LATER. ANZAC DEVOTION AND GALLANTRY.

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

LATER. ANZAC DEVOTION AND GALLANTRY.

THE STORY OF A MEMORABLE FIGHT. . . Received October 18, 1.45 p.m. LONDON. Oct. 17. ' MY Keith Murdoch supplies further incidents of the fighting. A man volunteered to* help a wounded captain back to the; lines, but was killed. A second took his place and was killed, a third man volunteered, and was also killed, and a fourth brought tin- officer safely in. Describinp; one German counter-attack, Mr Murdoch says: They cimc on in waves, maintaining inexorable discipline. The Australians called upon the artillery, but the barrage descended behind the enemy, owing to a misapprehension that we were holding a morej distant line, therefore there was nothing left, for it but a desperate fight, The rifled and machine guns were partly choked with mud. and the Bodies far outnumbered us. Our Lewis guns mowed down the first wave; like ripe corn, but a second wave and a simultaneous flank attack enveloped our positions and isolated a body of fifty men, including the, Lewis gunners. They determined to fight their way out. Such fighting" was seldom seen. One man shot thirteen Germans before he was killed by a shot from behind. Only six survivors Teached our lines. The Germans were now broken into scattered parties, and after their heavy losses. Retired. Other attacks .following: were broken. Believing it was impossible to hold the position, which was also -useless without a further advance, the Australians then withdrew. They had stood in flooded shellholes. sometimes in water up to then* shoulders. FRENCH AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS. SECURE CONFIDENCE VOTES.' Received October 18, 1.4') p.m. ROME, Oct. 17. In tlio. Chamber a Socialist motion of no-confidence in the Government was negatived bv 228 votes to 51. PARIS, Oct. 17. The Chamber of Deputies carried a unanimous vote of confidence in the Government after the secret session. AMERICAN WAR FINANCE. Received October 18. 1.45 p.m. WASHINGTON. Oct, 17. Since the 10th Julv the United States has spent 2,921,000,000 dollars, of which half has been advanced to the Allies. The expenditure has been eighb hundred million dollars more than the receipts, including the Liberty Loan." FINANCING THE WHEAT CROP. Received October 18. 1.45 p.m. • OTAWA, Oct. 17..-. Lord Reading has arranged with the* Government for credits aggregating soventv millions sterling for handling the wheat crop.