NEW ZEALAND SECTOR.
PERIOD OF QUIET.
FEW CASUALTIES .OCCUR.
(Received 7,30 p.m.)
Aug. 10.
N.Z. War Correspondent. While we listen to the thunder of the guns further south, our own line remains quiet, and the other day not a single casualty was reported for the whole division— rather a . remarkable occurrence., Our patrols continue to do good work, and to bring in prisoners from time to time. The enemy is constantly harried by our artillery, trench mortars, and : machine-guns. A diary recently found on a dead'officer shows clearly that the German troops have been having a trying' time in this sector. lie refers to several being killed and wounded, and states that in Rossingol Wood on one occasion 25 men of one company were poisoned by a delayed action shell, which burst on the catacombs in which they were sheltering, The company had to shift to reservo dug-outs. The weather has been very changeable. The health of the men is good, and the division was never stronger than at the •present moment.' _ '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16927, 13 August 1918, Page 6
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