A CORRESPONDENTS BATTLE.
_ A Berlin gaper,; vised, states- 1 jtf dialogue between Mr - Entoutcas, whp ial:epp^nted‘fe ! lHSing,a correspondent at the" seat ' Wax. The two meet in the Entoucas thus addresses 1 Mr* 1 “ Bon morning, Mr 1 macb- voir ?” ■ “ Oh,. - I r * am 'Mltf-Wefyi ’’ ; Fnd you ?” « 01y,gua# I^Segg'ttii/Mt- 5 Archibald, wie- : mach ; ySu dat mit your fizity.M-' v simply! I mate;raeine Bechreibung-Cof Slacht schon I go to the rassian ,Commander and segg i to him-: Hier'is. pu raaken Siemirtnal -ne SlAcht dauach. The russian ;:bm]Rg s gofallig man, ;i eriyeint r ■ the little pleasure, and damit all right !” . This : mixture/ of* : and German .patois, being.^ttanisl^itßd,’‘ i shows how Dr Entoutcas compliments Mr Forbes on the -excellence of his dedescription, of, the*aceqes of -war, and wants to know how he dees it. Mr Forbes replies that it is all very simple;* “ I prepare aHfalhnlescHptipa of the battle in-adviia<^- : he's4ys, “1 next go to the Russian Commander say to him, -‘ Here is a-Priedescnption—-now get up a 1 baUle' accordihgly;*' The Commander, being an obliging, man, does me 'a little favonr, and then all right!” ‘ t i. - »
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Kumara Times, Issue 620, 23 September 1878, Page 2
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184A CORRESPONDENTS BATTLE. Kumara Times, Issue 620, 23 September 1878, Page 2
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