In the Australian Parliament, in Canberra, the Minister of Defence read out a signal from Korea. It was supposedly captured from the North Koreans. It read, "see the two hills in front of you. One is well lit. It is noisy. The troops are lax in their discipline. It is where the puppet Koreans reside. The other, is dark, it is quiet, it is where the Australians reside. Attack the first, do not attack the second. The Australians are fierce imperial lackeys. They will fight you every inch of the way as you attack them. They will cause you horrendous casualties." No doubt apocryphal but it proved a point. The Australians were masters at waging war. They had learnt it in South Africa against the Boers, the Turks in Gallipoli and the Germans on the Western Front. The Germans faced them again in North Africa and then the Japanese in New Guinea. They impressed them all. The Koreans were children. The Americans slightly more adult. Let the Australians loose and you will see them in P'yong Y'ang before you can say, "lickedy-split!"