ERSATZ NIGHTSHIRTS
PAPER IN GERMAN HANDS.
(R-eceiyed August 19, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, 18th August. Mr. Gordon Gilmour, writing from the Australiaji headquarters, states that the Germans abandoned vast stores of foodstuffs at Lihons, and large quantities oi wine, spirits, and sugar. A field hospital furnished further evidence of the shortage of cotton stuffs. Nightshirts, bandages, and string were found, all made of paper. The Australians were much amused by the nightshirts, -which were sewn with black thread and had a "dinky" paper bow at the neck. They captured, several bicycles with scores of little spa-ings under an outer metal tire, instead of rubber tires.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1918, Page 8
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104ERSATZ NIGHTSHIRTS Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1918, Page 8
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