A report from Belgium by the correspondent of an English motor-trade journal tells of a most extraordinary use of a motor hood. It seems that a British patrol succeeded in capturing a German touring car in which two officers were seated. The motor had broken down and the officers were made prisoners of war. In glancing over tte car one of the patrol noticed a wire onnection to the framework of the raised top, Follwing the wire he pulled from under the seat a telephone receiver, and holding it to his ear was dumbfounded when he could plainly hear a message, coming from nowhere in particular. The top skeleton formed the receiving wires of a wireless telephone Btation, and the message came from the nearest headquarters of the army corps to which the officers belonged. .
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 732, 23 December 1914, Page 3
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135Untitled King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 732, 23 December 1914, Page 3
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