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FRENCH ARMY MANOEUVRES. By Meerapli—Pxesß Association—OopyriffM "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Speoial Cables. Paris, Septembor 10. During the Army manoeuvres, chasseurs tried to capture .tho colours of a Line regiment. Bayonets wore fixed on both sides, and .officers who rushed between the combatants were overturned and trampled on, narrowly escaping death. The colours were torn, and many of the men injured by. blows from the butt ends of rifles, CONSCRIPTS' PHYSIQUE. Paris, September 20. A medical examination of twenty-year-old recruits resulted in 05 per cent, being pronounced fit for service. It was anticipated that only fifty per cent, would bo found fit. A British officer asserts that the conscripts' physique equals that of British soldiers, who have undergone two years' service. " ,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1861, 22 September 1913, Page 7
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120TOO REALISTIC. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1861, 22 September 1913, Page 7
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