MAP READING MUTILATED IN MAGNIFICENTLY MAULED MONOLOGUE.

Gun Flash, Issue XXIV, 12 June 1943, Page 2

MAP READING MUTILATED IN MAGNIFICENTLY MAULED MONOLOGUE.

DIXON' 3 DYNAMIC DISSERTATION

"C-ty Flush" has pleasure in presenting the scoop of scoops, the sensation of a century - Capt 0 I.H.B.Dixon and his Merry Map Readers» Our reporter, with this paper’s motto "Gun Flash, gets the Goods” uppermost in hl fl mind, and regardless of pergonal danger, obtained this story for tho benefit, education and amusement of our readers . Here it is’.’. And, as Caesar once said, "You, ain’ heard nuthin yet’.' "Morning, men.”' "Good morning, teacher. 1 ' "’Morning’s’ 'good enough, blokes - the ’good’ Is a waste of time® \ Remember, in the army, ’Abbreviate, and bo obscure’ "Right, a spot of M.R. this morning® Sprry I’m late, but I’ve, been nutting out a few admin problems. Well, Yesterday’s tak was on R.Fs® B.Mso and M.S.L. A spot of a change today, eh? Er •*» Yes - well, let’s get crackin.’! Assume you are i/c an arty dot about to do an inf recce with MT but having no sig sec you have no intercourse by WT with a cav. coin carrying out ops under the same 00 over a dipt ’inkle’ your FLD but excl the dlst Incl your mod arty." "That clear?? All nutted out??'-- Well, here’s the problem®" ”You get another 00 saying to collect PV/n and then make your inf recce as an .arty det and find out what med arty incl tpt Is held by arty regt in enemy FLD (I Now, just nut it out J get it clear in your mind; line it up and tell me what would be the first thing you’d do o' i’ll give you 5 min®" ’’Well, 5 mlns is up’. What would you do - the silly looking chappie in the corner?" "Me? Why, ISd make immediate application for two beds .at Porirua or Avondale -'one for me and-one for the bloke who drafted the order*" "Wrong - you wicked boyj. Next man?" "Well, personally speaking, I suppose I’m wrong, but tho way I ’nut it out’ is that it’s propdbly only an appendix to the ’Korun’ and I’d post it air mail to Ghandi; he’d be able to sift the B C S«> from the H.S." ' „ "Huh « that’s notquite right either; er - what’s tho ”H." stand for?” "Horse"* • "Wall, blokes, I can see you haven’t got it quite lined up yet. You see tho first thing you’d do would be just to sand, "Ack"/ 1 CHINESE AND GREEK PAPERS PLEASE COPY.