GERMAN DOGS AS MASCOT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 26 October 1917, Page 3

GERMAN DOGS AS MASCOT.

A despatch by Mr Keith Murdoch, (Sydney Sun) states that:— One band of Australians captured 31 machine-guns. The German dog which was captured carrying an artillery message, is now prized as an Australian mascot. This was the first time the Australians had knowledge that the Germans used dogs as messengers. Mr Percival Phillips (Daily Express) states that the Scots and North Country lads sound the Australians' praise. Their coolness, jauntiness, and imperturbability under the hottest fire and their jests while hunting out the Huns impressed the quiet Northmen. The Australians tell frankly and "generously how they like the way Tommy fights, his obedience, simple courage, and unquestioning faith in his officers. The Australians think nothing of wounds. They come down from the front under shell-fire taikTrig joyously. A staff-officer met one aged 50 tramping along with a shattered arm wrapped in bloody bandages. He said, "I'll send you to the station in my car." The Australian replied: "I don't need any ear. Lord! I could walk to the sea. It's been a great day, has'nt it r '