GERMAN SOLDIER'S PACK
WHAT HE CABBIES INTO ACTION. The German soldier appears to have been well equipncd k>: , the offensive. s Evidence shows that the majority of the men, threw away the greater part of their battlo Mt in the first day or two, , but when they -went over the. top on the morning of March 21 all of them carried the following articles:—. Hiflo and bayonet, two hand grenades, two field dressings, one signal cloth, for signalling to aeroplanes. The pack, with.tho greatcoat strapped around it, containing— . . . , Two days' ordinary rations and one ' iron ration. . Linen. . _■'••■ • • One' pair of ankle boots, field' cup, rifle-cleaning accessories.' Waterproof ehect. Two water-bottles, • ono containing coffee. ■ i 150 loiimls of ammunition. Entrencliinc tool. .. ' Gas mask ia alert position. Assault detachmen Is carried no packs, but had wire-cutters, eight slick grenades, ten egg grenades, and 100, extra rounds of ammunition in the pockets of their tunics. , .
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 239, 27 June 1918, Page 5
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152GERMAN SOLDIER'S PACK Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 239, 27 June 1918, Page 5
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