DOMINION'S PART.
4TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. TO SUPPLY REINFORCEMENTS, Wellington, Nov. 30. The Defence Minister announced this afternoon that information had been received that the Fourth Infanlrt r Brigade will be drawn upon in order to supply reinforcements for the New Zealand Division. Owing to this it will be possible to maintain the' New Zealand Division for some time at its established strength with a smaller quota of reinforcements than is at present being dispatched. A continuation of this rednc* tion m the future will depend upon circumstances, especially the rate of wastage. The quota has varied from time to time as advice has been received from the Army Council. The policy of the New Zealand Government has been to keep the division at its full fighting strength, and this policy will he continued.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1917, Page 5
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133DOMINION'S PART. Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1917, Page 5
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