SWIFT DOOM OF TRAITORS.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6594, 24 January 1916, Page 6

SWIFT DOOM OF TRAITORS.

Two Thrilling Episodes.

In a modest, quiet way, that young hero of the Dardanelles, Corporal Caselberg, D.C.M., who has been invalided home, has many stirring \aies ot tellof the operation, on the Gailipoli Peninsula(says the Wairarapa Times). Corporal Caselberg can tell of the ramifications of the German spy system and its operations among the colonial troops. On one occasion, he relates, a sergeant- major who joined the Australian forces at Sydney, was handing the ammunition to a certain gun, which was in action, and it became conspicuously noticeable that the discharge from this gun repeatedly fell short, and landed in trenches held by Australians. The whole affair

was wrapped in mystery fir a time, j at ji.-aitt-r what was den^. the shoti* I always fell short, tn i that gun w-;> j roundly eurfeu by the men in front, who had no suspicion of foul is h> , and who put the m_tter of the charges f-lling short down to bad sheeting. Then it was noticed Us at the ffr-geant-major was handling tiie charges in a peculiar way. He was watched by the officer in command of the gun, and as the sergeant-major was in the set of handing over another charge for the gun he was quickly seized, "and examination showed that this traitor was nipping a portion of the tusj» off, thus causing the rhot to fall shctt. Needless to say, he £ot short shrift, the retribution being _udden and swiftly executed. ! On another occasion, state 3 Corporal i Casp'ibsrg, a big Sikh was walking ; along, when he noticed a soldier in- ! tently engaged in inspecting some | sheik-. Creeping closer, the Indian ! saw plainly that this man was tamper- | ing with the shells in a way tnat | would produce the most serious ccn- . sequences for the troops who had I occasion to usj them. I Stealthily the Indian crept up behind I the Eoidier, at the same time drawing his swerd. Unsuspecting, the traitcr continued his nefarious work. Tnere was a sudden swish, an Indian exclamation, end the traitor's head I rolled among the shells he was ta m- | pering with. ! Corporal Caselberg did not actually see this incident, but it was common talk among the Australians and New Zealanders, and could b° vouched for ias correct. This traitor had also J joined one of the Australian continI gents