German Spy System
GERMAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE.
A WONDERFUL ORGANISATION.
INTIMATE AND IMMEDIATE KNOWLEDGE. Received 30, .12.40 a.m. London, September 29. The Germans are singularly well informed as to the whereabouts of the Allies. Once a cavalry division dismounted in the shelter of a wooded "Hill. Immediately shrapnel burst abovo theai. Knowing themselves invisible, the cavalry searched the wood, and discovered German officers and a civilian operating a field telephone. They shot the civilian and made prisoners of the officers.
In Rheims, the French general occupied a house at night. Shells immediately burst above it, killing the colonel. The staff discovered a spy in the next house, signalling the whereabouts by means of lights. Three spies disguised as French officers in a motor-car, and a fuorth in woman's attire on a bicycle, were stopped on Saturday at St. Die, attempting to rush through the lines. While they were being examined, a horseman in the uniform of a French major rode up and congratulated the captain oh his vigilance. When asked to show his pipers he produced a forged pass. All were shot.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 108, 30 September 1914, Page 5
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181German Spy System Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 108, 30 September 1914, Page 5
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