TRUCE TO BURY DEAD
Opposing Brotbers Meet ]n No Man'* Land (Reeeived 19, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, April 18. The British United PresS correspondent at Madrid says that several hOllrs, truce at E1 Pardo Park enabled the burial of 50 dead in No Man's Land, 'Ihere were strange scenes, coffin bearers exchangiug cigarettes, reminiscenceg and arguments, eacb trying tq persuade tbe other he was espousing » lost cause. Tliere was a poignant incident when two brothers fighiting* on opposite sidei ambraced, went apart to exchange family news and returned to their own lines when a biigle called off the truce.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 78, 19 April 1937, Page 7
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