A wounded officer who recently returned from the front tells tho following story: —During the Gorman push a sporting colonel told his men he woukl give them a sovereign for every German they killed. A eergeant.and a pnjate were" sent out to reconnoitre. They separated. Presently the private came scrambling back through the undergrowth to the pre-arranged meeting place, "forty thousand of 'em to kill," he said in a tense whisper, "ana only two of U£ to sh&ro the money.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16266, 17 July 1918, Page 9
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80Untitled Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16266, 17 July 1918, Page 9
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