AUSTRALIAN FORCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 145998, 3 December 1917, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN FORCE.

INTERLUDE FOR REST. LONDON, Nov. 18. General Birdwood lias arrived in London, high-spirited, unpretentious, and with no signs of fatigue. He speaks with pride of the recent achievement of the Australians, and says that they did well, _ not failing whenever tested. The majority arc now resting, and the others are on an easy sector, the situation permitting hopes of a, lengthy quietude. The general^suggests that his recent promotion is a compliment to the Australians and recognition of ill oil - part in the war, rather than of his own personal merit. He does not mean to relinquish the Australian command. His son, who is under 19. will qualify for a commission soon, and will join his father’s staff.