VICTORY ASSURED BY STEADFASTNESS OF EFFORT.
SITUATION ON THE WEST FRONT NEVER BETTER.
GROUND OF OBVIOUS STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE GAINED.
Australian and N.Z.
(Received 5-5 p.m.)
LONDON, Aub. 9.
Mr. Lloyd George, replying to a presentation of the freedom of Neath, said "Do not imagine it is all over. We may have dark days occasionally. Nevertheless if we stand together, I, who stand on the watch-tower, tell you we are going to win. The situation on the west front was never better for us than it is now."
Mr. Bonar Law, speaking in the House of Commons, said the ground gained was of obvious strategic importance. He had no desire to exaggerate the importance of the achievement. Possibly the Germans, owing to previous attacks, had intended to retire, but the attack was a complete surprise, upsetting whatever plans the Germans had formed. The result can be said without exaggeration to indicate a complete change in the military position existing during the last few weeks.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16926, 12 August 1918, Page 6
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