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did everything that was asked of them, and more, but are they entitled to all this fuss being made of them? Men who have been to both campaigns will tell you that they get more strafe here in one day than they got in Gallipoli in a month, but that the conditions of living in France are a picnic compared to what they had to put up with on the Peninsular. Undoubtedly they had to put up with hardships and they bore them well, but are these hardships to be compared with what Townsends men had to contend with at Kut, or the forces at Salonica, or the men who endeavoured to relieve Townsend? I believe in kudos being handed out to men when they deserve it, provided a correct standard of comparison has been maintained, but I contend that in our case this has not been done otherwise we should not be receiving the major portion of the lime light which we certainly appear to be getting, now.