LIFE IN THE TRENCHES.
COMBATANTS ONLY FORTY YARDS APART.
CX>XVERSATIOS; AND EXCHANGE OF TOBACCO. ;"TLi*es" and "Sydney Sun" Services.) (Received November 27th, 0.15 p.m.) LONDON, November 243. Tho Pr«ss Bureau reports that the opposing lines are often only forty yards apart. Tho strangest situations arise. Our men and tho enemy oonverse, for majiy of tJRo Germans understand English. The opposing lines hold shooting competitions, and the men throw packets of tobacco from one to another. These positions are not unwelcome, the men being secure from shell-fire. Their artillery aro unablo to shoot for fear of hitting their own infantry, and tho advanced, lines are often the safest epot in tho firing-lino.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15137, 28 November 1914, Page 8
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