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STRENGTH IN THIS CRISIS.

MANY APPRECIATIONS

LONDON, May 1. The Australian brigades at Bretonnoux have received many congratulations. General Rawlmson, commanding the Fourth Army, telegraphed m=> warm thanks for the brilliantlv-exe-c-uted counter-attack—. General Butlei Smlnder of the Third Corps, also telegraphed Generai-Bndwo d and General Hobbs have also ex pressed- then; appreciation .-Gw wounded recount how .40 Victorian under Lieutenant Christian, isolate and threatened with annihilation held out until a colonel collecting 60 British stragglers, reinforced them, after which obstinate fighting proceeded call day. Tlie Germans sometimes reached withm 20 yards of the post When their comrades Reached them during the .counter-attack thev found the band of heroes still fighting, surrounded by many German ClC Most of the wounded from Bretonneux' are suffering from gas poisoning. Fortunately tlie majority aie light cases.

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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4866, 11 May 1918, Page 5

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STRENGTH IN THIS CRISIS. Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4866, 11 May 1918, Page 5

STRENGTH IN THIS CRISIS. Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4866, 11 May 1918, Page 5

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