HORRORS OF WAR
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FIGHT FOR GRAN CHACO
SNAKES, MOSQUITOES, FEVER
BUENOS AIEES, May 11. Sixty thousand troops, are now engaged in the real war between Bolivia and Paraguay. This struggle may seem to be a comic opera affair, says the "Sun" correspondent, but the fight for the Gran Chaco is already punctuated by a,series oil bloody and spectacular battles. :■■.■■■■. , Both sides have machine-guns, tanks, and big guns. Bullets, disease, and thirst have slain thousands, while snakes, mosquitoes, and fever are terrific handicaps. : Men of both nations are rushing to join the colours. Seven hundred miles of new highways through the jungle are traversed by a fleet of army.trucks.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 110, 12 May 1933, Page 7
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110HORRORS OF WAR Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 110, 12 May 1933, Page 7
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