GENERAL WAR NEWS.
* THE CLICK OF DEATH.
The lotal number of injured in an explosion at La Courneuve was about 1,500, and the killed 30. There can lie now no doubt that Hie cansq of the explosion was accidental. While three men were carrying a case of grenades, one of them heard a characteristic click, which told him the detonator was in action. He dropped the case, and shouted to his comrades, who ran for their lives. The expected explosion came, other eases of bombs blew up, and then came a terrific, detonation, which caused much alarm in Paris.
CROWN PRINCE NOW EXECRAT-
The German Crown Prince has been shorn of all vestige of military glory, ever since his immortal fail-
ure to take Verdun. The most popular figure in the Fatherland in August, HH4, all accounts agree (hat his name is now the most execrated in Germany.. Like Rupprecht, he is completely devoid of genuine military talent, unless one excepts his horsemanship, lie is nearly 3(i, but with the years has acquired neithoii discretion nor intelligence. During the war he has added to his reputation as a buffoon, ■gained new infamy as a pillager, and reaped any number of: sanguinary failures against the French in Champagne and elsewhere.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1834, 1 June 1918, Page 1
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209GENERAL WAR NEWS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1834, 1 June 1918, Page 1
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