THE ANZACS' EXPERIENCES.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14540, 18 October 1917, Page 5

THE ANZACS' EXPERIENCES.

CHEERFUL UNDER ADVERSE

CONDITIONS

(Australia, and N.Z. Cable Association)

London, Oct. 16

Mr Gilmour, writing from Anzac Headquarters, says that some Australians and New Zealanders just back from the front line tell how they slept in shell holes, huddled on top of one another like puppies. This' was the only way to keep warm. It speaks volumes for the tlicraghtful care of the commanders that many of the troops were provided with hot.meals within a few yards of the Huns. Thick, wholesome stew was carried up in Thermos flasks, packed in.straw-lined cases. The pack mules could not get up ■■ with-the hot rations, and men handled them for the last stage of the jotirney. After a night's sleep in the rear, the &nzacs were as merry as sandboys, and

in such good spirits after the ordeal that they oven stopped baths and shaving in order to cheer passing aeroplanes, which were low enough to hear. Some British aviators replied with ;i special overhead display.