IN THE HANDS OF THE HUNS
BARBARITY TO A PRISONER. PARIS, February 6. A released fellow-prisoner of the French airman Garros, who was captured by the Germans, relates that after the burning of hie machine, Garros sheltered in a ditch with only his mouth and nose not submerged. He escaped detection for an hour, and when he was found he was greeted by the Germanß with bloodcurdling yells. One struck Garros on the skull with the butt end of his rifle. The airman was then thrown on a stretcher, strapped hand and foot, hoisted into an ambulance, and afterwards, chained and guarded by two armed meS. was interned in a fortress.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 32, 7 February 1916, Page 6
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