"A REAL LIVE BATTLE"
RUGBY FOOTBALLER'S STORY. , By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, October 5. A well-known Rugby footballer, who participated in the recent ' fighting,/ writes:—"lt was a real live battle. We advanced in short, rushes 'tho. whole day, the Germans' meanwhjle playing skittles with us. Their losses were heavy-. . They had the'surprise of their lives. "When they'expected the : climax,_ the Germans, who, were rounded up like rabbits, left the trenches, displaying the white flag. , ■
"It was a wonderfiul sight, worth'all the months of waiting. When the Germans surrendered it was like theend of an international Rugger niatch'."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2586, 7 October 1915, Page 5
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96"A REAL LIVE BATTLE" Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2586, 7 October 1915, Page 5
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