NEWS FROM THE FRONT
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The army has suffered an awful rout In the terrible battle, of (name left out) But the enemy's hordes have been defeated On the banks of the River (name deleted) The Austrians, under General Dankl, Attacked the Russians at (name left blank) ; On the road near (cut) they fled in fear, But they turned and fought at (blue pencilled here). In Asia, I hear, three thousand Jap Have bravely taken —(consult the maps). Our men have taken but little rest Since the ■ fighting began at (name suppressed); But a funny thing happened—we had to laugh— ■ When (word gone) we (missing paragraph). We laughed and laughed, it was lots of fun, In spite of the awful (sentence gone), If the censor destroys this letter, well, I wish the censor would go to (the rest of page was torn off by the censor). - —F. W.., in " Seattle Sun."
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 11 March 1915, Page 3
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152NEWS FROM THE FRONT Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 11 March 1915, Page 3
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