ANZAC-GERMAN BANTER.
Concerning the lighter si;lc. doii'iN about the arrival of the An.sU?s :." the trenches ore reaching Louden. When the Germans took their Rem Australian prisoners they posted up a notice "We are pleased to have an Austriafian. We now only require two specimens for the completion of our British museum —an Esquimaux an I Mrs Pankhurst.'' Another notice con.si.stsu of a challenge to a "footer" mat'.'li on Is'-o. Man' Land, the prize being the Ir-'ii-ehes. The Anzncs put out at night" a replaced invitation to "Come to Ayitralia, via Paris." A grimmer German trick »va * to bury a bomb fastened to an \iv> sticking stick with a flag inscription, the bomb exploding when milled up. The Anzacs are now Forbidden to touch flags or signals. as they have been found to be a trick for sniping purposes. The only amusement is shooting matches, wherein the Anzacs easily excel —Times Sun,
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 121, 23 May 1916, Page 2
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151ANZAC-GERMAN BANTER. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 121, 23 May 1916, Page 2
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