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with the Turks were specially selected from the Kaiser's army. When all was over, & a decisive victory had been gained by our boys, the staff officers were highly pleased & said that they anticipated defeat after seeing the Turks strong position & had come to the conclusion that they were impregnable, but the boys showed what they were made of & proved their theory incorrect. When Gen. Birdwood spoke of the Colonials, he said they were fighters, not soldiers & they have proved his words not only at Romani, & Magdhaba, but at Raffa, the hottest "scrap" our boys said they had ever taken part in. The fighting men of this division – the Anzac Mounteds – are the most fearless that God ever created & the only thing that grieved them was that some of their pals had "crossed the border" whilst doing their duty to King & Country
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