A DAREDEVIL FRENCHMAN
UNPALATABLE TRUTHS FROM THE TRENCHES Paris, November 22. The opposing trenches in some districts along the Allies' front are so close that the infantry are able to exchange messages. A daredevil Frenchman, able to speak German well, . left the entrenchments, stood- up, and translated- the full text of a French communique, prefacing it with the remark: "Your officers all tell you lies. Here's the truth." The Germans held their fire to listen to the Frenchman, who escaped by suddenly jumping back into' the trench before the Germans realised that the message was finished. '
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5
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96A DAREDEVIL FRENCHMAN Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 5
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