RUSSIAN BOOT REPLACES PUTTEES.
• LONDON, August' 4. The War Office has decided to ' discontinue'the uso of pattens,, owing to the experience in Inst printer's campcii.^r;. whlrii puttees wove found to give
little protection against mud and water, and actually led to great suffering. A largo order lias been given for Russian military boots, which will be supplied to the troops before "the winter.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8209, 5 August 1915, Page 5
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