NO MATCH FOR THE WOMEN OF ROUBAIX
BOTTLE-THROWERS Vv GERMANS; (Rec. April 14, .6.5 p.m.) '' London, April 13. "Eye-Witness" witli the British Army in Franco writes: —"An attempt,to obtain a census for the purposes of the evacuation of Belgium caused a riot at Roubaix, where the women,- indignant at the shortage of bread/ attacked the bakers' shops. The German Governor informed the Mayor that he intended to call out his troops, but tho latter advised him that a hundred thousand Germans would be no match for the women_ of Roubaix, who were skilled at throwing bottles.— ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.)
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2436, 15 April 1915, Page 5
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101NO MATCH FOR THE WOMEN OF ROUBAIX Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2436, 15 April 1915, Page 5
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