GERMAN TRIBUTE
THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER Sydney. Aug.. 2. "In every department of fighting at close quarters the Australian is superior to the German soldier." This re markable German tribute is contained in a document captured from a German prisoner in the Western Desert and for w.rded by the General Officer Commanding the Australian Imperial Force, to the Minister of the Army. Mr Spender. The document. when translated, stated that the Australian's gift ot observation and his ability to draw correct conclusions were qualities which outshone the German. Other . assets were his use of individual weapons, particularly in sniping, and his technique in the use of available cover and camouflage. The document commended the ac curacy of the Australians' sniping, several German non-commissioned officers having been shot through the head with the first shot when making • observations from the front line.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 3
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140GERMAN TRIBUTE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 3
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