CAPTURNED DOCUMENTS.
REVELATIONS OF? T^C^NING -I / . ■ , xr MpBALj!:; : ;'! .;.;;.• (Australian anl^N^'Z. 6^ible Association.) ", "'.", v l6sji>6n, .Oct. i:-:'v. Mr. ' Philip' Gibh/ write^':' The^fiiigHghand Canadians^, qaj)Jur.cd,arniy' orders* completely bearing put' wliat' was recently saidy about' the; deterioratapn of German morale arid, partial cracking np of their di'scipjine, Ohe of^thpse. issued 4>e> ifore Friday's battle,' states':— "Thei Hin|denburg line is to. he their winter po'siI tion. !Nott r a '^ooit'; mus| lpst." j Another ■"says: morale- and disj cipline ofcour rnjehvhayp : plajrily decreased |owiri'<» fii'stly/tP, the systchi' of -elastic defence Meadiri'g the ; meii'- to'/tielieve -'that i-gvound; i's of lid Value, and secondly, f owing to lack of- control arid example ! among the officers; also' lack!" of rlersbri'ali'ty among the men ," as ; shown by tlie I uriiiecessai'y "retitenieiHs and -.''the -cbriduct ; of ' the' ; m'eii'. on -'leave, aiid • Viots , such a's i thPse, at : Cambrai j-'' m whidlv' omcel's 1 ! joined." ■" '■ -"'.. ::! ' - ;■':•■' ; '■■}■''. '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14725, 3 October 1918, Page 5
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145CAPTURNED DOCUMENTS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14725, 3 October 1918, Page 5
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