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Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14166, 17 August 1916, Page 2

-A' oable' message irorr. New York, "])ulilished. in the. Australian papers, states that Mr .rVedonck Palmer, the American war correspondent, •who- is on the West front, wrote on'Jiily •23rd:—"To tho" Australians is' due the glory ..of tq-dh.v's action. The British officers realised that Pozieres was a hard nut to crack, and the task was given to •the" A-ustralians, who have plenty of ' initiative. : . Some critics had said:— ■ fi'Tlfo Australians were all right on , .-iofailipoli.;; but they were not.against the Gcrriiarrs.': To-day they hfsd theii- first, test in -France, and showed .their quality." Tho London -correspondent,-of the ■iVow" York "Trijvnne";." states :—"The Australian is recognised as the most of all.the British trowps."