Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1917 — Australia at Arras. [ARTICLE]

Australia at Arras.

The Australians in the fighting round Arras maintained the reputation for desperate bravery they wdn on the Gallipoli peninsula. They seem to fear shells no more than summer rain, and they have a habit of clinging to- positions they have taken as long as there is breath in their bodies. Action is meat and drink to the pien of the Antipodes, and they chafe in idleness, says the -Philadelphia Public Ledger. Their temperament Is not that of many of those w’ith whom they fight. They pity the “Tommy” because they think he is “bullied.” They believe themselves every w’hit as good as their officers, and they loathe the “Bull Ring” (their name for the drill ground). This restless independence is the natural result of a lifetime largely spent in ranging the unfenced spaces in a lonely self-reliance. But the Hindenburg line has learned that when these “bear-cats” are turned loose they are not to be stopped until they are slain.