BRILLIANT WORK.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1489, 20 November 1918, Page 5

BRILLIANT WORK.

THE LAST BATTLE. CANTERIU’RY MEN IN ACTION. Trm tin .V Official IT'nr Correspondent. N.Z. HEADQUARTERS, Nov. 11. The purl played by the First Canterbury Battalion in the linal battle • in which Hu* New Zealanders en-l gaged is worthy of special mention, j What they did aided greatly in the eventnal capture of Mormal Forest. After the barrage that was put | down to give them direction, they advanced very quickly till they approached (he northern forester’s nousc, where they were held up tern-1 porarily by heavy machine-gun fire, j Quickly realising the situation they worked round the position and captured prisoners and three guns. They had to light their way across I sn open space and through thick) undergrowth and in places through Bforest of tall trees. From the moment they entered the undergrowth hey became soaked to the skin and jn that condition they fought all day. are enemy was shooting from prepared positions with rifles and machine-guns at the cross-roads and! mother parts of the forest. In one place the enemy got round of the companies which had to "flit its way out of a difficult posipi. This they did brilliantly, kill-i ln R and wounding several of the tncniy and capturing three officers and 100 prisoners, Fnr n considerable part of the IMvance they were getting machine--B>m fire from the left flank, as the ™(t troops were between 2000 and * yards behind, yet in this bush par/are our men showed such fine Amative and dash that the casual"k were comparatively light. ■., Af tcr they had gained their objcc“Ve the Second Canterbury ComWny dashed ahead on the right and 1 J 1 " on (o a further objective, mroughoul the day it was mainly a question of individual ligiding. One L-,? on . S(, rgeant especially distinK , l.'imself in clearing up a ..''■jilt situation and capturing 30 the enemy, hut it is particularly wo. 11 ! 1 * n b ,( 'l ;|II V account of special | <'k by an individual, for the men a so mi'dcst that they will not l , °f their own efforts, and, own," 1° the nature of the fighting in loi’esl, |h t . oflieers could seldom wial llicy were doing, but in Ui.. C!)! i ( “ , where all fought so ■ mildly j) is perhaps unnecessary ® Particularise. ICE CONFERENCE. -SON’S ATTENDANCE. im. s.:,ro WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. tic'al statement regarding t Wilson attending the -ontVrenec states that the I cspects to participate in is imi and sclllcment of the lores of the treaty of peace, "likely at present that he "in throughout the sessions, presence is necessary at the ' obviate the manifest disk's of discussion by cable H flic greater outlines of the mdv upon which lie must J V lie consulted, o be accompanied by deleO' will sit as representatives "ih’d States throughout the ice. SOMERS OF WAR. Salanders released. Ii (ln and \Z. Cable Association. (l > 12.10) LONDON. Nov. 18. -mdand prisoners of war W'3 in England. Sir Thomas ,1 - "ml the New Zealand "iitliorilies arc arranging r reception and comfort. *" 1 ' -