GERMANS AND SAXONS.
EVIDENCE "OF SPITE AND
JEALOUSY
(Received Juno 29; 9,10 a.m.) , ,:. \ , ; , \., ■ LONDON,,; June-; 28
I: / " Eye-witness '"; vgives an ■-- illustration I of. the lack of, cordiality in the German official account of the repulse of a British attack on the Etaires-La Bassee Road, on June 16. The account gave all the credit of resisting the British to the Westphalians and the Guards, and did not mention the Saxons, who' fought bravely. It is difficult to understand this spite of the; predominate partner against one section of the German nation. It is certainly not due to the lack of the. Saxons 3 fighting quality, but possibly the Saxons' tendency to wage war on civilised lines is more than the North Germans approve.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9178, 29 June 1915, Page 5
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