FORTNIGHT'S QUIET TIME.
VISITED BY LORD MILNER
(From Captain Malcolm Ross, Official War Correspondent with the New Zealand Forces in tho field).
September 28
The New Zealanders have been lia:ving a quiet time for the past fortnight. The divi.sion is still in splendid fighting trim and ready at any moment to take part in the renewal of the great battle That has been started. It recently had the honour of a visit from Lord Milner (Secretary for War), who expressed his gieat appreciation of th c splendid work done by the New Zealanders. To-d»ay it was a cheering sight to see tlie streams o? prisoners captured by British divisions coming down from the front. For some time past o*.e has noticed among them an undue proportion of Red Cross men wearing new arm-bands. It seems possible that the Red Cross has been abused by tho enemy, and that some of these prisoners arc really not Red Cross men at all. Recently some wounded piusoners captured with , the German machinofiunners were wearing these arm bands, and when questioned on the point they admitted that they had been firing ma-chine-guns against the New Zealanders.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17394, 3 October 1918, Page 7
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192FORTNIGHT'S QUIET TIME. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17394, 3 October 1918, Page 7
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