Five British Soldiers Held By Russians
■~"N Received Tuesday, 9.50 a.m. LONDON, April 25. Five British soldiers are in Russian hands following* a skirmish on the zonal border, according to British Army headquarters. It was previously reported that onlv one soldier was being held captive. The five soldiers, including a lieutenant, were on a routine border patrol when a Russian armed uatrol opened fire on them and took them into custody." A British official spokesman said that the British troops did not retum the Russian fire.^ Representations had been made to Russian headquarters at Potsdam for the release of the men.
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 April 1949, Page 5
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