"CARIBOUS" IN FRANCE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11764, 31 July 1916, Page 1

"CARIBOUS" IN FRANCE.

NEWFOUNDLANDERS A FINE BODY j I paid a ,visit to the Newfoundland j Battalion in their rest billets some- i where in Artois, writes a, Reuter correspondent. • A magnificent body ot men that one might indeed expect to ibid after reading Rudyard Kipling's \ '* Captains Couragectas," although the j class therein eulogised have mainly e'J- s tc-red the' Imperial Navy, over 2000 ot j tlieni at present serving in the Royal j Naval Reserve. • The regiment since its arrival m France has takou its full share in the i trench warfare, and there is littlo j doubt has left tho mark of its quality upon the enemy, who are kuown to j have dubbed them " Tlie white In-j di;ms. ,: I gathered from a. high-placed j Officer that tho gjloun. value of the '•Caribous," as ho "called theni, lie-3 I iu their wonderful adaptability to ail; conditions of lighting. For instance, < they have developed a batch ot" snipers '■ as good as any to bo found along the j entire front- ' The. Newfoundlanders at Gallipoii were pM.shed up to tiio extreme left of the ; British (lank, occupying a spot which ' they named *' Caribou iiill, :: and it is' their pride that they were actually : nearer to Constantinople than any i other troops to the Dardanelles Expedi- ; tionary ForceThe organisation of the battalion is i truly democratic, every officer having j entered through the ranks. Their; chief source of complaint at present j seems to be that although they have I been into the trenches and killed i Bcsches they have not had the real | chance they aro yearning for. •"' But -' when wo do!' ; said a sis-foot-three > giant, scowling, and significantly tap- < ping the bayonet at his side, "come; ■:n<\ see us again directly inter it, Jlr * Correspondent, and we'll yovj, i bviflelbiug t-9 write about.'"