ARMOUR FOR TROOPS.
SUCCESS OF BULLET-PROOF HELMETS. : ■ • -PARIS/ August, 9. • The troops have already been fur nished with 300,000 steel helmets painted grey, Avhich are hardly visible at a distance, Already specimen casques have been received from the front after undergoing an enemy's fusillade. They bear marks of bullets which; wojld ■'have: .killed men wearing ordinary, ■kepis: ?'; ...
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8214, 11 August 1915, Page 5
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57ARMOUR FOR TROOPS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8214, 11 August 1915, Page 5
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