GIRL SCOUT SAVES RUSSIAN FORCE.
Mile. Tomilovaky, the 21-year-old daughter of a colonel at the front, is now in hospital at Petrograd suffering from severe contusions. She accompanies her father to the front with her hair cut short and wearing uniform and took part in several battles. On several occasions she served a? orderly, scout, and telegraphist, and she was finally appointed to the command of a platoon. She succeeded in tapping a German staff telegram relating to a plan to break the Russian centre. As a result of this feat the Russians were able to repulse the Germans with heavy losses. News o.f her exploit having preceded her to Vilna, v. crowd gathered at the railway station to see the girl officer on her way through, but thoy wero disappointed, for they were not able to distinguish her from the other soldiers.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 143, 19 February 1915, Page 7
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