ANZACS AT THE FRONT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10110, 18 October 1917, Page 5

ANZACS AT THE FRONT.

MERRY AS SANDBOYS. LONDON, Oct. 16. Mr Gilmour, the Australian Press Association correspondent, says: At the Anzac headquarters soimc Australians and New Zealanders just j back from tho front, line tell how they slept in shell holes-, huddled on the top of one another like puppies as the only wav to keep warm, ft speaks volumes for the thoughtful care of the commanders that so many troops were provided with hot meals within a few yards of the Huns. Thick, wholesome s tew, carried up in thermos flasks packed in strawlined ea>es on pack mules couldn't get up, so the hot rations were man-handled during the last stages of the journey. After a night's sleep i ti the rear the Anzacs were as merry as sandboys, anil in such good spirits after the ordeal that they even stopped baths and shaving in order to cheer the passing aetroplanes, which were low enough to hear. Some British aviators replied with a special overhead display. RED CROSS NURSES ASSIST Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. LONDON, Oct. 16. Mr Gilmoar describes how the. nurses ai the Anzacs' advanced posts in the recent fight assisted! many in regaining their lines. As -i result, ofltheir aid and their daring work irii recovering the wounded, the Germans got very few Australian prisoners and practically no New Zealanders. HUN "LICKING HIS WOUNDS." Australian-New 4 Zealand Cable Association LONDON, Oct, 16. Keith MurdoA states: Since Friday comparative quiet hfus reigned in the battlefield area, the rifle fiTc gradually diminishing as the new positions are made secure. The Hun'is licking hjis wounds, and not attempting to counter attack. The weather is bright and dry. I-Referring to the New Zealanders'. attack at Bellevue Spur he says: They were held pip, despite the most gallant efforts of the mien and heioie reconnoitring by the officers, ijnvolving the death of three distinguished sefuiors. LLOYD GEORGE'S CONGRATULATIONS. Austrilian-Now Zealand 0«b]» Association LONDON, Oct, 16. Tho Press BXireau states that Lloyd George has sent the following message to Sir Douglas Haig; "The War Cabinet desires to congratulate you and the troops on the achievements of the armies in the Flanders great battle, .which has been raging since the 21st of JiAy. Starting from jositions wherein every. advantage rested with the einemy, and hanwpered by the most unfavourable weather, vou and jour men have nevertheless continued to drive the enemy back with a skill, courage, and pertinacity commanding the grateful admiration of the peoples of the Empire, and filling the enemy with nlarm. I desire to renew my personal a.ssuranco of my confidence in your leadership and in the devotion to duly of rhose under your coraßaand."

GERMAN WITHDRAWAL FROM BROODSBINDE. (United Service.) LONDON, Oct. 17. Percival Phillips saysthe only alteration in the German front since the last, battle is a further withdrawal below Broodseinde. Our outposts are fjorcing the evacuation of nearly all tho wooded slopes eastward of Nordomshoek. Australians are chiefly responsible. FRENCH COMMUNIQUES. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. LONDON, Oct. 16. A French communique- says:—On the Aisne front the reciprocal artillery action is less intenso. On the letft of the Meuse we repulsed an attack on Hill 304, On the right bank the artillery duel is particularly lively north of Bois de Cauliers. A French communique- says:—After n lively bombardment sevteral enemy raids on the- Aisne front south of Counteron were repulsed. There is a lively artillery duel in the region of the plateaux. FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES HOLDS SECRET SESSION. Received October 18, 10.50 a.m. PARIS, Oct. 17. The Chamber of Deputies has decided to hold a, secret session to discuss M. Ribot's recent statement that Germany hinted at her preparedness to restore Alsace-Lorraine if France consenued to discuss peace terms. ENEMY AERODROMES' BOMBED. AuatraKan-New Zealand Cable Association. LONDON, Oct, 16. The Admiralty report that.a number of naval aircraft in a Taid bombed several enemy aerodromes, with good effect. ON THE BALKAN FRONT. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. LONDON, Oct. 16 A French Eastern communique s ays: ".The artillery is active on the whole front, especially north of Monastir. Our troops repelled enemy detachments on (the Western bank of Lake Ochrida whioh were attempting to land from barges. AUSTRIAN NAVAL MUTINIES. (lßeuter's Telegram.) ROME, Oct. 16. The Giornfcile D'ltalia states on reliable authority tHat several extremely serious mutinies, accompanied by scenes of terroi and bloodshed, occurred on .several ships it' the Austrian navy, owing to food troubh and inhuman treatment by the officers. There was a sanguinary encounter at Polo between the Austrian* and the crews of tin German Uf-boat flotilla, owing to the tyranny of the latter. It was only sub dued by the intervention of the naval patrols. A number of German sailors were killed. Thereafter the U-boats were order ed to another base. Disaffection in the Aus trian navy is increasing in a threatening manner.