Private Barat, of the 237 th Territorial Regiment of the French Army, is lcnown as the "human sieve." He was wounded on August 25 at Courpesseaux by the discharge of a Gorman machine gun, wid the .surgeon who operated or him has extracted from the left leg alone exactly 41 bullets.. And there are still inore in his body. ' .
The hospital, ship Eoyalty, completely equipped . with .MO- beefs, recently left Bombay for Europe!' This ship has been presented to the'nation by the Maharajah Rcindia of .Gwnlior and the Begum of Bliopal jointly : for tho use of our wounded soldiers... .
white crescents with their backs to'th'e staff, each with a five-pointed white star between the horns on a red field. This was the personal standard of' the Khedive, and now- takes the' place of the former national. flag, which was distinguished from the Turkish by,.having a star of five instead, of sii points.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2420, 27 March 1915, Page 26
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152Untitled Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2420, 27 March 1915, Page 26
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