Tho French authorities at the Loiuro have taken amazing preo-autions to look . after their treasures in case of attack. Tin " Venus of Milo" is now inclosed in a thick steel room. In the war of 1870 it was safeguarded by being walled up in a subterranean niche.
In the Franco-Prussian War the knapsack norn by the French soldier was of anenormons weight- and soldiers were bent almost double by their burdens. Rut a tremendous reduction has been madrt since then, and now the French Tommy's knapsack weight only 491bs.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 8, 29 January 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)
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