THE DOMINIONS
MINISTERS IN ENGLAND SEE A MOCK BATTLE IMMENSE INFANTRY POWER (United Press Assn.—-Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Nov. 9, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 8
The dominion delegates visited a famous army training centre, where they were shown the latest mechanised units and given a demonstration of the immense power of the infantry. They watched a mock battle staged on a stretch of heatherland, where Highlanders advanced with Bren guns and smothered targets 500 yards away. In the middle of the demonstration a mock gas alarm was given and within a few seconds men. now equipped with gas-masks, resumed their blaze of deadly fire.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19391109.2.79
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20957, 9 November 1939, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
104THE DOMINIONS Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20957, 9 November 1939, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in