TWO REGIMENTS DECIMATED.
"A WORD WITH YOU, GENERAL!” Vienna, November IC. ‘Dor Zeit’ says that it is whispered with bitter comments in Sofia that the Ist and Gfch infantry regiments, tno former including many lawyers, artists and loading merchants, have been decimated through their general forgetting to cover their charge by artillery, or sending them hr-the wrong directions. The whispers, state that tno blundering general addressed the remnant of the two regiments after their charge, praising their heroism. King Ferdinand, who was present, nodded his assent, , and then said, ‘‘A word with you, General,” and before them all stripped off the general’s epaulettes. The general remained at attention for a moment, then, saluting, stepped back and shot himself.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 72, 18 November 1912, Page 5
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118TWO REGIMENTS DECIMATED. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 72, 18 November 1912, Page 5
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