WAR DISTANCES.
War, besides being a great leveller is al-t> a great educator. Places we had never even heard of previously are now becoming as "familiar in our months as honsehold words." The distances so ottcii mentioned in despatches are apt to be somewhat confusing unless understood It ought, however. t 0 be quite easv to remember that a metre measures about 1 1-12 yards, or more exactly 3') 37 inches. A decametre is 10 metres, a hectometre is 100 metres, and u Kilometre is 1.000 metres, or a little more ,„an three-fifths of a mile. Our Russian Allies express the length of their marches or the distance from place to p uco in versts. A verst is rather more* than a kilometre, the exact distance being 0 66288 ot a mile, or between three-hitli s and "four fifth,, 0 f thai d»tan».
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 253, 4 December 1914, Page 1 (Supplement)
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143WAR DISTANCES. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 253, 4 December 1914, Page 1 (Supplement)
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