PRAISE FOR AUSTRALASIANS.
INCREDIBLE CAVALRY WORK
Amtraliin and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, December 27.
(Received Dec. 28, at 0.5 a.m.) Mr W. T. Masaey, correspondent of the Daily Telegraphj writing concerning the El Arish operations, warmly praises Uio horsemen and camelry. Their day and niglit march, through extremely difficult country, was performed with great precision, the movement enabling the town to bo surrounded. Sir Massey accompanied the convoy to El Arish. ile says the first eight miles consisted of rolling billows of sand, with deep valleys and plentiful scrub. Tlje dunes have sharp crests and steep sides liko cliffs, necessitating long, tortuous windings. The hoofmarks on terrific gradients showed that whole regiments hud scaled giddy paths in yielding sand. It was almost incredible. These intrepid horsemen had ascended seemingly impossible steeps. The difficulties neai El Arish appeared insurmountable, and perhaps this explains the Turkish neglect to construct trenches. Yet all were overcome.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16888, 28 December 1916, Page 5
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