AUSTRALASIAN HEROES.
For 15 hours the Australasians occupied the heights under an incessant shell fire without moral or material support and without a single gun ashore, subjected the whole time to violent counter-attacks by a brave enemy skilfully led, with snipers deliberately picking off every officer who endeavoured to give a command or lead th e men. There has been no finer feat in this war than the sudden landing in the dark and storming of the heights, above all holding on whilst reinforcements were landing. The raw Colonial troops in these desperate hours proved themselves worthy to fight side by side with the heroes of Mons, the Aisne, Ypres and Neuve Chappelle.
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Northern Advocate, 8 May 1915, Page 5
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113AUSTRALASIAN HEROES. Northern Advocate, 8 May 1915, Page 5
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