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Fix this textMONTHLY MAGAZINE OF THE 30th BATTALION,
Fix this textN.S.W. SCOTTISH REGIMENT.
Fix this textHEADQUARTERS, DRILL HALL, MILLER'S POINT, SYDNEY.
Fix this textCommanding Officer: Lt.-Col. H. B. TAYLOR, M.C., V.D.
Fix this textVOL. |, No. 9! JUNE. 1936. PRICE, 3d.
Fix this textFROMELLES
Fix this textThe article in the last issue of "The Highlander" brings
Fix this textto mind a slight personal association with the area.
Fix this textMuch bitter controversy has centred round the Battle of
Fix this textFromelles. The diversion was intended to relieve the pressure
Fix this texton the Somme Front, and this it undoubtedly did. To deal
Fix this textwith this new threat, the German was compelled to divert
Fix this textdivisions on their way to the Somme at a critical stage of
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Fix this textIt was not the task that has been questioned. But the
Fix this textcost naturally provoked criticism. The casualties amounted
Fix this textto 5,533, mostly sustained on the one day. To Australia
Fix this textthis meant the decimation of the sth Division?a tragic toll
Fix this textfor a demonstration which was first intended in the nature
Fix this textof a great bluff.
Fix this textBy a strange anomaly the engagement took place in a
Fix this textsector, generally one of the quietest of the British front, to
Fix this textwhich new divisions were sent to receive their baptism of
Fix this texttrench conditions in France. This breaking-in ground has
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Fix this textNorthern portion that Mademoiselle from Armentieres held
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Fix this textThere was very little major activity. Snipers pinged, and
Fix this textmachine guns habitually chattered; now and again a trench
Fix this textmortar battery stirred things up; the artillery units ex-
Fix this textchanged pleasantries; or an occasional raid took place?(no
Fix this textpicnic party, this!).
Fix this textTo the veterans of Gallipoli, however, it seemed compara-
Fix this texttively idyllic. But amongst the Australian Divisions in early
Fix this text1916 there were many reinforcements as yet untried, and this
Fix this textexperience was given as a necessary introduction to the more
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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