 [ Blamey ] said that the Jap was like a gorilla ; he would get into a hole and he would not surrender ; while in his hole and protected by it he would kill ; to be dealt with he had to be got out of his holes and put on the run . Blamey added that it was like shooting rabbits : while the rabbits were in their burrows they could not be shot ; they had to be got on the run and then the man with the gun could get them . " It never entered my head as I stood there on parade that the general had any idea he was being offensive , or that he intended to be so " , wrote Brigadier Dougherty ( then a newcomer to the brigade ) afterwards . " But the brigade gave to what he said the interpretation that ' they ran like rabbits ' . This interpretation of what he said spread throughout New Guinea and indeed back home , and resulted in bitter feelings . Following his address to the whole brigade [ General Blamey ] addressed the officers separately . He was direct with them and said that a few officers in the brigade had failed . This caused bitterness . But after both addresses Blamey told me that he thought highly of the brigade , and repeated to me what he had told the whole brigade — that I , as their new brigade commander , would be very proud of them . " 
