. The story of the Fifth Australian division, being an authoritative account of the division's doings in Egypt, France and Belgium. its formation, broke down completely in health and wasevacuated on the 19th of July. He had never spared himself inworking for the Division and his whole-hearted devotion to itsinterests left it for ever his debtor. No immediate successor wasappointed, the extra work falling for the time being on the broadshoulders of Col. Bruche and Ralph. The only otherimportant administrative change of the period was the promotionof K. Smith to be
. The story of the Fifth Australian division, being an authoritative account of the division's doings in Egypt, France and Belgium. its formation, broke down completely in health and wasevacuated on the 19th of July. He had never spared himself inworking for the Division and his whole-hearted devotion to itsinterests left it for ever his debtor. No immediate successor wasappointed, the extra work falling for the time being on the broadshoulders of Col. Bruche and Ralph. The only otherimportant administrative change of the period was the promotionof K. Smith to be of the 4th Austrahan was succeeded in command of the 15th Field Ambulance byMajor R. W. Walsh, of the 8th Field Ambulance. The tour in the line had been eminently satisfactory and themen, though a little tired, had never before felt so strongly theirgreat ascendancy over the enemy. They had felt the gradualtransition from defensive to offensive policy, and doubtless divinedthat big events would soon be brewing. But they little thoughtthat they were within a week of the most momentous offensivebattle of the CHAPTER XIV {1st August—30th August, 1918.)THE COLLAPSE OF THE WESTERN FRONT Important contemporaneous events :— Imperial Council held at Berlin in order to secure peace, August 14th. Japanese troops landed at Vladivostock .. „ 21st. British advance towards Bapaume .. .. .. .. „ 21st. British advance east of Arras „ 26th. Sir John Monashs penetrating vision had not been so exclusivelypreoccupied with the events of the present as to become blind tothe possibilities of the future. Like all the great leaders in the war,he had consistently regarded the warfare of positions as an indeter-minate phase of the hostilities from which decisive results couldnever flow. And of all the Allied commanders he appears to havegauged the most accurately the precise moment at which the develop-ment of new weapons and the adoption of new tactics would permitthe laun
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