NEW ZEALAHDERS SENT INTO ADVANCED POSITIONS.
STEADY ADVANCE UNDER HAIL OF SHRAPNEL.
OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT AS CALMLY AS IN EGYPT.
Sydney, May 28. Mr. C. E. W. Bean, the Commonwealth official correspondent, cabling on Sunday, said that after thne days' attack by the allied infantry on Turkish positions the Australian Brigade received the
order to be in the fighting column line with the New Zealand Brigade. Four hundred yards ahead lay the British firing trench, the most advanced position, not connected by communication trenches. Tt was the only scrap of cover for 1200 yds. The moment the leading companies appeared they met a steady fire, but their operations were carried out as calmly as in Egypt. A perfect hail of shrapnel followed, out of which came the infantry as if nothing was happening. They reached the British trench, where they took a " breather," and then advanced across the open ground, men dropping fast meanwhile. They covered a further 500 yds, and there dug themselves in and held on to the position.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15930, 29 May 1915, Page 7
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