GLAD TO SURRENDER

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 65, 13 September 1918, Page 7

GLAD TO SURRENDER

CAPTURED GUARDS WELCOME DEFEAT

ENEMY FINALLY DISILLUSIONED.

(HESTER'S TELEORAM.) LONDON, 11th September. Reuters correspondent at British headquarters, writing on the evening of 11th September, says: "The state of the morale of the German Army is indicated by the demeanour of the prisoners taken from the Second Guard Division, a corps d'elite, which was withdrawn from the fighting less than a thousand strong. The prisoners were heartily glad to surrender, and urged our men to continue attacking, assuring them that swarms of Germans were only too anxious to surrender. Letters found on prisoners nearly all are couched in terms of hopelessness or resentment. -.Rainstorms continue to swell the streams, and inundations are causing damage. The spread of country now under water extends from the Sensee to. the La Bassee Canal." (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.? LONDON, 12th September. Mr. Philip Gibbs writes: "It is probable that the main Hindenburg line is now held in strength by the best available troops, while the broken divisions fall back through them. The enemy for the time being 1 will gain a respite, which his commanders will doubtless utilise in an endeavour to repair the morale of the troops. It is, however, certain that large numbers of Germans are irreparably disillusionised. They know now, if never before, that victory will never be theirs on the field. Some of the Kaiser's proudest soldiers openly expressed pleasure at being taken prisoner, notably the Second Guards Division. Some even hoped that our victories would multiply in order to end the war."