CAPTURED GERMAN OFFICERS
Among the. Guillemont captures were three officers, one of whom, a young captain, was clearly in command of the whole garrison of Guillemont. He was the only man who maintained a proud indifference at the moment of capture. He stood very straight and still, as though not caring whether he lived or died. The two officers with him clung about the necks of our own officers crying for mercy, In another place an officer ferk down on his knees with his hands in an' attitude of prayer and his head bowed, and one man pulled out a photograph of his wife and children, holding that out as his strongest plea for life. Our men had no thought to take their lives. As one of the sergeants said, " As soon as a man surrenders it's an end of the fight, and I'm sorry for him."
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Evening Star, Issue 16265, 7 November 1916, Page 2
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147CAPTURED GERMAN OFFICERS Evening Star, Issue 16265, 7 November 1916, Page 2
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