QUICK ACTION BY AUSTRALIANS ON RIGHT FLANK.
GENEROUS HELP ACCORDED ENGLISH AND SCOTCH. Australian and N.Z. (Received 10.10 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 28. Mr. Philip Gibbs sates that the menace to the right wing of the advance on Wednesday was averted by the courage of the English and Scottish units and the quick, skilful, and generous help of the Australians. The latter, realising the dangerous situation to which their right flank was exposed, sent a body of troops to strike to the south, thrust back the German outposts and established, after fierce fighting, defensive posts capable of holding off any likely attack. They had shared all the peril of their comrades on the right, passing through the same tornado of shelling, and fully appreciated their tenacity and valour. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16657, 29 September 1917, Page 7
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127QUICK ACTION BY AUSTRALIANS ON RIGHT FLANK. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16657, 29 September 1917, Page 7
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