CAUSTIC
A trainload of Boche prisoners was being taken from the Somme front, and a Hun officer found himself in a third-class carriage with a “Tommy” as escort.
“Why,” said he, in an injured tone, “have I, an officer, to travel third class'?”
“Because,” said Tommy, “I’ve got to guard you, and they didn’t think a British soldier ought to be put in a cattle-truck, see?”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1677, 20 February 1917, Page 1
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66CAUSTIC Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1677, 20 February 1917, Page 1
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