HARDSHIPS OF WINTER ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
FIGHT FOR LIFE AGAINST INHUMANITY OF WEATHER. CANADIANS HAVE HIDEOUS ADVENTURES AT COURCELETTE Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON Dec 7 Writing from British headquarters. Mr. Philip GibW states that a white, moist fog hangs over the astern front, into which men vanish like ghosts. The troops arc. having a hard time, without comfort, shelter, or rest, enduring cold ar: 1 foul conditions following tho November rains. It is a sheer fight for life against natural hardships. The inhumanity of the weather seems more important to the troops than to fight the enemy. The Canadians had hideous adventures at Courcelette, the men bringing up supplies often falling into ice-cold water during the recent fighting, but they carried on unbeaten despite the surrounding morass and misery.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16408, 9 December 1916, Page 9
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