A SPLENDID RECORD
THE AUSTRALIANS' WORK IN THE
OFFENSIVE.
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received August 19, 3 p.m.)
LONDON, 18th August. Mr. W. M. Hughes, addressing Aus tralian hospital patients,' sa.id that in the recent fighting the Australians had thehonour of reaching the furthest point attainod. They had cleared the enemy from a hundred square miles of territory, and captured over ten thousand prisoners and 120 guns. Their total casualties were little over two thousand. One of the best tributes to the Australians was a captured map which showed that whenever Australians were known to hold sectors the Germans labelled these "storm troons."
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1918, Page 8
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103A SPLENDID RECORD Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1918, Page 8
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