RATS IN TRENCHES
HALT? AS BIG AS CATS.
"Somo are always complaining, and expect ostrich feathers," is the forcible way in which Private T. C. Dl 7, vrntin* from France to liis parents at West Melbourne, states that the Australians want for nothiiiß in reason. Private.Dry appreciates tho change from Gailipoh, although rats ami mice are something ot a i>la»ue. "Theso pests am numerous herelio states. "They run over tis at nWit, and their destructive powers are meat. o |le nf our fell<ws V j f letters, and placed tliem on a ledge. A few minutes later he went to take them down, l>ut only half of each letter was left. The rats had bod a meal. They jvo of enormous size—half as big; as a trenches, ho explains, are 250 yards apart, and made of sandbags, whereas in Gailipoh hands could have teen shaken almost with the enemy. Hu. had had 11 days experience of trench life, four days r,nd seven days. On leaving tho trenches the men are maxchetf see we have none of the hardships of Gollipoli," he cOncludes.-Sjdne/
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2815, 5 July 1916, Page 5
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182RATS IN TRENCHES Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2815, 5 July 1916, Page 5
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