THE MURDER OF NURSE CAVELL
GERMANS REALISE THEIR BLUNDER. By TeleemDli—Press Association—Copyright. London, November 29.' The New York correspondent of "Tlie Times" 6tates vhat Mr. Frederick Shuld, a broker, has returned from Berlin vitli a circumstantial £<f>ry regarding Hie execution of Nurse C&vell. He says that in' German military and diplomatic official circles the execution is now regarded as a blunder, and unfavourable in' its psychological result to the German cause. To thirty soldiers was assigned tho task of execution. The rifles of tventy of the men were loaded with blank cartridges. Miss Cavell, who was weak: and helpless in her cell, was led into the courtyard and spated on a chair. She fainted and fell on the paving, and the soldiers begged for permission to shooti instantly. The officers wished to revive her, but the. men said the delay was beyond Tiuman endurance, and the officers then permitted them to shoot. Only one bullet struck Miss Cavell, peneirating her brain.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2632, 1 December 1915, Page 5
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161THE MURDER OF NURSE CAVELL Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2632, 1 December 1915, Page 5
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