SAVAGE BRUTALITY.

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 5

SAVAGE BRUTALITY.

GERMAN TREAT^IENT ) OF

PRISONERS

STARRED AND BEATEN

■SYSTPMAT.ro REPRISALS

NEOESSARY.

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