"THE SILENT DIVISION.”
GENERAL GODLEY’S TRIBUTE. LONDON, July 15. At the unveiling of the plaque to commemorate the liberation of Lo Quesnoy by the New Zealand Division, Viscount Milner said the Now Zealanders in scaling the high ramparts of the fortress, which were consderod unscalable, reached the final turning point in the war and achieved the pinnacle of their wonderful record. It was a moat daring act far n mere handful of Now Zealanders to place a flimsy ladder against the great wall and mount in single file, and its success had a great moral effect on the Germans. General Sir A. J. Godloy said: “No genera) ever commanded finer fighters than those of the ‘Silent Division,’ who have earned the greatest of all reputations because they are known lo the world as the men who always attained their objective at the exact moment, in accordance with plans. They wore models of efficiency in all respects and in all ranks.” The Mayor of Le Quesnoy gave feeling expression to the people’s joy when they stealthily peered out from their places of refuge, and saw not the Gormans, but deliverers from a strange land, of which they then know little. The thought of New Zealand would always create a warm glow in their hearts.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18928, 31 July 1923, Page 7
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