

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 22, 25 July 1918, Page 7

KEEPING THE ENEMY MISERABLE

ON THE NEW ZEALAND FRONT

(Beceived July 25, 11.15 a.m.)

LONDON, 24th July. Mr. Philip Gibbs writes : There hf,s beon no important infantry action between Amiens and Ypres since we capkired-Meteren, but-on several parts of the line we have been keeping the Germans tame, and. -driving them off bits of ground useful to us. English-and. New Zealand troops have improved the positions a good deal between Hebutern and Gommecourt by nibbling forward, leading" the' enemy such a hard Jife that he has had to draw back miserably. The New Zealanders in this way captured Bossignol Wood, from where, they say, the Germans "had to do a bunk" on Sunday. The enemy shelling in this area has been fierce during the last few days, the ground for several miles being pitted with- shell-craters, in which the New ZeaTariders sat without a sign of unoasihess cleaning their rifles, writing letters, and playing cards. They paid no more attention to the ugly noises of the whizzing shells than if they had been the buzzing of gnats. The New Zealanders made the most noise a little later, when they bombarded the enemy. "That's the way to keep them unhappy," said an artillery officer. The New Zealanders have'been on the offensive in a small way.ever since they arrived in the neighbourhood, on the 26th March. The German divisions in the line are suffering heavily elsewhere as well as here. If Pt'ince Rupprecht decides to attack, he must call on his reserves, for these holding divisions are worn out and war weary.