"TO OUR HEROIC ENEMIES."
S; cond-lieut. Eric Lowthor, of the Australian I'oreos, in ;i letter to his parents d;it"d January 11, 1916, mentions that a few days hofore his unit loft their trenches at Uallipoli, the Turks threw across n packet of cigarettes, nith a message in French insct-ilied. Wo reproduce the front and hack of tiic hox ahove. The l''rench of the nn> -sae;e : s rather shaky, hut the meaning i.s clear. "To our heroic enemies." it runs. "Kindly accept this <rift. Please -end it.-; some milk or .-uc;ar."
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 169, 28 April 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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90"TO OUR HEROIC ENEMIES." Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 169, 28 April 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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