A GERMAN DEPORTATION TRICK
It is confirmed from an authorised Belgian source, eays Eouter, that the Germans linvo recently removed all the civilian population of the villages close to their Flanders front. To avoid possible trouble or protest the Germans order all the inhabitants to he at tho railway station with their luggage at a certain time. Then they entrain the women, children, and old men in the front carriages and the men between 10 and CO in tho back carriages. As the train starts tho latter are left behind, 'i'hoy are employed on military work. Several civilians liavo already been wounded or killed by fragments of shells. —"Daily Mail."
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 34, 3 November 1917, Page 9
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110A GERMAN DEPORTATION TRICK Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 34, 3 November 1917, Page 9
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