AT THE FRONT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12541, 12 May 1915, Page 5

AT THE FRONT.

ALL NEW ZEALAND FORCES IN FIRING LINE.

By Telegraph,

(Special to the Oamaru Mail.)

AYellington, May 11. What sections of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force are facing the enemy in the Gallipoli peninsula'?' This question, often heard but never officially answered, was put to the Minister of Defence to-day by your correspondent, who.succeeded in extracting some, information." "I am rather inclined to think, though I am not going to say for certaiu." replied the Hon. Jas. Allen, "that the bulk of our men. are there or on their way. I doubt whether many have been left in Egypt. 'General Godley has been at the scene of the fighting for.some time, and I have gcod reason to believe the mounted men are there, too, but perhaps without their horses." . •■ -Casualty lists have disclosed the fact that the Third Reinforcements had their share of the fighting. The Minister was asked if the fourth dra::t would go straight into the firing line. His answer was in the negative. . The Fourth Reinforcements, he said, will go to.. Egypt, and' put. in a couple of months'" training before, going to the front.